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... learned monks the Scriptures and the doctrines of the Church ; and " all that he could learn by listening he pondered in his heart , and , ruminating like some clean beast , he turned it into the sweetest of songs . His song and his ...
... learned monks the Scriptures and the doctrines of the Church ; and " all that he could learn by listening he pondered in his heart , and , ruminating like some clean beast , he turned it into the sweetest of songs . His song and his ...
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... learned all their fashions and opinions . These and many other things concerning the laws and customs of Utopia Sir Thomas More recorded in his book ; and he ended a little sadly : " So must I needs confess and grant that many things be ...
... learned all their fashions and opinions . These and many other things concerning the laws and customs of Utopia Sir Thomas More recorded in his book ; and he ended a little sadly : " So must I needs confess and grant that many things be ...
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... learned six languages that he might be able to read all the accounts of different voyages that he could obtain . He studied geography as far as it was then known ; more especi- ally he paid attention to the construction of maps . He learned ...
... learned six languages that he might be able to read all the accounts of different voyages that he could obtain . He studied geography as far as it was then known ; more especi- ally he paid attention to the construction of maps . He learned ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE LAYS OF THE FIGHTINGMEN | 13 |
THE SINGERS OF THE CHURCH | 26 |
THE MONKS AND THEIR BOOKS | 32 |
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