A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Great Britain |
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Page 55
... England were of this class , which was a kind of middle state between slaves and free- men . The third class consisted of those who were com- pletely free , and descended from a long race of freemen . They were called ceorls , and ...
... England were of this class , which was a kind of middle state between slaves and free- men . The third class consisted of those who were com- pletely free , and descended from a long race of freemen . They were called ceorls , and ...
Page 69
... England , the Danes landed in the isle of Shepey , and after having pillaged it , escaped with impunity . The next year they landed again in England from thirty - five ships , and were encoun- tered by Egbert , at Charmouth , in ...
... England , the Danes landed in the isle of Shepey , and after having pillaged it , escaped with impunity . The next year they landed again in England from thirty - five ships , and were encoun- tered by Egbert , at Charmouth , in ...
Page 89
... there in perpetual exile . That amiable prin- cess being cured of her wounds , and having even obliterated the scars with which Odo had hoped to deface her beauty , returned into England , and was Period 3. ] 89 EDWY .
... there in perpetual exile . That amiable prin- cess being cured of her wounds , and having even obliterated the scars with which Odo had hoped to deface her beauty , returned into England , and was Period 3. ] 89 EDWY .
Page 90
... England , and was flying to the arms of the king , when she fell into the hands of a party which the archbishop , informed by his spies of her escape , had sent to intercept her . Nothing but her death could satisfy the archbishop , and ...
... England , and was flying to the arms of the king , when she fell into the hands of a party which the archbishop , informed by his spies of her escape , had sent to intercept her . Nothing but her death could satisfy the archbishop , and ...
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... England . Edgar took great pains in hunting and pursuing those ravenous ani- mals ; and when he found that all that escaped him had taken shelter in the mountains and forests of Wales , he changed the tribute of money , imposed on the ...
... England . Edgar took great pains in hunting and pursuing those ravenous ani- mals ; and when he found that all that escaped him had taken shelter in the mountains and forests of Wales , he changed the tribute of money , imposed on the ...
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