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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... valour , had become the terror of neighbouring nations , considered it as a fortunate circumstance to be invited into a country , which had been long before the object of their ambitious designs . They accordingly sent to Britain 1600 ...
... valour , had become the terror of neighbouring nations , considered it as a fortunate circumstance to be invited into a country , which had been long before the object of their ambitious designs . They accordingly sent to Britain 1600 ...
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... valour might have been in the end , yet his name makes too conspicuous a figure in the fabulous an- nals or romances of the times , not to take some notice of him . Nothing is more uncertain than the real origin of this Arthur , so much ...
... valour might have been in the end , yet his name makes too conspicuous a figure in the fabulous an- nals or romances of the times , not to take some notice of him . Nothing is more uncertain than the real origin of this Arthur , so much ...
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... valour , brought over a reinforcement from Germany , in 547 , and enabled the Northumbrians to carry on their conquests against the Britons . He entirely subdued the country now called Northum- berland , the bishopric of Durham , and ...
... valour , brought over a reinforcement from Germany , in 547 , and enabled the Northumbrians to carry on their conquests against the Britons . He entirely subdued the country now called Northum- berland , the bishopric of Durham , and ...
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... valour , they should be admitted after their death into his hall , and , reposing on couches , should sa- tiate themselves with ale from the sculls of the ene- mies whom they had slain in battle . . Thus were united all the kingdoms of ...
... valour , they should be admitted after their death into his hall , and , reposing on couches , should sa- tiate themselves with ale from the sculls of the ene- mies whom they had slain in battle . . Thus were united all the kingdoms of ...
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... an opportunity of recovering his kingdom , and thencefor- ward defended it with great valour and success during a long reign of thirty - one years . VOL . I. E WEST SAXONS , continued . KENTWIN , 672 . Cenwal Period 2.1 49 HEPTARCHY ,
... an opportunity of recovering his kingdom , and thencefor- ward defended it with great valour and success during a long reign of thirty - one years . VOL . I. E WEST SAXONS , continued . KENTWIN , 672 . Cenwal Period 2.1 49 HEPTARCHY ,
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