The Childhood of the English Nation; Or, The Beginnings of English HistoryG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1877 - 247 páginas |
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... seemed to me that some book was wanted which should be more diffuse in explanation than historians in general can find time to be ; and in order to excite interest as well as to explain obscure phenomena , I have thought.
... seemed to me that some book was wanted which should be more diffuse in explanation than historians in general can find time to be ; and in order to excite interest as well as to explain obscure phenomena , I have thought.
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... am writing , but also a secular power of the highest social and political importance , her influence penetrated side of life . It therefore seemed to me worth while to spend some time in trying to understand her vi Preface .
... am writing , but also a secular power of the highest social and political importance , her influence penetrated side of life . It therefore seemed to me worth while to spend some time in trying to understand her vi Preface .
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... seemed very uncertain ; for things had sadly changed with Rome . She had no emperor now ; the em- peror was at Constantinople ; Italy was invaded by barba- rians , Rome herself was scourged by plague and famine . The Bishop of ...
... seemed very uncertain ; for things had sadly changed with Rome . She had no emperor now ; the em- peror was at Constantinople ; Italy was invaded by barba- rians , Rome herself was scourged by plague and famine . The Bishop of ...
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... seemed as if there would be none left to do England's work . This pressure of the world into the monastery naturally brought with it corruption and decline . The history of all the monastic orders is a history of rapid progress at first ...
... seemed as if there would be none left to do England's work . This pressure of the world into the monastery naturally brought with it corruption and decline . The history of all the monastic orders is a history of rapid progress at first ...
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... seemed as if Northumbria would be sovereign of the rest of Britain . But soon Mercia became very great , and all A.D. 716 . England south of the Humber became subject to king of Ethelbald , her . Then the power of Northumbria revived ...
... seemed as if Northumbria would be sovereign of the rest of Britain . But soon Mercia became very great , and all A.D. 716 . England south of the Humber became subject to king of Ethelbald , her . Then the power of Northumbria revived ...
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