Selections from the Sources of English History: Being a Supplement to Text-books of English History B.C. 55-A.D. 1832Charles William Colby Longmans, Green, & Company, 1899 - 325 pages |
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... series like the Monumenta Germaniæ Historica , the Documents Inédits and the Rolls Series . And besides having a tolerable notion of where the huge warehouses are situated and what they contain , one should command a stock of ...
... series like the Monumenta Germaniæ Historica , the Documents Inédits and the Rolls Series . And besides having a tolerable notion of where the huge warehouses are situated and what they contain , one should command a stock of ...
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Being a Supplement to Text-books of English History B.C. 55-A.D. 1832 Charles William Colby. B ) ; Polydore Vergil on ... ( Rolls Series ) . Vol . i . , part i . , p . 15 . The selections which date from a later generation than their xxxiv ...
Being a Supplement to Text-books of English History B.C. 55-A.D. 1832 Charles William Colby. B ) ; Polydore Vergil on ... ( Rolls Series ) . Vol . i . , part i . , p . 15 . The selections which date from a later generation than their xxxiv ...
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... Rolls Series , vol . ii . , p . 430. Trans . Rev. W. H. Hutton . London , 1889 . When the monks had entered the church , already the four knights 1 followed behind with rapid strides . With them was a certain subdeacon , armed with ...
... Rolls Series , vol . ii . , p . 430. Trans . Rev. W. H. Hutton . London , 1889 . When the monks had entered the church , already the four knights 1 followed behind with rapid strides . With them was a certain subdeacon , armed with ...
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... Rolls Series , vol . i . , p . 3. Trans . Rev. R. Willis in The Architectural History of Canter- bury Cathedral . London , 1845. P. 2 . 1. The Conflagration . In the year of grace one thousand one hundred and seventy- four , by the just ...
... Rolls Series , vol . i . , p . 3. Trans . Rev. R. Willis in The Architectural History of Canter- bury Cathedral . London , 1845. P. 2 . 1. The Conflagration . In the year of grace one thousand one hundred and seventy- four , by the just ...
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... Rolls Series : A , at p . lix .; B , at p . lxiii .; and C , at p . lxxv . ) ( 4 ) If the saints made mistakes in their translations , much more do these men , who have little or no title to sanctity at all . So , though we have ...
... Rolls Series : A , at p . lix .; B , at p . lxiii .; and C , at p . lxxv . ) ( 4 ) If the saints made mistakes in their translations , much more do these men , who have little or no title to sanctity at all . So , though we have ...
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