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" The object of all the races who broke up the Roman empire was not to settle in a desert, but to live at ease, as an aristocracy of soldiers, drawing rent from a peaceful population of tenants. Moreover, coming in small and narrow skiffs, the conquerors... "
Representative Government - Page 68
by Henry Jones Ford - 1924 - 318 pages
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The Early and Middle Ages of England

Charles Henry Pearson - 1861 - 502 pages
...cannot suppose that the Saxons would cut the throats of their allies after the war. The object of all the races who broke up the Roman empire was not to...cases have taken wives from the women of the country. That tho Saxon language was not, like the Norman and Frank, exchanged for a Latin dialect, is probably...
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The Early and Middle Ages of England

Charles Henry Pearson - 1861 - 500 pages
...cannot suppose that the Saxons would cut the throats of their allies after the war. The object of all the races who broke up the Roman empire was not to...cases have taken wives from the women of the country. That' the Saxon language was not, like the Norman and Frank, exchanged for a Latin dialect, is probably...
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History of England During the Early and Middle Ages, Volume 1

Charles Henry Pearson - 1867 - 718 pages
...fifth century, see the volume of Essays, edited by Dr. Manning. DIVISION OF SAXON HUNDREDS. 101 war. The object of the races who broke up the Roman empire...cases have taken wives from the women of the country. That the Saxon language was not, like the Norman and Frank, exchanged for a Latin dialect, is probably...
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History of England During the Early and Middle Ages, Volume 1

Charles Henry Pearson - 1867 - 706 pages
...Cologne about the middle of ' The Life of Alfred, ascribed to the fifth century, see the volume of war. The object of the races who broke up the Roman empire...was not to settle in a desert, but to live at ease, us an aristocracy of soldiers, drawing rent from a peaceful population of tenants. Moreover, coming...
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Historic Ninepins: A Book of Curiosities, where Old and Young May Read ...

John Timbs - 1869 - 368 pages
...kinsmen ; and we cannot suppose that the Saxons would cut the throats of their allies after the war. The object of the races who broke up the Roman Empire...cases have taken wives from the women of the country. . . . These probabilities are confirmed by facts that meet us on every side. The political division...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 141

1876 - 576 pages
...kinsmen ; and we cannot suppose that the Saxons would cut the throats of their allies after the war. The object of the races who broke up the Roman empire...but to live at ease as an aristocracy of soldiers, deriving rent from a peaceful population of tenants. Moreover, coming in small and narrow skiffs, the...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 141

1876 - 606 pages
...kinsmen ; and we cannot suppose that the Saxons would cut the throats of their allies after the war. The object of the races who broke up the Roman empire...but to live at ease as an aristocracy of soldiers, deriving rent from a peaceful population of tenants. Moreover, coming in small and narrow skiffs, the...
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English Studies: Or, Essays in English History and Literature

John Sherren Brewer - 1881 - 506 pages
...kinsmen; and we cannot suppose that the Saxons would cut the throats of their allies after the war. The object of the races who broke up the Roman empire...but to live at ease as an aristocracy of soldiers, deriving rent from a peaceful population of tenants. 2 Pearson's Hittory of England, i. 83, 2nd edition....
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Industry in England: Historical Outlines

Henry de Beltgens Gibbins - 1896 - 582 pages
...necessities." ! Or, as a less celebrated author concisely puts it, the object of the Saxon invaders was not " to settle in a desert, but to live at ease,...drawing rent from a peaceful population of tenants." s and we may add, as time went on, assisting in the calm pursuits of peace themselves. The facts of...
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Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde, Volume 1

Johannes Hoops - 1913 - 760 pages
...Kenntnis unkritisch und ist jetzt veraltet — für seine Auffassung mit der a priori Begründung, daß „the object of the races who broke up the Roman...was not to settle in a desert, but to live at ease, äs an aristocracy of soldiers, drawing rent from a peaceful population of tenants" und er versuchte...
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