The Venerable Bede's Ecclasiatical History of England: Also the Anglo-Saxon chronicleBell & Daldy, 1894 - 515 pages |
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... delivered according to the truth , he will not impute the same to me , who , as the true rule of history re- quires , have laboured sincerely to commit to writing suck things as I could gather from common report , for the instruc- tion ...
... delivered according to the truth , he will not impute the same to me , who , as the true rule of history re- quires , have laboured sincerely to commit to writing suck things as I could gather from common report , for the instruc- tion ...
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... deliver him up to the soldiers , that his contempt of the gods might meet with the penalty due to such blasphemy , you shall undergo all the punishment that was due to him , if you abandon the worship of our religion . " But St. Alban ...
... deliver him up to the soldiers , that his contempt of the gods might meet with the penalty due to such blasphemy , you shall undergo all the punishment that was due to him , if you abandon the worship of our religion . " But St. Alban ...
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... delivered them from their cruel oppressors , ad- vised them to build a wall between the two seas across the the island , that it might secure them , and keep off the enemy ; and thus they returned home with great triumph . The islanders ...
... delivered them from their cruel oppressors , ad- vised them to build a wall between the two seas across the the island , that it might secure them , and keep off the enemy ; and thus they returned home with great triumph . The islanders ...
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... delivered from darkness and filled with the light of truth . The parents rejoiced , and the people were astonished at the miracle ; after which , the wicked opinions were so fully obliterated from the minds of all , that they ardently ...
... delivered from darkness and filled with the light of truth . The parents rejoiced , and the people were astonished at the miracle ; after which , the wicked opinions were so fully obliterated from the minds of all , that they ardently ...
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... deliver them from it . They fled in disorder , casting away their arms , and well satisfied if , with their naked bodies , they could escape the danger ; many of them , in their precipitate and hasty flight , were swallowed up by the ...
... deliver them from it . They fled in disorder , casting away their arms , and well satisfied if , with their naked bodies , they could escape the danger ; many of them , in their precipitate and hasty flight , were swallowed up by the ...
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