William of Malmesbury's Chronicle of the Kings of England: From the Earliest Period to the Reign of King StephenG. Bell, 1895 - 544 pages |
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Page ix
... ancient MSS . of the first four books , one copy only has yet been discovered with the fifth . The former were published by Saville , but from very faulty and scanty MSS . The latter by H. Wharton , and by Gale ; but also very ...
... ancient MSS . of the first four books , one copy only has yet been discovered with the fifth . The former were published by Saville , but from very faulty and scanty MSS . The latter by H. Wharton , and by Gale ; but also very ...
Page xiv
... ancient classic ? † * See his prologue to the Life of Wulstan , Anglia Sacra , ii . 243 . + Some of these allusions are occasionally marked in the notes . Often does he declare that he purposely varies his diction xiv TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE .
... ancient classic ? † * See his prologue to the Life of Wulstan , Anglia Sacra , ii . 243 . + Some of these allusions are occasionally marked in the notes . Often does he declare that he purposely varies his diction xiv TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE .
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... ancient buildings . Even their emperors , sovereigns of almost all the world , eagerly embraced oppor- tunities of sailing hither , and of spending their days here . Finally , Severus and Constantius , two of their greatest princes ...
... ancient buildings . Even their emperors , sovereigns of almost all the world , eagerly embraced oppor- tunities of sailing hither , and of spending their days here . Finally , Severus and Constantius , two of their greatest princes ...
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... ancient enmity reviving , he inflicted heavy calamities on that people . The kings , however , escaped , and were , not long after , enlightened with the heavenly doctrine , by the means of St. Birinus the bishop , in the twenty - fifth ...
... ancient enmity reviving , he inflicted heavy calamities on that people . The kings , however , escaped , and were , not long after , enlightened with the heavenly doctrine , by the means of St. Birinus the bishop , in the twenty - fifth ...
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... ancient church of St. Mary of Glastonbury , as faithful tradition has handed down through decaying time . Moreover there are documents of no small credit , which have been discovered in certain places to the following effect : " No ...
... ancient church of St. Mary of Glastonbury , as faithful tradition has handed down through decaying time . Moreover there are documents of no small credit , which have been discovered in certain places to the following effect : " No ...
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