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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... enemy . But at length , wearied with the distant voyage , they declined re- turning in future ; bidding them rather themselves not * Various periods have been assigned for the British settlement in Armorica , or Bretagne ; but the ...
... enemy . But at length , wearied with the distant voyage , they declined re- turning in future ; bidding them rather themselves not * Various periods have been assigned for the British settlement in Armorica , or Bretagne ; but the ...
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... enemy , should it be necessary , together with other duties of military discipline . After giving these admonitions ... enemies ; and , as they hitherto had no certain habita- tion , would gladly accept even an unproductive soil ...
... enemy , should it be necessary , together with other duties of military discipline . After giving these admonitions ... enemies ; and , as they hitherto had no certain habita- tion , would gladly accept even an unproductive soil ...
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... enemy , single - handed , and dispersed them with incredible slaughter . On the other side , the Angles , after various revolutions of fortune , filled up their thinned battalions with fresh supplies of their countrymen ; rushed with ...
... enemy , single - handed , and dispersed them with incredible slaughter . On the other side , the Angles , after various revolutions of fortune , filled up their thinned battalions with fresh supplies of their countrymen ; rushed with ...
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... enemies . Immediately Cadwalla , with his brother Mull , in other respects a good and able man , but breathing an ... enemy , the fire gained uncontrolled power , and he perished in the flames . Nevertheless Cadwalla ceased not his ...
... enemies . Immediately Cadwalla , with his brother Mull , in other respects a good and able man , but breathing an ... enemy , the fire gained uncontrolled power , and he perished in the flames . Nevertheless Cadwalla ceased not his ...
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... enemies , though not received by his own subjects , it is uncertain by what end he perished . Cuthred , heir to the same faction and calamity , reigned , in name only , eight years . Next Baldred , a mere abortion of a king , after ...
... enemies , though not received by his own subjects , it is uncertain by what end he perished . Cuthred , heir to the same faction and calamity , reigned , in name only , eight years . Next Baldred , a mere abortion of a king , after ...
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