The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England: Also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. With Illustrative Notes, a Map of Anglo-Saxon England and a General IndexG. Bell, 1887 - 515 pages |
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Page 8
... whilst he was marching with a large army towards the enemy , the ships , riding at anchor , were , by a tempest either dashed one against another , or driven upon the sands and wrecked . Forty of them perished , the rest were , with ...
... whilst he was marching with a large army towards the enemy , the ships , riding at anchor , were , by a tempest either dashed one against another , or driven upon the sands and wrecked . Forty of them perished , the rest were , with ...
Page 10
... whilst Eleutherus , a holy man , presided over the Ro- man church , Lucius , king of the Britons , sent a letter to him , entreating that by his command he might be made a Christian . He soon obtained his pious request , and the Britons ...
... whilst Eleutherus , a holy man , presided over the Ro- man church , Lucius , king of the Britons , sent a letter to him , entreating that by his command he might be made a Christian . He soon obtained his pious request , and the Britons ...
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... Whilst the persecution lasted , Britain was first alienated from the Roman empire by Carausius and Allectus , and was then under Con- stantius and his son Constantine the Great . It is difficult to believe that either of those would ...
... Whilst the persecution lasted , Britain was first alienated from the Roman empire by Carausius and Allectus , and was then under Con- stantius and his son Constantine the Great . It is difficult to believe that either of those would ...
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... Whilst he thus from a persecutor was become a companion in the faith , and the other executioners hesitated to take up the sword which was lying on the ground , the reverend con- fessor , accompanied by the multitude , ascended a hill ...
... Whilst he thus from a persecutor was become a companion in the faith , and the other executioners hesitated to take up the sword which was lying on the ground , the reverend con- fessor , accompanied by the multitude , ascended a hill ...
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... whilst Diocletian was alive , governed Gaul and Spain , a man of extraordinary meekness and courtesy , died in Britain . This man left his son Con- stantine , born of Helen his concubine , emperor of the Gauls . Eutropius writes , that ...
... whilst Diocletian was alive , governed Gaul and Spain , a man of extraordinary meekness and courtesy , died in Britain . This man left his son Con- stantine , born of Helen his concubine , emperor of the Gauls . Eutropius writes , that ...
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