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The Church Historians of England: pt. 1. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle. The ... - Page 161
1853
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English history for the use of public schools, Volume 1

James Franck Bright - 1877 - 462 pages
...thou mightest well go all a day's journey, and thou shouldest never find a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh and...the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land. Never yet had more wretchedness...
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The Childhood of the English Nation; Or, The Beginnings of English History

Ella S. Armitage - 1877 - 316 pages
...ever shouldst thou find a man seated in a town, nor its lands tilled. ' Then was corn dear, and meat, and cheese, and butter, for there was none in the land ; wretched men starved with hunger ; some lived on alms who had been erewhile rich ; some fled the country; never...
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The History of Civilisation in Scotland, Volume 1

John Mackintosh - 1878 - 558 pages
...that thou mightest well go a day's journey and thou shouldest never find a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and...the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who at one time were rich men ; some fled out of the land. Never yet had more wretchedness...
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Chautauqua Library of English History and Literature: From the earliest ...

1879 - 214 pages
...tortured them with pains unspeakable. Many thousands they exhausted with hunger. Then was corn dear, and cheese and butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men starved with hunger; some lived on alms who before were rich : some fled the country. Never was more...
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A History of England: Mediaeval monarchy from the departure of the Romans to ...

James Franck Bright - 1880 - 668 pages
...thou mightest well go all a day's journey, and thou shouldest never find a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh and...the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alma who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land. Never yet had more wretchedness...
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Chautauqua Library of English History and Literature ...: The period of the ...

1881 - 136 pages
...thou mightest well go all a day's journey and thou shouldest never find a man sitting in a town or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh and...the. land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land. Never yet had more wretchedness...
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The Book of Lords (a Sequel to the New Book of Kings)

John Morrison Davidson - 1884 - 132 pages
...thou mightest well go all a day's journey, and thou shouldest never find a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and...the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land. Never yet had more wretchedness...
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The Popular Educator ...

Popular educator - 1884 - 900 pages
...day's journey, nor ever shouldst thou find a niau seated in a town, or its lands tilled. " Then v*'os corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men starved with hunger, some lived on alms who had been erewhile rich, some fled the country ; never was...
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Epochs of English History: A Complete Edition in One Volume, Part 1

Mandell Creighton - 1886 - 744 pages
...and tortured them with pains unspeakable. Many thousands they killed with hunger. Then was corn dear, and cheese and butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men died with hunger; some lived on alms who before were rich; some fled the country. N ever was more misery,...
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England a Continental Power from the Conquest to Magna Charta, 1066-1216

Louise Creighton - 1886 - 88 pages
...and tortured them with pains unspeakable. Many thousands they killed with hunger. Then was corn dear, and cheese and butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men died with hunger; some lived on alms who before were rich ; some fled the country. Never was more misery,...
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