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... kind to every- body ; but they were still more sorry when King Edward died soon after , for they were afraid the Danes would come again . The next king was called Athelstane ; he was Ed- ward's eldest son : he was very clever and very ...
... kind to every- body ; but they were still more sorry when King Edward died soon after , for they were afraid the Danes would come again . The next king was called Athelstane ; he was Ed- ward's eldest son : he was very clever and very ...
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... kind to learned men , and en- couraged the English in everything good and useful . I am sorry to say , however , that they still had many slaves , instead of servants to wait upon them , and to help to till the ground for them . By ...
... kind to learned men , and en- couraged the English in everything good and useful . I am sorry to say , however , that they still had many slaves , instead of servants to wait upon them , and to help to till the ground for them . By ...
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... kind to the princes , and protected them from their enemies , and allowed them to live at his court . One of the English princes was called Edward ; and after the three Danish kings were dead , this Edward was made king of England . The ...
... kind to the princes , and protected them from their enemies , and allowed them to live at his court . One of the English princes was called Edward ; and after the three Danish kings were dead , this Edward was made king of England . The ...
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... kind to them than his brother and father had been . She had two children , Prince William , and Princess Maude , who is sometimes called Matilda ; but Prince William was not at all like his good and kind mother , who died when he was a ...
... kind to them than his brother and father had been . She had two children , Prince William , and Princess Maude , who is sometimes called Matilda ; but Prince William was not at all like his good and kind mother , who died when he was a ...
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... kind to the poor English people . He next made the barons , whether Norman or English , pull down a great many of their castles , because robbers used to live in them , and , after they had robbed the farmers of their cattle or corn ...
... kind to the poor English people . He next made the barons , whether Norman or English , pull down a great many of their castles , because robbers used to live in them , and , after they had robbed the farmers of their cattle or corn ...
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