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... loved freedom , but made laws to punish those who did wrong 18 CHAPTER IX . How Egbert became the first king of all England ; how the Danes did great mischief to the people ; how Alfred after much trouble drove them away ; and how he ...
... loved freedom , but made laws to punish those who did wrong 18 CHAPTER IX . How Egbert became the first king of all England ; how the Danes did great mischief to the people ; how Alfred after much trouble drove them away ; and how he ...
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... loved to live there . And the Britons followed their example , and began to have fine houses , and to plant beautiful gardens , and some of them went to Rome to learn more than they could learn in Britain ; and when they came back ...
... loved to live there . And the Britons followed their example , and began to have fine houses , and to plant beautiful gardens , and some of them went to Rome to learn more than they could learn in Britain ; and when they came back ...
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... loving and serving Him , they made a great many figures of stone and wood , in the shape of men and women , and called them by different names , such as Woden , and Thor , and fancied they could help them and bless them , if they prayed ...
... loving and serving Him , they made a great many figures of stone and wood , in the shape of men and women , and called them by different names , such as Woden , and Thor , and fancied they could help them and bless them , if they prayed ...
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... loved freedom , but made laws to punish those who did wrong . I AM sure you wish to hear something more about the Saxons , now that I have told you that they had become Christians like the Britons , and had left off fighting with them ...
... loved freedom , but made laws to punish those who did wrong . I AM sure you wish to hear something more about the Saxons , now that I have told you that they had become Christians like the Britons , and had left off fighting with them ...
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... loved the judges who took care of the people , and so they did , and treated them very kindly . Sometimes the kings , and the gentlemen , and the bishops , wanted to change their old laws , or to make new ones ; but the Saxon people ...
... loved the judges who took care of the people , and so they did , and treated them very kindly . Sometimes the kings , and the gentlemen , and the bishops , wanted to change their old laws , or to make new ones ; but the Saxon people ...
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