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... never do as they liked . But I must end this long chapter . In the next I will tell you how God turned the unhappiness of the poor Britons into everything good for them . CHAPTER IV . How the Romans taught the Britons many CHAP . III ...
... never do as they liked . But I must end this long chapter . In the next I will tell you how God turned the unhappiness of the poor Britons into everything good for them . CHAPTER IV . How the Romans taught the Britons many CHAP . III ...
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... never finish my chapter , and you would be very tired , if I were to try to tell you every one of the names of the British towns that the Romans im- proved ; in all , I dare say , they are more than a hundred . CHAPTER VI . How the ...
... never finish my chapter , and you would be very tired , if I were to try to tell you every one of the names of the British towns that the Romans im- proved ; in all , I dare say , they are more than a hundred . CHAPTER VI . How the ...
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... never idle . One part of every day was spent in praying , reading , and writing ; one part in seeing that justice was done to his subjects , in making good laws , and in teaching the English how to keep away the Danes from their country ...
... never idle . One part of every day was spent in praying , reading , and writing ; one part in seeing that justice was done to his subjects , in making good laws , and in teaching the English how to keep away the Danes from their country ...
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... never did anything wise or good . The Danes came again to England , when they found out how foolish King Ethelred was , and that he was never ready , either with his ships or his soldiers , to fight them , for which reason he was called ...
... never did anything wise or good . The Danes came again to England , when they found out how foolish King Ethelred was , and that he was never ready , either with his ships or his soldiers , to fight them , for which reason he was called ...
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... never get back again , and made them work for them . And it is very lately that a law has been made that there shall be no more slavery . The reason I tell you about slavery in this place is , that the Danes had a great many Saxon ...
... never get back again , and made them work for them . And it is very lately that a law has been made that there shall be no more slavery . The reason I tell you about slavery in this place is , that the Danes had a great many Saxon ...
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