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Page xvi
... tells us that his contemporaries were too much attached to poetry which treated on love , and battles , and " other adventures , ” al- though he confesses that there was something to be learnt from such subjects as these.— Li home de ...
... tells us that his contemporaries were too much attached to poetry which treated on love , and battles , and " other adventures , ” al- though he confesses that there was something to be learnt from such subjects as these.— Li home de ...
Page xxi
... tells us in a religious poem : - Guillaume , uns clers qui fu Normans , Qui versifia en Romans , - Fables et contes ... tell fables and tales , In foolish and vain matter He sinned often , may God forgive him ! Many of the metrical ...
... tells us in a religious poem : - Guillaume , uns clers qui fu Normans , Qui versifia en Romans , - Fables et contes ... tell fables and tales , In foolish and vain matter He sinned often , may God forgive him ! Many of the metrical ...
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... tell him of his approaching end , and to request that he would hasten to Worcester to see him before he died , or at least to give the directions for his funeral . Robert obeyed the call , but , when he had nearly reached the end of his ...
... tell him of his approaching end , and to request that he would hasten to Worcester to see him before he died , or at least to give the directions for his funeral . Robert obeyed the call , but , when he had nearly reached the end of his ...
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... tells us that he rose so high in the favour of duke William that he ruled the whole court at his will , raising or humiliating whom he would , which excited the envy and jealousy of the other courtiers . In 1064 , he tells us , he ...
... tells us that he rose so high in the favour of duke William that he ruled the whole court at his will , raising or humiliating whom he would , which excited the envy and jealousy of the other courtiers . In 1064 , he tells us , he ...
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... tells us that Sewulf was a mer- chant who frequently repaired to Wulstan of Worcester to confess his sins , and as frequently , when his fit of peni- tence was over , fell back into the same course of worldli- Wulstan advised him to ...
... tells us that Sewulf was a mer- chant who frequently repaired to Wulstan of Worcester to confess his sins , and as frequently , when his fit of peni- tence was over , fell back into the same course of worldli- Wulstan advised him to ...
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Page xviii - This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you : He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
Page xviii - He will take the tenth of your sheep; and ye shall be his servants. "And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
Page xviii - And he will take your fields, and your vineyards and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
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Page xvii - But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : but the...
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Page 167 - The History of Wales. Written originally in British, by Caradoc of Lhancarvan, Englished by Dr. Powell, and augmented by W. Wynne, Eellow of Jesus College, Oxon.