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... England a small share of that renown which they formerly obtained abroad , and which we think they would not fail to acquire in England , were they better known and more prominently brought forward . • Dr. Bosworth * , in speaking of ...
... England a small share of that renown which they formerly obtained abroad , and which we think they would not fail to acquire in England , were they better known and more prominently brought forward . • Dr. Bosworth * , in speaking of ...
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... England to learn the lan- guage which they were afterwards to employ in the Low Countries . This fact is a sufficient indication that the inhabitants of the whole of the lower coast of the North Sea , Saxons , Frieslanders , and Anglo ...
... England to learn the lan- guage which they were afterwards to employ in the Low Countries . This fact is a sufficient indication that the inhabitants of the whole of the lower coast of the North Sea , Saxons , Frieslanders , and Anglo ...
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... England wished also to have her Christian and national hero . To the popular tales of Britain was added the name of Arthur , and the legends of the Round Table rapidly in- creased , and contended for favour with the national poems of ...
... England wished also to have her Christian and national hero . To the popular tales of Britain was added the name of Arthur , and the legends of the Round Table rapidly in- creased , and contended for favour with the national poems of ...
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... England , who carried there the holy Chalice , named the Graal . This was the cup that Jesus Christ had used at the last supper , and in which Joseph of Arimathea had re- ceived the blood of the Saviour while nailed to the Cross ...
... England , who carried there the holy Chalice , named the Graal . This was the cup that Jesus Christ had used at the last supper , and in which Joseph of Arimathea had re- ceived the blood of the Saviour while nailed to the Cross ...
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... England depend . The recital of these glorious deeds became in such vogue throughout the country , that he was considered destitute of all education who did not know by heart the chronicle of the Brut , the first source of the Legend of ...
... England depend . The recital of these glorious deeds became in such vogue throughout the country , that he was considered destitute of all education who did not know by heart the chronicle of the Brut , the first source of the Legend of ...
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