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... beginning of the seventh century Pope Gregory sent a mission to civilize " the Angles , " by which preponderant name he evidently understood the whole of the Theodish settlers in Britain . It was successful in its Christianising efforts ...
... beginning of the seventh century Pope Gregory sent a mission to civilize " the Angles , " by which preponderant name he evidently understood the whole of the Theodish settlers in Britain . It was successful in its Christianising efforts ...
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... beginning of the sixteenth century may therefore be taken as a starting point for modern literature . The English language is now spoken by 120,000,000 of people . I. — ENGLISH , BRITISH , AND ANGLO - NORMAN WRITERS 700-1500 in ...
... beginning of the sixteenth century may therefore be taken as a starting point for modern literature . The English language is now spoken by 120,000,000 of people . I. — ENGLISH , BRITISH , AND ANGLO - NORMAN WRITERS 700-1500 in ...
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... beginning of the Pricke of Conscience ; and one leaf is missing at the end of the Penitential Psalms , as well as another at the beginning of the Commentum . The book came to Maurice Johnson in 1710 , after having belonged previously to ...
... beginning of the Pricke of Conscience ; and one leaf is missing at the end of the Penitential Psalms , as well as another at the beginning of the Commentum . The book came to Maurice Johnson in 1710 , after having belonged previously to ...
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... beginning Ve rubeo draconi nam exterminacio eius festinat About 1330 F. 31 , Descripcio Scocie . Only 20 closely written lines , written evidently about 1330. It mentions Robert Bruz of Anenderdale and William Ferrers of Kircebrigg ...
... beginning Ve rubeo draconi nam exterminacio eius festinat About 1330 F. 31 , Descripcio Scocie . Only 20 closely written lines , written evidently about 1330. It mentions Robert Bruz of Anenderdale and William Ferrers of Kircebrigg ...
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... beginning Aloe ys hoote and drye .. end ending Zinziber Gingiuer Zuccara Sugur : Roy . 8vo . MS . ON VELLUM ; bound in rough calf About 1460 30 0 0 This is a rare and interesting MS . of the Magna et Parva Chirurgia of Lanfranco -one of ...
... beginning Aloe ys hoote and drye .. end ending Zinziber Gingiuer Zuccara Sugur : Roy . 8vo . MS . ON VELLUM ; bound in rough calf About 1460 30 0 0 This is a rare and interesting MS . of the Magna et Parva Chirurgia of Lanfranco -one of ...
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