Readings in English History Drawn from the Original Sources: Intended to Illustrate A Short History of EnglandProvides primary sources on Great Britain's history taken from works such as those by Tacitus, excerpts from Beowulf, Froissart, legal statutes, love letters, Fox's book of martyrs, diaries, personal letters etc. |
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... angle , which is in Kent , where almost all the ships land from Gaul , looks toward the east ; the lower angle of this same side lies towards the south . Its length is about five hundred miles . The second side of the triangle faces ...
... angle , which is in Kent , where almost all the ships land from Gaul , looks toward the east ; the lower angle of this same side lies towards the south . Its length is about five hundred miles . The second side of the triangle faces ...
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... angle , Belerium by name , is four days ' sail from the continent . The last , called Orca , is said to project out into the sea . The shortest side faces Europe and measures 7500 stadia ; the second , extending from the channel to the ...
... angle , Belerium by name , is four days ' sail from the continent . The last , called Orca , is said to project out into the sea . The shortest side faces Europe and measures 7500 stadia ; the second , extending from the channel to the ...
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... Angles , Saxons , and Jutes . Few details are recorded , and even these few are so compli- cated by the complaints and scolding of the writer and so inexact in statement that we get little impression from them except the mere fact of a ...
... Angles , Saxons , and Jutes . Few details are recorded , and even these few are so compli- cated by the complaints and scolding of the writer and so inexact in statement that we get little impression from them except the mere fact of a ...
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... Angles , or Saxons , and con- being invited by the aforesaid king , arrived in Britain with three quests long ships , and had a place assigned them to reside in by the same king , in the eastern part of the island , that they might thus ...
... Angles , or Saxons , and con- being invited by the aforesaid king , arrived in Britain with three quests long ships , and had a place assigned them to reside in by the same king , in the eastern part of the island , that they might thus ...
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... Angles , desired a larger force to be sent , and caused them to be told the worth- lessness of the Britons , and the excellence of the land . Then they soon sent thither a larger force in aid of the others . At that time there came men ...
... Angles , desired a larger force to be sent , and caused them to be told the worth- lessness of the Britons , and the excellence of the land . Then they soon sent thither a larger force in aid of the others . At that time there came men ...
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