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... says one of them , " cut asunder a horseman and his horse . ” They were also good enough to endow him with an appetite sufficiently enormous to nourish the performer of such feats : at one meal he is said to have devoured " a goose ...
... says one of them , " cut asunder a horseman and his horse . ” They were also good enough to endow him with an appetite sufficiently enormous to nourish the performer of such feats : at one meal he is said to have devoured " a goose ...
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... says , 66 one person south of the Thames " who could under- stand the Latin service of the Church , and very few north of it who could do so , before its close there was a sufficiency of well - instructed teachers for his ignorant ...
... says , 66 one person south of the Thames " who could under- stand the Latin service of the Church , and very few north of it who could do so , before its close there was a sufficiency of well - instructed teachers for his ignorant ...
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... says a French writer , " was the zeal with which it was adopted , that a distaff and spindle were sent in con- tempt to those who refused it . " At The 15th of August in the year following was fixed upon for the departure from Europe of ...
... says a French writer , " was the zeal with which it was adopted , that a distaff and spindle were sent in con- tempt to those who refused it . " At The 15th of August in the year following was fixed upon for the departure from Europe of ...
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... say , that if their master had known of it , his prisoner's ransom would have been the larger . To punish Philip's perfidy was Richard's first care . During the war that ensued between them , the worthless John returned to his ...
... say , that if their master had known of it , his prisoner's ransom would have been the larger . To punish Philip's perfidy was Richard's first care . During the war that ensued between them , the worthless John returned to his ...
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... says Villehardouin , " like the sound of an earthquake ! " The Doge , over whose venerable head near ninety years had passed , added the influence which his office and great personal reputation gave him , to the persuasions of the ...
... says Villehardouin , " like the sound of an earthquake ! " The Doge , over whose venerable head near ninety years had passed , added the influence which his office and great personal reputation gave him , to the persuasions of the ...
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