English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature, Volume 3Cassell, limited, 1888 |
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... battles in which King Arthur was victorious ; ending with that of Mount Badon ( Bath ) . Geoffrey of Monmouth's contemporary Orderic , writing in Normandy , had introduced into his History a chapter of the prophecies of Merlin . William ...
... battles in which King Arthur was victorious ; ending with that of Mount Badon ( Bath ) . Geoffrey of Monmouth's contemporary Orderic , writing in Normandy , had introduced into his History a chapter of the prophecies of Merlin . William ...
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... battle ; and when , at the end of his first book , he has brought Brut to the founda- tion of Troynovant - New Troy , afterwards London - he is delightfully particular in telling his readers that this was when Heli ruled in Judea , and ...
... battle ; and when , at the end of his first book , he has brought Brut to the founda- tion of Troynovant - New Troy , afterwards London - he is delightfully particular in telling his readers that this was when Heli ruled in Judea , and ...
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... battle . The Saxons are overcome ; the Scots and Picts are pardoned ; Arthur restores York to its ancient beauty ; adds to his government Ireland , Iceland , Gothland , and the Orkneys ; subdues Norway , Dacia , Aquitaine , and Gaul ...
... battle . The Saxons are overcome ; the Scots and Picts are pardoned ; Arthur restores York to its ancient beauty ; adds to his government Ireland , Iceland , Gothland , and the Orkneys ; subdues Norway , Dacia , Aquitaine , and Gaul ...
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... battle with his sons and many retainers . Fighting men of that family were the chief helpers in Strongbow's conquest of Ireland . It was David , the uncle , who gave to young Gerald , the one scholar within the walls of Manorbeer , his ...
... battle with his sons and many retainers . Fighting men of that family were the chief helpers in Strongbow's conquest of Ireland . It was David , the uncle , who gave to young Gerald , the one scholar within the walls of Manorbeer , his ...
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... battle of authorities . The bishop bade the archdeacon get out of the way , or , though they had been schoolfellows together at Paris , he should excommunicate him . The archdeacon begged the bishop for old acquaintance ' sake to desist ...
... battle of authorities . The bishop bade the archdeacon get out of the way , or , though they had been schoolfellows together at Paris , he should excommunicate him . The archdeacon begged the bishop for old acquaintance ' sake to desist ...
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