The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 |
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... monks , who were the only annalists during those ages , lived remote from public af- fairs , considered the civil transactions as entirely subordinate to the ecclesiastical , and , besides par- taking of the ignorance and barbarity ...
... monks , who were the only annalists during those ages , lived remote from public af- fairs , considered the civil transactions as entirely subordinate to the ecclesiastical , and , besides par- taking of the ignorance and barbarity ...
Page 34
... monk , and sent him with forty associates to preach the gospel in this island . These missionaries , terrified with the dangers which might attend their pro- posing a new doctrine to so fierce a people , of whose language they were ...
... monk , and sent him with forty associates to preach the gospel in this island . These missionaries , terrified with the dangers which might attend their pro- posing a new doctrine to so fierce a people , of whose language they were ...
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... monks from the monas- tery of Bangor , who stood at a small distance from the field of battle , in order to encourage the combatants by their presence and exhortations . Adelfrid , inquiring the purpose of this unusual appearance , was ...
... monks from the monas- tery of Bangor , who stood at a small distance from the field of battle , in order to encourage the combatants by their presence and exhortations . Adelfrid , inquiring the purpose of this unusual appearance , was ...
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... monks , who are said to have been there maintained by their own labour . Notwithstanding Adelfrid's success in war , he lived in inquietude on account of young Edwin , whom he had unjustly dispossessed of the crown of Deïri . This ...
... monks , who are said to have been there maintained by their own labour . Notwithstanding Adelfrid's success in war , he lived in inquietude on account of young Edwin , whom he had unjustly dispossessed of the crown of Deïri . This ...
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... monks , and an abject and illiberal * devotion . The reverence for the clergy had been carried to such a height , that , wherever a person appeared in a sacerdotal habit , though on the highway , the people flocked around him ; and ...
... monks , and an abject and illiberal * devotion . The reverence for the clergy had been carried to such a height , that , wherever a person appeared in a sacerdotal habit , though on the highway , the people flocked around him ; and ...
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