Biographia Britannica Literaria, Or, Biography of Literary Characters of Great Britain and Ireland, Arranged in Chronological Order: Anglo-Norman period |
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... Roman ;; But at Bayeux there are many Who know nothing but Danish . We learn from another source , that at the council of Mouson - sur - Meuse in 995 , the bishop of Verdun spoke in French . * It is probable that , with their language ...
... Roman ;; But at Bayeux there are many Who know nothing but Danish . We learn from another source , that at the council of Mouson - sur - Meuse in 995 , the bishop of Verdun spoke in French . * It is probable that , with their language ...
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... Romans , Fables et contes soleit dire , En fole et en vaine matire Pecha sovent , Deus li pardont ! William , a clerk who was of Nor- mandy , Who wrote verses in Romans , Used to tell fables and tales , In foolish and vain matter He ...
... Romans , Fables et contes soleit dire , En fole et en vaine matire Pecha sovent , Deus li pardont ! William , a clerk who was of Nor- mandy , Who wrote verses in Romans , Used to tell fables and tales , In foolish and vain matter He ...
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... Romans and Corinthians , at the conclusion of which the scribe seems to have been interrupted in his labours . It appears by comparison with this that the printed work is an abridged copy of Lanfranc , which accounts for the omission of ...
... Romans and Corinthians , at the conclusion of which the scribe seems to have been interrupted in his labours . It appears by comparison with this that the printed work is an abridged copy of Lanfranc , which accounts for the omission of ...
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... Roman council , and met his demand by an absolute refusal . The matter was referred to the new pope , Pasca- cius II . , who decided against the king . But Henry was resolute in opposing this invasion of the rights of the crown , and ...
... Roman council , and met his demand by an absolute refusal . The matter was referred to the new pope , Pasca- cius II . , who decided against the king . But Henry was resolute in opposing this invasion of the rights of the crown , and ...
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... Roman de Roncevaux . The earliest of the foreign manuscripts ( dating from the commencement of the thirteenth century ) is preserved in the Royal Library at Paris , fonds de Colbert , No. 7227. , and , as I am informed by M. Paulin ...
... Roman de Roncevaux . The earliest of the foreign manuscripts ( dating from the commencement of the thirteenth century ) is preserved in the Royal Library at Paris , fonds de Colbert , No. 7227. , and , as I am informed by M. Paulin ...
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Page xviii - And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
Page xvii - And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
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