Biographia Britannica Literaria, Or, Biography of Literary Characters of Great Britain and Ireland, Arranged in Chronological Order: Anglo-Norman period |
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... letters , and a few historical tracts , have little interest at the present day . The great developement of the scholastic system on the continent , and the intellectual agitation to which it gave birth , had a visible influence on the ...
... letters , and a few historical tracts , have little interest at the present day . The great developement of the scholastic system on the continent , and the intellectual agitation to which it gave birth , had a visible influence on the ...
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... letters , collected and pub- lished by them or by their disciples , have been preserved . These are among the most valuable illustrations of the public and private history of the age to which they be- long . They begin with those of ...
... letters , collected and pub- lished by them or by their disciples , have been preserved . These are among the most valuable illustrations of the public and private history of the age to which they be- long . They begin with those of ...
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... letters between him and Berengarius which had accidentally been made public . The ostensible object of his journey to Rome was to clear himself from these sus- picions , and he gave such full satisfaction of his orthodox opinions at ...
... letters between him and Berengarius which had accidentally been made public . The ostensible object of his journey to Rome was to clear himself from these sus- picions , and he gave such full satisfaction of his orthodox opinions at ...
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... letter . Many manuscripts of this work exist , and it has been frequently printed . It is sometimes found under the singular title of Liber Scintillarum . The more common title is , " Liber de Corpore et Sanguine Domini contra ...
... letter . Many manuscripts of this work exist , and it has been frequently printed . It is sometimes found under the singular title of Liber Scintillarum . The more common title is , " Liber de Corpore et Sanguine Domini contra ...
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... letter from him to the archbishop of Canterbury is printed among the letters of Lanfranc ; and another , written in 1084 , in which he bears witness to his miraculous cure at the shrine of St. Cuthbert , is preserved in the annals of ...
... letter from him to the archbishop of Canterbury is printed among the letters of Lanfranc ; and another , written in 1084 , in which he bears witness to his miraculous cure at the shrine of St. Cuthbert , is preserved in the annals of ...
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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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