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... answers to these three questions must we decide whether the popular opinion that the Englishman is an ' Anglo - Saxon ' has * Materials , & c . vol . i . pp . 445-6 . a satisfactory basis in history - for , so far 20 THE ENGLISH AND ...
... answers to these three questions must we decide whether the popular opinion that the Englishman is an ' Anglo - Saxon ' has * Materials , & c . vol . i . pp . 445-6 . a satisfactory basis in history - for , so far 20 THE ENGLISH AND ...
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... answer to that question must be sought for , firstly in the account which the author himself gives of the manner in which he obtained his information , and secondly , where possible , by a comparison of the account given by him of any ...
... answer to that question must be sought for , firstly in the account which the author himself gives of the manner in which he obtained his information , and secondly , where possible , by a comparison of the account given by him of any ...
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... answer , Tacitus . But if we arrive at the conclusion that Gildas gives not only an erroneous account , but an account directly opposed to truth , of those events which have been related by other historians , can we place any reliance ...
... answer , Tacitus . But if we arrive at the conclusion that Gildas gives not only an erroneous account , but an account directly opposed to truth , of those events which have been related by other historians , can we place any reliance ...
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... answer to this question : " The Lloegrians became as Saxons . ' * There can be but little doubt that this is the true answer ; there is evidence to confirm it ; and there is no evidence to contradict it , except that of Gildas , which ...
... answer to this question : " The Lloegrians became as Saxons . ' * There can be but little doubt that this is the true answer ; there is evidence to confirm it ; and there is no evidence to contradict it , except that of Gildas , which ...
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... answer this question as to answer any of those which have preceded it . We cannot even be certain when the Danes made their first descent upon our coasts , nor what limits we are to assign to their settlements . We cannot be certain ...
... answer this question as to answer any of those which have preceded it . We cannot even be certain when the Danes made their first descent upon our coasts , nor what limits we are to assign to their settlements . We cannot be certain ...
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