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... certainly has not duly appreciated the difficulties which surround this one branch of the subject ; to the other branches he seems to have given even less attention . It will not , therefore , be prudent to accept M. Pouchet's laws as ...
... certainly has not duly appreciated the difficulties which surround this one branch of the subject ; to the other branches he seems to have given even less attention . It will not , therefore , be prudent to accept M. Pouchet's laws as ...
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... certainly , if he lived at all , have lived before the time of Beda ; while of Nennius all that we can say is , in the words of Mr. Hardy , * * Materials relating to the History of Great Britain and Ireland , vol . i . p . 320 . ' It ...
... certainly , if he lived at all , have lived before the time of Beda ; while of Nennius all that we can say is , in the words of Mr. Hardy , * * Materials relating to the History of Great Britain and Ireland , vol . i . p . 320 . ' It ...
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... certainly write a historical work at some time between the battle of Mons Badonicus and the date of Beda's Ecclesiastical History , and did assert † that he was born on the day on which the battle was fought . Thus much we know from ...
... certainly write a historical work at some time between the battle of Mons Badonicus and the date of Beda's Ecclesiastical History , and did assert † that he was born on the day on which the battle was fought . Thus much we know from ...
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... to the statements of Gildas , it is well to allow him the benefit of every doubt . † Gildas , De Excidio Britanniæ ap . Monumenta Historica This certainly may be a reason why the narrative should IS GILDAS TO BE TRUSTED ? 23.
... to the statements of Gildas , it is well to allow him the benefit of every doubt . † Gildas , De Excidio Britanniæ ap . Monumenta Historica This certainly may be a reason why the narrative should IS GILDAS TO BE TRUSTED ? 23.
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... certainly not be the best specimens of the British people ; their duty , while the contest continued , lay in Britain , not in Armorica . Such men as these would naturally exaggerate the disasters of their countrymen , partly in order ...
... certainly not be the best specimens of the British people ; their duty , while the contest continued , lay in Britain , not in Armorica . Such men as these would naturally exaggerate the disasters of their countrymen , partly in order ...
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