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... reigns for many years in all prosperity . In his old age , hearing of the ravages of a fiery dragon on the sea - board of his kingdom , he undertakes the perilous adventure , shunned by all but himself , of attacking and destroying him ...
... reigns for many years in all prosperity . In his old age , hearing of the ravages of a fiery dragon on the sea - board of his kingdom , he undertakes the perilous adventure , shunned by all but himself , of attacking and destroying him ...
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... reign gave an impulse rather to the Scan- dinavian than to the Saxon genius . No English poet sang of his victories ; that task was left to the scalds , whom he brought with him from Denmark . By this time large advances had been made ...
... reign gave an impulse rather to the Scan- dinavian than to the Saxon genius . No English poet sang of his victories ; that task was left to the scalds , whom he brought with him from Denmark . By this time large advances had been made ...
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... reign of Henry II . ( 1154 ) , the writer or writers being by that time probably unable to resist any longer the universal fashion of employing Latin for any serious prose work . William of Malmesbury , Henry of Huntingdon , Geoffrey of ...
... reign of Henry II . ( 1154 ) , the writer or writers being by that time probably unable to resist any longer the universal fashion of employing Latin for any serious prose work . William of Malmesbury , Henry of Huntingdon , Geoffrey of ...
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... reign was contemporary with that of Charle- magne ) , and Al Mamoun , his successor , saw and assisted in the commencement of a brilliant period of literary activity in the nations of Arabian race , which lasted from the ninth to the ...
... reign was contemporary with that of Charle- magne ) , and Al Mamoun , his successor , saw and assisted in the commencement of a brilliant period of literary activity in the nations of Arabian race , which lasted from the ninth to the ...
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... reigns of the two sons of the Conqueror it is the most valuable work that we possess ; it was printed by Selden in 1623 . 13. The chronicle of Ingulfus , with its various continuations , extends from about 650 to 1486. It is chiefly ...
... reigns of the two sons of the Conqueror it is the most valuable work that we possess ; it was printed by Selden in 1623 . 13. The chronicle of Ingulfus , with its various continuations , extends from about 650 to 1486. It is chiefly ...
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