Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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... Scotland the Brythons scarcely pene- trated . But wherever they were , their language prevailed . Later on they took the name of Cymry , and the English called them the Welsh . The fate they had given to the Goidels they met with at the ...
... Scotland the Brythons scarcely pene- trated . But wherever they were , their language prevailed . Later on they took the name of Cymry , and the English called them the Welsh . The fate they had given to the Goidels they met with at the ...
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... scotland ægther ge mid land here ge mid scyphere and his micel oferhergode . ANno . dccccxxxv . ANno . dccccxxxvi . ANno . dccccxxxvii . Her æthelstan cing . eorla drihten . beorna beahgyfa and his brothor eac eadmund ætheling ...
... scotland ægther ge mid land here ge mid scyphere and his micel oferhergode . ANno . dccccxxxv . ANno . dccccxxxvi . ANno . dccccxxxvii . Her æthelstan cing . eorla drihten . beorna beahgyfa and his brothor eac eadmund ætheling ...
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... Scotland , and is supposed to have there re- ceived the nominal appointment of Lord Chan- cellor from Henry VI . Thence also he wrote a series of tracts , Latin and English , in support of the Lancastrian claims , afterwards recanted ...
... Scotland , and is supposed to have there re- ceived the nominal appointment of Lord Chan- cellor from Henry VI . Thence also he wrote a series of tracts , Latin and English , in support of the Lancastrian claims , afterwards recanted ...
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... Scotland , Bretayne , Flaunders , and other places adjoynynge , translated out of Frenche into our maternall Englysshe tonge , which form a his- tory of the courts and wars of Europe during the fourteenth century . When in Spain , Lord ...
... Scotland , Bretayne , Flaunders , and other places adjoynynge , translated out of Frenche into our maternall Englysshe tonge , which form a his- tory of the courts and wars of Europe during the fourteenth century . When in Spain , Lord ...
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... Scotland , and the Netherlands , and after being Secretary of State with Walsingham , was , though a layman , made Dean of Durham . In 1551 he published The Rule of Reason , conteinyng the Arte of Logique ; in 1553 The Arte of ...
... Scotland , and the Netherlands , and after being Secretary of State with Walsingham , was , though a layman , made Dean of Durham . In 1551 he published The Rule of Reason , conteinyng the Arte of Logique ; in 1553 The Arte of ...
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