An abridgment of The history of England, to the death of George ii1777 |
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... against the Picts and Scots , who had advanced as far as Lincolnshire , and foon gained a compleat victory over them . The Saxons , however , being fenfible of the fertility of the country to which they came , and the barrennefs . of ...
... against the Picts and Scots , who had advanced as far as Lincolnshire , and foon gained a compleat victory over them . The Saxons , however , being fenfible of the fertility of the country to which they came , and the barrennefs . of ...
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... against the moft unguarded quarter of the enemy that Alfred made his moft violent attack , while the Danes , furprized to behold an army of English , whom they confidered as totally fubdued , made but a faint refiftance ...
... against the moft unguarded quarter of the enemy that Alfred made his moft violent attack , while the Danes , furprized to behold an army of English , whom they confidered as totally fubdued , made but a faint refiftance ...
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... against the Normans , and they fell in great numbers , fo that the fiercenefs and obftinacy of this memorable battle , was often renewed by the courage of the lead- ers , whenever that of the foldiers began to flacken . Fortune , at ...
... against the Normans , and they fell in great numbers , fo that the fiercenefs and obftinacy of this memorable battle , was often renewed by the courage of the lead- ers , whenever that of the foldiers began to flacken . Fortune , at ...
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... against his fon . Accordingly drawing an army of English- men together , he led them over to Normandy , where he foon compelled Robert and his adherents to quit : the field , and he was quickly reinftated in all his do-- minions ...
... against his fon . Accordingly drawing an army of English- men together , he led them over to Normandy , where he foon compelled Robert and his adherents to quit : the field , and he was quickly reinftated in all his do-- minions ...
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... against him . It feems that Wil- liam , who was become corpulent , had been detained in bed fome time by ticknefs ; and Philip was heard to Say , that heonly lay in of a big belly . This foprovoked the English monarch , that he fent him ...
... against him . It feems that Wil- liam , who was become corpulent , had been detained in bed fome time by ticknefs ; and Philip was heard to Say , that heonly lay in of a big belly . This foprovoked the English monarch , that he fent him ...
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