A Shorter History of England and Greater BritainMacmillan, 1920 - 942 páginas |
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... spite of the fact that the center of industry has shifted to the North , London is still the leader in imports and second only to Liverpool in exports . The rivers of the southern group are relatively short and unimportant . On the west ...
... spite of the fact that the center of industry has shifted to the North , London is still the leader in imports and second only to Liverpool in exports . The rivers of the southern group are relatively short and unimportant . On the west ...
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... spite of their corrupting influence made for education and culture . Remains of museums , baths , public buildings , and private dwellings show how far they had progressed in the art of living and in the comforts of civilized life ...
... spite of their corrupting influence made for education and culture . Remains of museums , baths , public buildings , and private dwellings show how far they had progressed in the art of living and in the comforts of civilized life ...
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... spite , petty meanness , or even worse . Yet his reputation for personal holiness was so high- he is said to have abolished the Danegeld because he saw the devil sitting on the money bags that he was popularly called the " Con- fessor ...
... spite , petty meanness , or even worse . Yet his reputation for personal holiness was so high- he is said to have abolished the Danegeld because he saw the devil sitting on the money bags that he was popularly called the " Con- fessor ...
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... spite of the claims of his brother Robert , he was accepted by the lead- ing men on the spot and was crowned soon after at Westminster . As a means of attaching his people to him , the new King issued a Charter of Liberties in which he ...
... spite of the claims of his brother Robert , he was accepted by the lead- ing men on the spot and was crowned soon after at Westminster . As a means of attaching his people to him , the new King issued a Charter of Liberties in which he ...
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... spite of the material and bigoted character of the age , Henry II and many of his family were well educated , alert , and interested in learning . This is true even of King John , the blackest of the dark sheep ; for the story that he ...
... spite of the material and bigoted character of the age , Henry II and many of his family were well educated , alert , and interested in learning . This is true even of King John , the blackest of the dark sheep ; for the story that he ...
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