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... heathens in Schleswig , the singer says : ' Each of us must abide the end of worldly life ; let him that may , work doom before his death ; that will afterwards be best for the warrior , when he no longer lives . ' By working doom he ...
... heathens in Schleswig , the singer says : ' Each of us must abide the end of worldly life ; let him that may , work doom before his death ; that will afterwards be best for the warrior , when he no longer lives . ' By working doom he ...
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... heathen times , if not before the English left their first abode . We may be sure that the race from whom came the poem of Beowulf , and from whom sprang afterwards Shakspeare and Milton , were not a people without imagination.1 1 The ...
... heathen times , if not before the English left their first abode . We may be sure that the race from whom came the poem of Beowulf , and from whom sprang afterwards Shakspeare and Milton , were not a people without imagination.1 1 The ...
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... heathens when they came to this country . But they had a religion and a morality Religion of of their own ; they believed in gods who would the Teutons . reward the brave and punish evil - doers in the next life . Only a few scattered ...
... heathens when they came to this country . But they had a religion and a morality Religion of of their own ; they believed in gods who would the Teutons . reward the brave and punish evil - doers in the next life . Only a few scattered ...
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... heathen , if Pope Gregory I. , in the year 597 , had not sent missionaries to bring them to the faith of Christ . Church . Gregory was Pope or Bishop of Rome from 590 to 604 . In his time the popes of Rome had not yet risen to the ...
... heathen , if Pope Gregory I. , in the year 597 , had not sent missionaries to bring them to the faith of Christ . Church . Gregory was Pope or Bishop of Rome from 590 to 604 . In his time the popes of Rome had not yet risen to the ...
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... heathen thought could be done more easily in a building ; so sitting in the open air , he awaited their coming . They came marching in procession , bearing a silver cross and a picture of the Saviour , and singing prayers for the ...
... heathen thought could be done more easily in a building ; so sitting in the open air , he awaited their coming . They came marching in procession , bearing a silver cross and a picture of the Saviour , and singing prayers for the ...
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