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... France , he made his way to Normandy , and took up his abode at Avranches about the year 1059 . Here Lanfranc had kept a school ; but he had now become prior of the abbey of Le Bec . His fame as a scholar had made that house one of the ...
... France , he made his way to Normandy , and took up his abode at Avranches about the year 1059 . Here Lanfranc had kept a school ; but he had now become prior of the abbey of Le Bec . His fame as a scholar had made that house one of the ...
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... France and the duchy of Burgundy to Cluny , where he had a hearty welcome and spent Christmas . A curious story is told by Eadmer ( Hist . Nov. ii . 404 ) how Odo , duke of Burgundy , tempted by the report of the archbishop's riches ...
... France and the duchy of Burgundy to Cluny , where he had a hearty welcome and spent Christmas . A curious story is told by Eadmer ( Hist . Nov. ii . 404 ) how Odo , duke of Burgundy , tempted by the report of the archbishop's riches ...
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... France , as at St. Malo or Cherbourg , ended disastrously at St. Cas . In these matters Anson took no part , except in providing the covering force of men - of - war , and in taking command personally of the main fleet , which meantime ...
... France , as at St. Malo or Cherbourg , ended disastrously at St. Cas . In these matters Anson took no part , except in providing the covering force of men - of - war , and in taking command personally of the main fleet , which meantime ...
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... France , and travelled in Italy , Austria , Po- land , Russia , Turkey , and Greece . In 1789- she published in quarto her Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople , ' related in a series of letters . Subsequently she visited ...
... France , and travelled in Italy , Austria , Po- land , Russia , Turkey , and Greece . In 1789- she published in quarto her Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople , ' related in a series of letters . Subsequently she visited ...
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... France , daddy , ' and wrote to him long and amusing should cause her conversion to Catholicism . letters . She was now introduced to Mrs. Dr. Burney was married again in 1766 to Thrale , and during the next two or three Mrs. Stephen ...
... France , daddy , ' and wrote to him long and amusing should cause her conversion to Catholicism . letters . She was now introduced to Mrs. Dr. Burney was married again in 1766 to Thrale , and during the next two or three Mrs. Stephen ...
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