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... called them , from the churches , as savouring too much of profane minstrelsy . But though the greater part of the nation accorded in the main with their principles , it could not give up its old songs even in obedience to the Church ...
... called them , from the churches , as savouring too much of profane minstrelsy . But though the greater part of the nation accorded in the main with their principles , it could not give up its old songs even in obedience to the Church ...
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... called the ' Polychronicon , ' speaking of Henry II . , saith that This king had long kept a beautiful damsel for his paramour , whom he called Rosamund , and he had builded for her at his place of Woodstocke beside Oxford a Bowre or ...
... called the ' Polychronicon , ' speaking of Henry II . , saith that This king had long kept a beautiful damsel for his paramour , whom he called Rosamund , and he had builded for her at his place of Woodstocke beside Oxford a Bowre or ...
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... called so , To whom our queene , dame Ellinor , Was known a deadlye foe . The king therefore , for her defence , Against the furious queene , At Woodstocke builded such a bower , The like was never seene . 15 20 20 Most curiously that ...
... called so , To whom our queene , dame Ellinor , Was known a deadlye foe . The king therefore , for her defence , Against the furious queene , At Woodstocke builded such a bower , The like was never seene . 15 20 20 Most curiously that ...
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... called from the planta genista or Spanish broom plant , a sprig of which was commonly worn by his father in his ⚫ hat - and ascended the throne on the death of King Stephen , A.D. 1154 . To the crown of England he united vast ...
... called from the planta genista or Spanish broom plant , a sprig of which was commonly worn by his father in his ⚫ hat - and ascended the throne on the death of King Stephen , A.D. 1154 . To the crown of England he united vast ...
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... called itself Christian zeal , sordid avarice which vainly strove to hide itself under a pretence of religion , were ever on the watch to gratify themselves by the murder or plunder of innocent men . Objects of universal detestation ...
... called itself Christian zeal , sordid avarice which vainly strove to hide itself under a pretence of religion , were ever on the watch to gratify themselves by the murder or plunder of innocent men . Objects of universal detestation ...
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