Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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Page 23
... thought , but by their deeds . Yet it bred a sense of duty and responsibility with- out which no nation can be great or endure . It taught the rank and file to be loyal , and their leaders to sacrifice themselves for the led . ' I have ...
... thought , but by their deeds . Yet it bred a sense of duty and responsibility with- out which no nation can be great or endure . It taught the rank and file to be loyal , and their leaders to sacrifice themselves for the led . ' I have ...
Page 108
... thought he knew , his opponent by heart . Yet within a year the King had completely outmanoeuvred the tall , gaunt , dark archbishop . For , with all his boldness and courage , Becket lacked the virtues in which Henry , the Achilles ...
... thought he knew , his opponent by heart . Yet within a year the King had completely outmanoeuvred the tall , gaunt , dark archbishop . For , with all his boldness and courage , Becket lacked the virtues in which Henry , the Achilles ...
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... thought of those immediately about him was to save the King . The tall Plantagenet , his horse stabbed under him , helped to clear a way with his battle - axe , while his entourage hustled him through the milling mob towards the north ...
... thought of those immediately about him was to save the King . The tall Plantagenet , his horse stabbed under him , helped to clear a way with his battle - axe , while his entourage hustled him through the milling mob towards the north ...
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Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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