Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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... stone , wrought in wood and metal , laid out gardens and vineyards , and bred fine horses , cattle and sheep . To them England owed the noble Lion breed whose golden hoof raised the Cotswold towns and villages . They made her wool as ...
... stone , wrought in wood and metal , laid out gardens and vineyards , and bred fine horses , cattle and sheep . To them England owed the noble Lion breed whose golden hoof raised the Cotswold towns and villages . They made her wool as ...
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... stone With lily and with cross and leopard's mask Spandrils the arch . Thou shalt not walk alone ; There dead men walk again and dead lips ask , " What of the isles of England and her sea ? " Till whispers fill the tower of memory ...
... stone With lily and with cross and leopard's mask Spandrils the arch . Thou shalt not walk alone ; There dead men walk again and dead lips ask , " What of the isles of England and her sea ? " Till whispers fill the tower of memory ...
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... stone . Carved figures as beautiful , wrought in metal and stone , rose at Edward I's behest in his father's rebuilt abbey at Westminster . Soon after his return from his Welsh wars he had commissioned William Torel , the London ...
... stone . Carved figures as beautiful , wrought in metal and stone , rose at Edward I's behest in his father's rebuilt abbey at Westminster . Soon after his return from his Welsh wars he had commissioned William Torel , the London ...
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Silent Vanished Races I | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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