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... kind of carriages ; and by driving headlong upon their assailants , they endeavoured to compensate for their want of discipline , and the regular arts of war . Cæsar landed on the coast of England several times , but could not be said ...
... kind of carriages ; and by driving headlong upon their assailants , they endeavoured to compensate for their want of discipline , and the regular arts of war . Cæsar landed on the coast of England several times , but could not be said ...
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... kind of altar , before which stood another altar , plated with iron , for the holy fire , which was kept continually burning ; and near it a vase for receiving the blood of the victims , and a brush for sprinkling it upon the people ...
... kind of altar , before which stood another altar , plated with iron , for the holy fire , which was kept continually burning ; and near it a vase for receiving the blood of the victims , and a brush for sprinkling it upon the people ...
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... kind of subjection to civil authority , he was At last , after a long and expensive negotiation , he got compelled to give way to the pertinacious firmness of matters made up with the papal court , by solemnly Becket , supported by the ...
... kind of subjection to civil authority , he was At last , after a long and expensive negotiation , he got compelled to give way to the pertinacious firmness of matters made up with the papal court , by solemnly Becket , supported by the ...
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... kind in being formed of hewn stones , artificially connected by tenon and mortise , and dis- playing so much skill in the construction , that Inigo Jones supposed it to be a Roman hypethral temple , dedicated to the god Coelus , an ...
... kind in being formed of hewn stones , artificially connected by tenon and mortise , and dis- playing so much skill in the construction , that Inigo Jones supposed it to be a Roman hypethral temple , dedicated to the god Coelus , an ...
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... kind is Salisbury cathedral , erected about 1220 ; of the second , the nave of Winchester cathe- dral , and the choir of that of Gloucester ; and of the third , Henry the Seventh's chapel , Westminster . But a great many ancient ...
... kind is Salisbury cathedral , erected about 1220 ; of the second , the nave of Winchester cathe- dral , and the choir of that of Gloucester ; and of the third , Henry the Seventh's chapel , Westminster . But a great many ancient ...
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