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... English tongue in all its variety , and a desire to extend and enrich the language in which English poetry was written ( especially by drawing on native sources ) , an eager ambition to produce illustrious works in English , and a ...
... English tongue in all its variety , and a desire to extend and enrich the language in which English poetry was written ( especially by drawing on native sources ) , an eager ambition to produce illustrious works in English , and a ...
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... English domination there by defining an area under English law ( the ' land of peace ' - the King's peace ) . Beyond an uneasy borderland under march law lay the far areas acknowledged as Celtic and continuing under their own ancient ...
... English domination there by defining an area under English law ( the ' land of peace ' - the King's peace ) . Beyond an uneasy borderland under march law lay the far areas acknowledged as Celtic and continuing under their own ancient ...
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... English to people who spoke a different tongue was as unrewarding as trying to exact tithes from a hostile population . Elizabeth in Catholic eyes was illegitimate and had no claim on them as sovereign . When she was excommunicated by ...
... English to people who spoke a different tongue was as unrewarding as trying to exact tithes from a hostile population . Elizabeth in Catholic eyes was illegitimate and had no claim on them as sovereign . When she was excommunicated by ...
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