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... Edward III . 217 221 Vision of Piers Ploughman : -Commencement 228 " " Sermon by Reason 232 " 9 " " " " 29 دو Repentance of Reason's hearers First appearance of Piers 234 237 Piers Ploughman's Creed : -Description of Piers Alliterative ...
... Edward III . 217 221 Vision of Piers Ploughman : -Commencement 228 " " Sermon by Reason 232 " 9 " " " " 29 دو Repentance of Reason's hearers First appearance of Piers 234 237 Piers Ploughman's Creed : -Description of Piers Alliterative ...
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... events * There is also an English translation of the Annals of the Four Masters , by Owen Connellan , Esq . , in one volume , 4to . 1846 . that took place in the reign of our Edward I 16 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
... events * There is also an English translation of the Annals of the Four Masters , by Owen Connellan , Esq . , in one volume , 4to . 1846 . that took place in the reign of our Edward I 16 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
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George Lillie Craik. that took place in the reign of our Edward I .; but it appears most probable that the form of composition which they exemplify was long in use ; and , if so , the comparatively modern character of some of them does ...
George Lillie Craik. that took place in the reign of our Edward I .; but it appears most probable that the form of composition which they exemplify was long in use ; and , if so , the comparatively modern character of some of them does ...
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... Edward Thwaites in a volume entitled Heptateuchus , containing the Five Books of Moses and other portions of Scripture , Oxford , 1699 ; and it is reprinted in Thorpe's Analecta Anglo - Saxonica , 1834 , and again 1846. Other ...
... Edward Thwaites in a volume entitled Heptateuchus , containing the Five Books of Moses and other portions of Scripture , Oxford , 1699 ; and it is reprinted in Thorpe's Analecta Anglo - Saxonica , 1834 , and again 1846. Other ...
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... Edward , or in whatever other way , and had not succeeded to it under the ordinary rule of descent . Such a right of property is still , in the old feudal language , technically described in the law of Scotland as acquired by conquest ...
... Edward , or in whatever other way , and had not succeeded to it under the ordinary rule of descent . Such a right of property is still , in the old feudal language , technically described in the law of Scotland as acquired by conquest ...
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