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... given in the Monumenta Historica Britannica , from a collation of no fewer than twenty - six manu- scripts . An English version , originally published by Mr. Gunn in his edition of the Vatican text , is reprinted by Dr. Giles in his Six ...
... given in the Monumenta Historica Britannica , from a collation of no fewer than twenty - six manu- scripts . An English version , originally published by Mr. Gunn in his edition of the Vatican text , is reprinted by Dr. Giles in his Six ...
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... given to the world through the press ; this was followed by the Jesuit Chiflet's edition , 4to . Paris , 1681 ; then came Dr. Smith's greatly improved edition both of the original Latin and of Alfred's translation , folio , Cambridge ...
... given to the world through the press ; this was followed by the Jesuit Chiflet's edition , 4to . Paris , 1681 ; then came Dr. Smith's greatly improved edition both of the original Latin and of Alfred's translation , folio , Cambridge ...
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... given , than that , as their own traditions and records are unanimous in asserting , they are the remnants of the races by which the two islands were occupied when they first attracted the attention of the Romans about half a 12 ENGLISH ...
... given , than that , as their own traditions and records are unanimous in asserting , they are the remnants of the races by which the two islands were occupied when they first attracted the attention of the Romans about half a 12 ENGLISH ...
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... given in the Monumenta Historica Britannica , 1848. Meanwhile Mr. Thomas Wright , having previously intimated his suspicions in a com- munication to the Society of Antiquaries , published in their Transactions , had , in 1842 , in the ...
... given in the Monumenta Historica Britannica , 1848. Meanwhile Mr. Thomas Wright , having previously intimated his suspicions in a com- munication to the Society of Antiquaries , published in their Transactions , had , in 1842 , in the ...
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... given an English translation of Asser in his Six Old English Chronicles , 1848 . Along with Asser's work may be noticed the chronicle of Ethelwerd , which in a few pages of affected , and , in some places , nearly or altogether unin ...
... given an English translation of Asser in his Six Old English Chronicles , 1848 . Along with Asser's work may be noticed the chronicle of Ethelwerd , which in a few pages of affected , and , in some places , nearly or altogether unin ...
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