A First Sketch of English LiteratureCassell, 1892 - 1104 páginas |
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... obtained a grant of the monastery , rebuilt the church , gathered religious companies about him , and inspired in them his zeal for a pure life . He was a musician and a poet ; played , it is said , all the instru- ments of music used ...
... obtained a grant of the monastery , rebuilt the church , gathered religious companies about him , and inspired in them his zeal for a pure life . He was a musician and a poet ; played , it is said , all the instru- ments of music used ...
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... obtained the by - name of Arturus , and was said to have " made the little finger of his Arthur stouter than the back of Alexander the Great . " So wrote a painstaking unimaginative chronicler of the next generation , William of Newbury ...
... obtained the by - name of Arturus , and was said to have " made the little finger of his Arthur stouter than the back of Alexander the Great . " So wrote a painstaking unimaginative chronicler of the next generation , William of Newbury ...
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... obtained through a friendly Yorkshire baron from the Earl of Gloucester himself . Gaimar continued his chronicle , in French or Anglo - Norman verse ,. by adding the series of Saxon kings ; and this latter part of his work was all that ...
... obtained through a friendly Yorkshire baron from the Earl of Gloucester himself . Gaimar continued his chronicle , in French or Anglo - Norman verse ,. by adding the series of Saxon kings ; and this latter part of his work was all that ...
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... in his own cathedral ; a monk tried to poison him . In 1245 Grosseteste obtained the support of the pope for his visi TO A.D. 1272 . ROBERT GROSSETESTE . 79 tations ; 78 [ A.D. 121C A FIRST SKETCH Of English LITERATURE .
... in his own cathedral ; a monk tried to poison him . In 1245 Grosseteste obtained the support of the pope for his visi TO A.D. 1272 . ROBERT GROSSETESTE . 79 tations ; 78 [ A.D. 121C A FIRST SKETCH Of English LITERATURE .
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... obtained from King John his signature to Magna Charta . He belonged to a rich family , sought knowledge from childhood , and avoided the strife of the day . He studied at Oxford and Paris , and the death of his father may have placed ...
... obtained from King John his signature to Magna Charta . He belonged to a rich family , sought knowledge from childhood , and avoided the strife of the day . He studied at Oxford and Paris , and the death of his father may have placed ...
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