The History of the Castle, Town, and Port of DoverLongmans, Green, and Company, 1899 - 462 pages |
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... great avidity ; particu- larly on the sixth moon , which among these nations marks the beginnings of their months and years , and of a genera- tion after thirty years , because it then has abundance 8 THE HISTORY OF DOVER .
... great avidity ; particu- larly on the sixth moon , which among these nations marks the beginnings of their months and years , and of a genera- tion after thirty years , because it then has abundance 8 THE HISTORY OF DOVER .
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Samuel Percy Hammond Statham. tion after thirty years , because it then has abundance of strength , though not yet half of its full size . They call it in their language by a name which signifies ' all - heal ' ( omnia sanantem ) , and ...
Samuel Percy Hammond Statham. tion after thirty years , because it then has abundance of strength , though not yet half of its full size . They call it in their language by a name which signifies ' all - heal ' ( omnia sanantem ) , and ...
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... tion of the King of France , supported the barons and resisted the king's party . Prince Edward reduced them temporarily to submission , but was himself defeated in the battle of Lewes in June , and was handed over as a hostage to Simon ...
... tion of the King of France , supported the barons and resisted the king's party . Prince Edward reduced them temporarily to submission , but was himself defeated in the battle of Lewes in June , and was handed over as a hostage to Simon ...
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... caused by the importa- tion of false money , and by the habit of clipping coins to a very serious extent ; and in 1283 we find the Custos of the port also appointed guardian of the seaboard of Dover 58 THE HISTORY OF DOVER .
... caused by the importa- tion of false money , and by the habit of clipping coins to a very serious extent ; and in 1283 we find the Custos of the port also appointed guardian of the seaboard of Dover 58 THE HISTORY OF DOVER .
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... tion . The size of the fleet which assisted the king in his operation against Calais was enormous , consisting as it did of 710 ships manned by 14,151 men , and the glory of the successful end of the operations must be fairly divided ...
... tion . The size of the fleet which assisted the king in his operation against Calais was enormous , consisting as it did of 710 ships manned by 14,151 men , and the glory of the successful end of the operations must be fairly divided ...
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