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... land just what it most needed . Duke William of Normandy , " the Con- queror , " with the aid of a large retinue of Norman followers pacified the whole island except Wales and Scotland . He then set up a centralized government , with ...
... land just what it most needed . Duke William of Normandy , " the Con- queror , " with the aid of a large retinue of Norman followers pacified the whole island except Wales and Scotland . He then set up a centralized government , with ...
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... land ; and also men say that we of this land have not yet lost nor forgotten that custom and usage . Alas , this is a great default of us Englishmen , for there may no thing please us no term . And so fared the people at that time ...
... land ; and also men say that we of this land have not yet lost nor forgotten that custom and usage . Alas , this is a great default of us Englishmen , for there may no thing please us no term . And so fared the people at that time ...
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... land were reclaimed , and the country at large began to take on the appearance of a planted garden . The in- dependent small farmers , yeomen , became for a time more prosperous ; even a tenant farmer who rented his land had a chance to ...
... land were reclaimed , and the country at large began to take on the appearance of a planted garden . The in- dependent small farmers , yeomen , became for a time more prosperous ; even a tenant farmer who rented his land had a chance to ...
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