No student of history can fail to see the moral interest of the Middle Ages, any more than an artist can fail to see their aesthetic interest.
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The natural barriers between England and Scotland were not sufficient to prevent the extension of the Saxon settlements and kingdoms across the border.Goldwin Smith
Dante himself is open to the suspicion of partiality: it is said, not without apparent ground, that he puts into hell all the enemies of the political cause, which, in his eyes, was that of Italy and God.
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In the Great Charter there is a provision in favour of the Welsh, who were allied with the Barons in insurrection against the Crown.
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Roman law in the same manner was a rule of expediency, rightly or wrongly conceived, with comparatively little tincture of religion.
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It is evident that in the period designated as that of the kings, when Rome commenced her career of conquest, she was, for that time and country, a great and wealthy city.
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Of all the lines of division in Great Britain, the most important politically has been that which is least clearly traced by the hand of nature.
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