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William Dampier describes the hand-to-mouth existence of the aborigines of northwest Australia, and reveals a people far advanced in charity.
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Posted April 4 2022
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Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow, finally stood up to the Great Horde and their opportunistic Western allies.
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Posted April 3 2022
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By the Great Charter of 1215, King John promised that his ministers would not meddle in the Church or stuff his Treasury with taxes on trade.
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Posted April 2 2022
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Edmund Burke would not congratulate the French revolutionaries on their ‘liberty’ until he knew what they would do with it. on their new-found liberty until they knew what they would do with it.
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Posted March 31 2022
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A monk living in the tumbledown hermitage that had once belonged to St Cuthbert reluctantly decided that it needed more than repairs.
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Posted March 30 2022
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As various ball sports began to take hold in England, King Edward III became convinced that Government action was required.
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Posted March 28 2022