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Westminster abbey and the cathedrals of England (1895)

Farrar, Frederic William, 1831-1903, Milman, Henry Hart, 1791-1868, Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 1815-1881 · Philadelphia : J. C. Winston & co. · leaf 102

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ree in the afternoon. He was observed to drink more than usual;and his cup-bearer, in a whisper, reminded him of it. He who has much blood toshed, answered Becket, must drink much. The dinner was now over ; the concluding hymn or grace was finished, andBecket had retired to his private room, where… … Canterbury. gj monks, with that extraordinary timidity which they always seem to have displayed,instantly fled, leaving only a small body of his intimate friends or faithful attendants.They united in entreating him to take refuge in the cathedral. No, he said; fear not ; all monks are cowards. On…

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