She _ _ _ _ _ _ a member of Elizabeth’s household and accompanied the Queen on the royal progresses. [6 Letters; B _ _ _ _ E]

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but in the case of Copernicus’ De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (1543) it _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the use of the book "until it is corrected"; [7 Letters; F _ _ _ _ _ E]

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vice _ _ _ its head as he approached; and Godfrey of Lorraine, who had plundered churches and defied kings, trembled under papal excommunication, [3 Letters; H _ _]

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Resolved to _ _ _ _ no use of the bank shares ; totaling ten thousand florins ; which he had hidden for Karl, and faced by rapidly rising expenses, Beethoven wrote, [4 Letters; M _ _ _]

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Philip Augustus _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the invitation, assembled an impressive army, and marched to the Channel coast. [8 Letters; A _ _ _ _ _ _ D]

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All in all, in life and history, we have found so many good men and women that we have quite _ _ _ _ faith in the wickedness of mankind. [4 Letters; L _ _ _]

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and Ammianus was surprised to _ _ _ _ that the bishop of Rome lived like a prince in the Lateran Palace, and moved through the city with the pomp of an emperor. [4 Letters; F _ _ _]

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He subjected himself to extreme asceticism, _ _ _ _ _ for the most part on raw vegetables and fruits, and fasted so often that when Holy Saturday came, on which fasting was pre-eminently enjoined, [5 Letters; L _ _ _ D]

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The nobles _ _ _ _ advantage of the youthful weakness of the King to consolidate their economic and political power, to reduce the representation of towns and burghers in the Diet, [4 Letters; T _ _ _]

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The diary proceeds: "Wednesday, 12 February: Yesterday morning had _ _ _ _ to bed very early, and had done it once; thirteen in all. [4 Letters; G _ _ _]

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in 1623 the Jesuit François Garasse published a quarto of over a thousand pages, in which he denounced the beaux esprits who "_ _ _ _ _ _ _ in God only by way of form or as a maxim of state" [7 Letters; B _ _ _ _ _ E]

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Some minor Protestant princes raised a force to oppose him, and Frederick, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ his wife in The Hague, joined their camp. [7 Letters; L _ _ _ _ _ G]

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When he had gone back to England she could think only of his _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to Paris. [9 Letters; R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ G]

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In 1524 Tyndale went to Wittenberg, and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the work under Luther’s guidance. [9 Letters; C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ D]

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These nitrous particles, said Mayow, play the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ role in the life of animals and plants. [7 Letters; L _ _ _ _ _ G]

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There justice to the innocent _ _ _ _ _ to the ground, unless they can buy it for a price. [5 Letters; F _ _ _ S]

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At ten Alexis knew infinitesimal calculus; at twelve he submitted his first paper to the Académie des Sciences; at eighteen he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a book containing such important additions to geometry as won him adjoint membership in the Académie (1731), [9 Letters; P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ D]

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In 1464 two Germans set up a press in Rome; in or before 1469 two Germans opened a printing shop in Venice; in 1470 three Germans _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the art to Paris; [7 Letters; B _ _ _ _ _ T]

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William of Wykeham used Perpendicular in designing New College, Oxford; William of Waynflete, another nonagenarian, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ suit in the Great Quadrangle at Eton; and Kings College, Cambridge, [8 Letters; F _ _ _ _ _ _ D]

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