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- The VaR breaks are randomly distributed (avoid Swithun situations) - The VaR breaks are independent of the level of VaR.
Wolfram Blog : Mathematica Tests the St. Swithun’s Day Proverb 2010
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If Saint Swithun was writing so long ago, he was probably using the Julian calendat rather than the Gregorian
Wolfram Blog : Mathematica Tests the St. Swithun’s Day Proverb 2010
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London Bridge and left the country before St. Mary's was founded, and consequently the bridge the antiquary mentions as built by "Swithun, a noble lady," was not the first.
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This house of sisters was after by Swithun, a noble lady, converted into a college of priests, who in place of the ferry built a bridge of timber, and from time to time kept the place in good reparations; but lastly, the same bridge was built of stone; and then in the year 1106 was this church again founded for canons regular by
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But Swithun assured me that it was absolutely essential that his mother should go with him, and that if he was married without taking care to secure her presence, he would be for ever branded as an undutiful son.
India and the Indians Edward Fenton Elwin
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Swithun and other saints to a more suitable resting-place than they had hitherto enjoyed.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Philip Walsingham Sergeant 1912
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Swithun# (852-862), who was first prior and afterwards bishop, we come upon one of the names especially connected with the history of the church.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Philip Walsingham Sergeant 1912
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Ethelbald was a profligate prince; and marrying Judith, his mother-in-law, gave great offence to the people; but moved by the remonstrances of Swithun, bishop of Winchester, he was at last prevailed on to divorce her.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John David Hume 1743
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But we mustn’t forget that St. Swithun was Bishop of Winchester Cathedral in the 9th century, so perhaps it only applies to Winchester.
Wolfram Blog : Mathematica Tests the St. Swithun’s Day Proverb 2010
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"Now were I Swithun, where would you heathens spend tonight?
A Thane of Wessex 1884
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