For all his bishops, earls, nobles, favourite ministers, and prefects, who, next to God and the king, had the whole government of the kingdom, as is fitting, continually received from him instruction, respect, exhortation, and command; nay, at last, when... The Life and Times of Alfred the Great - Page 277by John Allen Giles - 1848 - 417 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Allen Giles, Gildas - 1848 - 572 pages
...eddies of this present life. For all his bishops, earls, nobles, favourite ministers, and prefects, who, next to God and the king, had the whole government...common interests of the kingdom. But, owing to the sluggishness of the people, • This must consequently have been written in AD 888. t Wise conjectures... | |
| John Allen Giles - 1848 - 552 pages
...chambers, wonderfully erected by his For all his bishops, earls, nobles, favourite ministers, and prefects, who, next to God and the king, had the whole government...directed their attention to the common interests of this kingdom. But, owing to the sluggishness of the people, command, with stone and wood ? of the royal... | |
| Alfred (King of England) - 1852 - 596 pages
...eddies of this present life. For all his bishops, earls, nobles, favourite ministers, and prefects, who, next to God and the king, had the whole government...exhausted, he would reprove them severely, and censure their vulgar folly and obstinacy ; and thus he directed their attention to his own will and to the... | |
| Alfred (King of England) - 1852 - 590 pages
...bishops, earls, nobles, favourite ministers, and prefects, continually received from him instruction, exhortation, and command ; nay, at last, when they...exhausted, he would reprove them severely, and censure their vulgar folly and obstinacy; and thus he directed their attention to his own will, and the common... | |
| Alfred (King of England) - 1858 - 598 pages
...eddies of this present life. For all his bishops, earls, nobles, favourite ministers, and prefects, who, next to God and the king, had the whole government...exhausted, he would reprove them severely, and censure their vulgar folly and obstinacy ; and thus he directed their attention to his own will and to the... | |
| Alfred (King of England) - 1858 - 596 pages
...eddies of this present life. For all his bishops, earls, nobles, favourite ministers, and prefects, who, next to God and the king, had the whole government...command ; nay, at last, when they were disobedient, and lu's long patience was exhausted, he would reprove them severely, and censure their vulgar folly and... | |
| John Allen Giles - 1863 - 416 pages
...eddies of this present life. For all his bishops, earls, nobles, favourite ministers, and prefects, who, next to God and the king, had the whole government...exhausted, he would reprove them severely, and censure their vulgar folly and obstinacy ; and thus he directed their attention to his own will and to the... | |
| Thomas Hughes - 1869 - 362 pages
...eddies of this present life. For all his bishops, earls, nobles, favourite ministers and prefects, who, next to God and the king, had the whole government...exhortation, and command — nay, at last, when they continued disobedient, and his long patience was exhausted, he would reprove them severely, and censure... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1870 - 448 pages
...eddies of this present life. For all his bishops, earls, nobles, favourite ministers, and prefects, who, next to God and the king, had the whole government of the kingdom, as was fitting, continually received from him instruction, respect, exhortation, and command. Nay, at... | |
| John Allen Giles - 1872 - 554 pages
...eddies of this present life. For all his bishops, earls, nobles, favourite ministers, and prefects, who, next to God and the king, had the whole government...common interests of the kingdom. But, owing to the sluggishness of the people, * This must consequently have been written in AD 888. t Wise conjectures... | |
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