Alfred the GreatMacmillan & Company, 1869 - 334 pages |
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Page 8
... side of them the need of wise and strong government — of a will to which their will may loyally submit - before all other needs ; have been groping blindly after it this long while ; begin to know that their daily life is in daily peril ...
... side of them the need of wise and strong government — of a will to which their will may loyally submit - before all other needs ; have been groping blindly after it this long while ; begin to know that their daily life is in daily peril ...
Page 30
... side of the Atlantic have come to be after the lapse of a thousand years . Married women could sue and be sued , and inherit and dispose of property of all kinds . Women could attend the shire- gemot , even the witena - gemot - could ...
... side of the Atlantic have come to be after the lapse of a thousand years . Married women could sue and be sued , and inherit and dispose of property of all kinds . Women could attend the shire- gemot , even the witena - gemot - could ...
Page 40
... himself officiating . The ritual used on the occasion is said to be still extant . Judith was placed by her husband's side and crowned queen .. The news of which crowning was like to have wrought 40 LIFE OF ALFRED THE GREAT .
... himself officiating . The ritual used on the occasion is said to be still extant . Judith was placed by her husband's side and crowned queen .. The news of which crowning was like to have wrought 40 LIFE OF ALFRED THE GREAT .
Page 55
... side of the young king his brother , looking from their western home over an England already growing dark under the shadow of a tremendous storm . When it bursts , will it spend itself on these Northumbrian and East Anglian coasts and ...
... side of the young king his brother , looking from their western home over an England already growing dark under the shadow of a tremendous storm . When it bursts , will it spend itself on these Northumbrian and East Anglian coasts and ...
Page 73
... side , now to the other . In the end , after great slaughter on both sides , the Saxons gave way , and the young king and his brother fell back from Reading , leaving the body of the brave and faithful Ethelwulf among the dead . It is ...
... side , now to the other . In the end , after great slaughter on both sides , the Saxons gave way , and the young king and his brother fell back from Reading , leaving the body of the brave and faithful Ethelwulf among the dead . It is ...
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