 England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few of them that I cannot...  The Story of King Alfred - Page 142by Walter Besant - 1905 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Pope Gregory I - 1871 - 570 pages
...have them. So general was its decay in England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few of them that I cannot remember a single... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...have them. So general was its decay in England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few of them that I cannot remember a single... | |
 | Brother Azarias - 1879 - 226 pages
...general was the decay of learning," says he, " that there were very few on this' side the Humber who could understand their rituals in English or translate...beyond the Humber. There were so few of them that I can not remember a single one south of the Thames when I came to the throne." ' He establishes schools... | |
 | John Earle - 1879 - 742 pages
...have them. So general was its decay in England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few of them that I cannot remember a single... | |
 | John Earle - 1880 - 766 pages
...have them. So general was its decay in England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few of them that I cannot remember a single... | |
 | Jean Roemer - 1888 - 714 pages
...have them. So general was its decay in England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few of them that I can not remember a single... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 582 pages
...have them. So general was its decay in England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand their rituals in English, or translate...were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few that I cannot remember a single one south of the Thames when I came to the throne. Thanks be to God... | |
 | William Hunt - 1899 - 476 pages
...beginning of his reign, " so clean was the decay that there were very few on this side of Humber who could understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English, and I believe not many beyond Humber. So few were there," he adds, "that I cannot remember a single one south of... | |
 | Thomas Northcote Toller - 1900 - 316 pages
...So clean had learning fallen away in England, that there were very few on this side the Humber who could understand their rituals in English or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few of them, that I cannot remember a single... | |
 | 1901 - 654 pages
...have them. So general was its decay in England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand their rituals in English. or translate...were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few that I cannot remember a single one south of the Thames when I came to the throne. Thanks be to God... | |
| |
