Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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afterwards Agricola Alderman Alfred Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Archbishop army Athelstan attack battle Bede Bishop Bretwalda Britain British Britons brother Cæsar called camp Canute Carausius Caswallon cavalry chief Christian Church coast command conquest crown Danes Danish daughter death defeated died dominions Dunstan Earl earldom East Anglia Edmund Edric Edward Egbert Emperor enemy England English king Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelwulf expedition fight fled fleet force fought Gaul Godwin hand Harold Harold Hardrada hear held Hengist invaders island Kent King's kingdom land legions London Mercia monastery monks native nobles Norman Normandy northern Northmen Northumbria Pagans peace Penda plunder prince probably ravaged reign Roman Rome ruler sailed says the Chronicler seems sent ships slain soldiers story Suetonius Sussex Sweyn Tacitus Thames throne told took Tostig town tribes troops victory Vortigern Wales wall Welsh Wessex West Saxons William William of Malmesbury
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Page 217 - But those things which I met with, either of the days of Ine my kinsman, or of Offa, king of the Mercians, or of Ethelbert, who first among the English race received baptism, those which seemed to me the rightest, those I have here gathered together, and rejected the others.
Page 159 - Go on quickly ; I know not how long I shall hold out, and whether my Maker will not soon take me away." But to us he seemed very well to know the time of his departure, and so he spent the night awake in thanksgiving, and when the morning appeared— that is, Wednesday — he ordered us to write with all speed what he had begun ; and this done we walked till the third hour with the relics of saints, according to the custom of that day.
Page 112 - Beda's list comprises Ella of Sussex, Ceawlin of Wessex, Ethelbert of Kent, Redwald of East Anglia, and Edwin, Oswald, and Oswy, of Northumbria. THE SAXON ERA.
Page 160 - Receive my head into your hands, for it is a great satisfaction to me to sit facing my holy place, where I was wont to pray, that I may also, sitting, call upon my Father ! And thus, on the pavement of his little cell, singing : ' Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; ' when he had named the Holy Ghost, he breathed his last, and so departed to the heavenly kingdom.
Page 98 - AD 495. This year came two leaders into Britain, Cerdic and Cynric, his son, with five ships .... 519.
Page 159 - Which he did, but at the ninth hour he said to me, ' I have some little articles of value in my chest, such as pepper, napkins, and incense : run quickly, and bring the priests of our monastery to me, that I may distribute among them the gifts which God has bestowed on me. The rich in this world are bent on giving gold and silver and other precious things. But I, in charity, will joyfully give my brethren what God has given unto me'.
Page 222 - The appearance of such a work in their own motherspeech could not fail to produce a deep impression on the people whose story it told. With it English history became the heritage of the English people. Baeda had left it accessible merely to noble or priest; /Elfred was the first to give it to the people at large.
Page 221 - When I remembered how the knowledge of Latin had formerly decayed throughout England, and yet many could read English writing, I began, among other various and manifold troubles of this kingdom to translate into English the book which is called in Latin Pastoralis...
Page 155 - Who shook him from his favor, cast him down To the deep dales of Hell, where he became Devil. The fiend with all his comrades fell From Heaven, Angels, for three nights and days, From Heaven to Hell, where the Lord changed them all To Devils, because they his Deed and Word Refused to worship. Therefore in worse light Under the earth beneath, Almighty God Had placed them triumphless in the swart Hell. There evening, immeasurably long, Brings to each fiend renewal of the fire ; Then comes, at dawn,...