Alfred in the ChroniclersW. Heffer and Sons, Limited, 1914 - 272 pages |
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... heart and strength , both of mind and body , and were utterly cast down . ' 3. So things went on for twenty years , during which eight of these miserable summers , with their rapid , rushing invasions , are recorded , and then comes a ...
... heart and strength , both of mind and body , and were utterly cast down . ' 3. So things went on for twenty years , during which eight of these miserable summers , with their rapid , rushing invasions , are recorded , and then comes a ...
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... heart of the country . York fell , and Nottingham , and Peterborough , and Ely ; Edmund , the saintly King of East Anglia , who had endeavoured , as it would seem , to raise a diversion in the rear of the pirates so soon as they left ...
... heart of the country . York fell , and Nottingham , and Peterborough , and Ely ; Edmund , the saintly King of East Anglia , who had endeavoured , as it would seem , to raise a diversion in the rear of the pirates so soon as they left ...
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... heart many a Saxon lay ; for day and night would he hear them repeated by others , and no dull listener was he . A keen huntsman also ; ever at work on woodcraft , and to good purpose . For peerless was he in the hunting - field , ever ...
... heart many a Saxon lay ; for day and night would he hear them repeated by others , and no dull listener was he . A keen huntsman also ; ever at work on woodcraft , and to good purpose . For peerless was he in the hunting - field , ever ...
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... heart as high in place . " Leaving Alfred , as it would seem , at Rome , he returned with his bride to England , only to find public opinion so outraged by his wedding a foreign child , and giving her ( in defiance of West Saxon custom ) ...
... heart as high in place . " Leaving Alfred , as it would seem , at Rome , he returned with his bride to England , only to find public opinion so outraged by his wedding a foreign child , and giving her ( in defiance of West Saxon custom ) ...
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... heart ' The Daily Course ; that is , the Services of the Hours , ' so as to be able to take part in the sevenfold scheme of daily devotion set forth in the Breviary of the Catholic Church . His next was to commit to memory in like ...
... heart ' The Daily Course ; that is , the Services of the Hours , ' so as to be able to take part in the sevenfold scheme of daily devotion set forth in the Breviary of the Catholic Church . His next was to commit to memory in like ...
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A.S. Chronicle Abbey Abbot abode aforesaid host Alderman Alfred's age amongst Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Asser Athelney Athelstan bade band barbarians battle Bishop brethren Bretwalda Britain brought Burghred century Chieftain Chippenham Christ Christian Church Crowland Danes Danish death died Earl East Angles East Anglia Edmund Egbert England English Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Exeter fain father fight fled fleet fought gave God's Grimbald Guthrum harried Hasting heart Heathen host Henry of Huntingdon holy Hubba Ingwar Kent King Alfred King Ethelred King Ethelwulf King of Mercia King's kingdom land Latin lieth London Lord Lord's Incarnation mighty monastery monks Neot Neot's never Northumbria peace place called Pope Pope Marinus prayer raid realm reign Rome royal Sherborne ships Simeon of Durham slain slaughter stronghold sway Thames Thanes thee therein thou took troth unto victory Wessex West Saxons whole Winchester wintered wont
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Page 1 - the private man. ... A saint without superstition, a scholar without ostentation, a warrior all whose wars were fought in defence of his country, a conqueror whose laurels were never stained with cruelty, a prince never cast down by adversity, never lifted up to insolence in the hour of triumph '— there is
Page 1 - of his country, a conqueror whose laurels were never stained with cruelty, a prince never cast down by adversity, never lifted up to insolence in the hour of triumph '— there is no other name in history to compare with his.
Page 105 - King, after ruling his realm well and worshipfully amid many a trouble, went the way of all flesh, and is buried in the monastery at Wimborne, where he awaiteth the Coming of the Lord and the First Resurrection with the just.
Page 69 - the Lord thy God which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out
Page 53 - a book which he carried in his bosom, wherein were written the Daily Courses and Psalms and Prayers which he had read from his youth up, he bade me write therein that same quotation.
Page 64 - of Pope Gregory should be followed : Give not much to whom you should give little, nor little to whom much, nor
Page 18 - more in His service by some infirmity, such as he might bear, but not such as would render him imbecile and
Page 128 - And what shall I say more? For the time would fail me to tell how
Page 59 - II fist escrivere un livre Engleis, Des aventures, e des leis, E de batailles de la terre, E des reis ki firent la guere.
Page 139 - the tenth part of his land for the glory of God and his own eternal salvation. And the same year he went to Rome,