Alfred the GreatMacmillan & Company, 1891 - 334 pages |
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... Brave , simple , honest life is becoming , if it has not already become , im- possible under its shadow . Away with this , at once , and for ever , let what will come in its place ! " The Emperor of But when we anxiously look for what ...
... Brave , simple , honest life is becoming , if it has not already become , im- possible under its shadow . Away with this , at once , and for ever , let what will come in its place ! " The Emperor of But when we anxiously look for what ...
Page 36
... also note that an army of the Pagans first sat over winter in the Isle of Sheppey . A bright brave boy , full of the folk - lore of his own people , with a mind of rare power and sensitiveness 36 LIFE OF ALFRED THE GREAT .
... also note that an army of the Pagans first sat over winter in the Isle of Sheppey . A bright brave boy , full of the folk - lore of his own people , with a mind of rare power and sensitiveness 36 LIFE OF ALFRED THE GREAT .
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... brave old Pope Leo , on his deathbed , dead probably before the arrival of the Saxon pilgrims ; the election and inauguration of Bene- dict the Third , without appeal to or consultation with the Emperor Lothaire , swiftly following - as ...
... brave old Pope Leo , on his deathbed , dead probably before the arrival of the Saxon pilgrims ; the election and inauguration of Bene- dict the Third , without appeal to or consultation with the Emperor Lothaire , swiftly following - as ...
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... brave " Depart , Satan , " from these royal lips . England may now look hopefully for true kingship and leading from him who has already learned to rule like a king in the temple of his own body and spirit . We may notice for a third ...
... brave " Depart , Satan , " from these royal lips . England may now look hopefully for true kingship and leading from him who has already learned to rule like a king in the temple of his own body and spirit . We may notice for a third ...
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... brave and numerous band of companions in arms , his glory in peace and safety in war . It is dishonour- able to the king not to be first in fight , it is infamy for his intimate comrades and followers to survive him in battle . But the ...
... brave and numerous band of companions in arms , his glory in peace and safety in war . It is dishonour- able to the king not to be first in fight , it is infamy for his intimate comrades and followers to survive him in battle . But the ...
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