Alfred the GreatMacmillan & Company, 1891 - 334 pages |
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... father . " Another eminent scholar , Sir F. Palgrave , derives king from " Cen , " a Celtic word signifying the head . “ The commander of men , " says Mr. Carlyle , " is called Rex , Regulator , Roi : our own name is still better —King ...
... father . " Another eminent scholar , Sir F. Palgrave , derives king from " Cen , " a Celtic word signifying the head . “ The commander of men , " says Mr. Carlyle , " is called Rex , Regulator , Roi : our own name is still better —King ...
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Thomas Hughes. silver - gilt , and silk dresses and hangings , which his father and he carried to Rome as presents to the Pope , and Alfred's jewel , found in 1693 in Newton Park , near Athelney , and now in the Ashmolean Museum . The ...
Thomas Hughes. silver - gilt , and silk dresses and hangings , which his father and he carried to Rome as presents to the Pope , and Alfred's jewel , found in 1693 in Newton Park , near Athelney , and now in the Ashmolean Museum . The ...
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... fathers cared to take , and jugglers and jesters were ready , with their tumblings of one kind or another , when the guests wearied of the perform- ances of the higher artists . Song - craft was at this time less cultivated in Eng- land ...
... fathers cared to take , and jugglers and jesters were ready , with their tumblings of one kind or another , when the guests wearied of the perform- ances of the higher artists . Song - craft was at this time less cultivated in Eng- land ...
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... Father- How of all wonders He was the beginning . The holy Creator First shaped heaven A roof for earth's children ; Then the Creator , The keeper of mankind , The Eternal Lord , The Almighty Father , Afterwards made 20 LIFE OF ALFRED ...
... Father- How of all wonders He was the beginning . The holy Creator First shaped heaven A roof for earth's children ; Then the Creator , The keeper of mankind , The Eternal Lord , The Almighty Father , Afterwards made 20 LIFE OF ALFRED ...
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Thomas Hughes. The Eternal Lord , The Almighty Father , Afterwards made the earth A fold for men . ' Then arose he from sleep , and all that he sleeping had sung he held fast in his memory , and soon added to them many words as of a song ...
Thomas Hughes. The Eternal Lord , The Almighty Father , Afterwards made the earth A fold for men . ' Then arose he from sleep , and all that he sleeping had sung he held fast in his memory , and soon added to them many words as of a song ...
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