The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Edited by J. A. Giles. 2d EdH. G. Bohn, 1849 - 515 pages |
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... side of this bay , settled them- selves there . CHAP . II . Caius Julius Cæsar , the first Roman that came into Britain . BRITAIN had never been visited by the Romans , and was , indeed , entirely unknown to them before the time of ...
... side of this bay , settled them- selves there . CHAP . II . Caius Julius Cæsar , the first Roman that came into Britain . BRITAIN had never been visited by the Romans , and was , indeed , entirely unknown to them before the time of ...
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... side of the river , under the command of Cassibellaun , * and fenced the bank of the river and almost all the ford under water with sharp stakes : the remains of these are to be seen to this day , apparently about the thickness of a ...
... side of the river , under the command of Cassibellaun , * and fenced the bank of the river and almost all the ford under water with sharp stakes : the remains of these are to be seen to this day , apparently about the thickness of a ...
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... side . CHAP . III . Claudius , the second of the Romans who came into Britain , brought the islands Orcades into subjection to the Roman empire ; and Vespasian , sent by him , reduced the Isle of Wight under their dominion . IN the year ...
... side . CHAP . III . Claudius , the second of the Romans who came into Britain , brought the islands Orcades into subjection to the Roman empire ; and Vespasian , sent by him , reduced the Isle of Wight under their dominion . IN the year ...
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... sides neither perpendicular , nor even craggy , but sloping down into a most beautiful plain , worthy from its lovely appearance to be the scene of a martyr's sufferings . On the top of this hill , St. Alban prayed that God would give ...
... sides neither perpendicular , nor even craggy , but sloping down into a most beautiful plain , worthy from its lovely appearance to be the scene of a martyr's sufferings . On the top of this hill , St. Alban prayed that God would give ...
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... side of it , as the cities , temples , bridges , and paved roads there made , testify to this day ; but they had a right of dominion over the farther parts of Britain , as also over the islands that are beyond Britain . to St. Jerome ...
... side of it , as the cities , temples , bridges , and paved roads there made , testify to this day ; but they had a right of dominion over the farther parts of Britain , as also over the islands that are beyond Britain . to St. Jerome ...
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Page 65 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, And the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 189 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 279 - Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Page 65 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Page 177 - Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Page 82 - But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Page 56 - English, determined upon, viz., that the temples of the idols in that nation ought not to be destroyed; but let the idols that are in them be destroyed; let holy water be made and sprinkled in the said temples, let altars be erected, and relics placed. For if these temples are well built, it is requisite that they be converted from the worship of devils to the service of the true God...
Page 167 - And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek : and his rest shall be glorious.
Page 278 - This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
Page 48 - Not that which goeth into the mouth, defileth a man : but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Page 167 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.