 Alfred out of the narrow bounds of Wessex. If the sphere of his action seems too small to justify the comparison of him with the few whom the world owns as its greatest men, he rises to their level in the moral grandeur of his life. And it is this which...  The Conquest of England - Page 186by John Richard Green - 1883 - 636 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Richard Green - 1874 - 1076 pages
...legend that gathered round it. Politically or intellectually, indeed, the sphere of Alfred's action is too small to justify a. comparison of him with the few whom the world claims as its greatest men. What really lifts him to their level is the moral grandeur of his life.... | |
 | 1877 - 678 pages
...legend that gathered round it. Politically or intellectually, indeed, the sphere of Aelfred's actiou is too small to justify a comparison of him with the few whom the world claims as its greatest men. What really lifts him to their level is the moral grandeur of his life.... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1878 - 622 pages
...Alfred out of the narrow bounds of Wessex. If the sphere of his action seems too small to justify the comparison of him with the few whom the world owns...in the moral grandeur of his life. And it is this which hns hallowed his memory among his own English people. " I desire," said the King in some of his... | |
 | 1878 - 228 pages
...legend that gathered round it. Politically or intellectually, indeed, the sphere of Alfred's action is too small to justify a comparison of him with the few whom the world claims as its greatest men. What really lifts him to their level is the moral grandeur of his life.... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1882 - 486 pages
...JSlfred out o'f the narrow bounds of Wessex. If the sphere of his action seems too small to justify the comparison of him with the few whom the world owns...as its greatest men, he rises to their level in the mernl grandeur of his life. And it is this which has hal lowed his memory among his own English people.... | |
 | 1884 - 628 pages
...noblest aim, that lifts Alfred out of the narrow bounds of Wessex, for if the sphere of his actions seems too small to justify a comparison of him with...complete embodiment of all that is great, all that is lovable in the English temper, of its practical energy, its patient and enduring force, of the reserve... | |
 | 1884 - 616 pages
...noblest aim, that lifts Alfred out of the narrow bounds of Wessex, for if the sphere of his actions seems too small to justify a comparison- of him with...complete embodiment of all that is great, all that is lovable in the English temper, of its practical energy, its patient and enduring force, of the reserve... | |
 | C. Rühle - 1884 - 204 pages
...legend that gathered round it. Politically or intellectually, indeed, the sphere of Alfred's action is too small to justify a comparison of him with the few whom the world claims as its greatest men. What really lifts him to their level is the moral grandeur of his life.... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1898 - 596 pages
...Alfred out of the narrow bounds of Wessex. If the sphere of his action seems too small to justify the comparison of him with the few whom the world owns...in the moral grandeur of his life. And it is this which has hallowed his memory among his own English people. " I desire, " said the King in some of... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - 1899 - 484 pages
...legend that gathered round it. Politically or intellectually, the sphere of Alfred's action may seem too small to justify a comparison of him with the few whom the world claims as its greatest men. What really lifts him to their level is the moral grandeur of his life.... | |
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