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... force ; -that it is extremely improbable , when we consider the number and variety of king Alfred's works , that he should have neglected the history of his own country . Besides a genealogy of the kings of Wessex from Cerdic to his own ...
... force ; -that it is extremely improbable , when we consider the number and variety of king Alfred's works , that he should have neglected the history of his own country . Besides a genealogy of the kings of Wessex from Cerdic to his own ...
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... force of arms , secured to them- selves those settlements among the Picts which they still possess . From the name of their commander , they are to this day called Dalreudins ; for , in their language , Dal signifies a part . * Ireland ...
... force of arms , secured to them- selves those settlements among the Picts which they still possess . From the name of their commander , they are to this day called Dalreudins ; for , in their language , Dal signifies a part . * Ireland ...
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... force of their arms , they began to turn their weapons against their confederates . At first , they obliged them to furnish a greater quantity of provisions ; and , seeking an occasion to E quarrel , protested , that unless more ...
... force of their arms , they began to turn their weapons against their confederates . At first , they obliged them to furnish a greater quantity of provisions ; and , seeking an occasion to E quarrel , protested , that unless more ...
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... force of argument , they thought of an excellent plan , which was to crave aid of the Gallican prelates in that spiritual war . Hereupon having gathered a great synod , they consulted to- gether what persons should be sent thither , and ...
... force of argument , they thought of an excellent plan , which was to crave aid of the Gallican prelates in that spiritual war . Hereupon having gathered a great synod , they consulted to- gether what persons should be sent thither , and ...
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... forces , made war upon the Britons , who , being thus by fear and necessity compelled to take up arms , and thinking them- selves unequal to their enemies , implored the assistance of the holy bishops ; who , hastening to them as they ...
... forces , made war upon the Britons , who , being thus by fear and necessity compelled to take up arms , and thinking them- selves unequal to their enemies , implored the assistance of the holy bishops ; who , hastening to them as they ...
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Page 291 - Benedict, and afterwards by Ceolfrid ; and spending all the remaining time of my life in that monastery, I wholly applied myself to the study of Scripture, and amidst the observance of regular discipline, and the daily care of singing in the church, I always took delight in learning, teaching, and writing.
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 42 - For things are not to be loved for the sake of places, but places for the sake of good things.
Page 165 - 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 165 - 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.
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 165 - And I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages ; That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth ; To them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves.
Page 154 - All our forefathers, men beloved of God, are known to have kept it after the same manner ; and that the same may not seem to any contemptible or worthy to be rejected, it is the same which St. John the evangelist, the disciple beloved of our Lord, with all the Churches over which he presided, is recorded to have observed.