The venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical history of England, also the Anglo-Saxon chronicle, with notes, ed. by J.A. Giles |
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... ships , which are driven thither by the wind , into its tranquil bosom . A certain Benedict built two churches on its banks , and found- ed there two monasteries , named after St. Peter and St. Paul , and united together by the same ...
... ships , which are driven thither by the wind , into its tranquil bosom . A certain Benedict built two churches on its banks , and found- ed there two monasteries , named after St. Peter and St. Paul , and united together by the same ...
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... ships , were driven by the winds beyond the shores of Britain , and arrived on the northern coasts of Ireland , where , finding the nation of the Scots , they begged to be allowed to settle among them , but could not succeed in ...
... ships , were driven by the winds beyond the shores of Britain , and arrived on the northern coasts of Ireland , where , finding the nation of the Scots , they begged to be allowed to settle among them , but could not succeed in ...
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... ship comes near the shore , and the scent of the air reaches them , they die . On the contrary , almost all things in the island are good against poison . In short , we have known that when some persons have been bitten by serpents ...
... ship comes near the shore , and the scent of the air reaches them , they die . On the contrary , almost all things in the island are good against poison . In short , we have known that when some persons have been bitten by serpents ...
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... ships of burden and vessels with oars , he sailed over into Britain ; where , being first roughly handled in a battle , and then meeting with a violent storm , he lost a considerable part of his fleet , no small number of soldiers , and ...
... ships of burden and vessels with oars , he sailed over into Britain ; where , being first roughly handled in a battle , and then meeting with a violent storm , he lost a considerable part of his fleet , no small number of soldiers , and ...
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... ships were , because there also the irruptions of the barbarians were apprehended , and so took leave of their friends , never to return again . After their departure , the Scots and Picts , understanding that they had declared they ...
... ships were , because there also the irruptions of the barbarians were apprehended , and so took leave of their friends , never to return again . After their departure , the Scots and Picts , understanding that they had declared 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.