The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays Illustrative of the History, Arts, and Manners, of the Ninth Century, Volume 1Printed and published for the Alfred Committee by J.F. Smith, 1852 |
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... St Neot's commonly called Asser's Annals . 1. The first of these , WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY , was coeval with some of the six chroniclers before enumerated , as he died in 1140 ; but the nature of his work , which does not follow the order ...
... St Neot's commonly called Asser's Annals . 1. The first of these , WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY , was coeval with some of the six chroniclers before enumerated , as he died in 1140 ; but the nature of his work , which does not follow the order ...
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... St Neot , at the house of one of his cowherds . But it happened on a certain day , that the countrywoman , wife of the cowherd , was preparing some loaves to bake , and the king , sitting at the hearth , made ready his bow and arrows ...
... St Neot , at the house of one of his cowherds . But it happened on a certain day , that the countrywoman , wife of the cowherd , was preparing some loaves to bake , and the king , sitting at the hearth , made ready his bow and arrows ...
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... St Neot , who was his relation , and often foretold to him , in the spirit of prophecy , that he would suffer great adversity on this account ; but Alfred neither attended to the reproof of the man of God , nor listened to his true ...
... St Neot , who was his relation , and often foretold to him , in the spirit of prophecy , that he would suffer great adversity on this account ; but Alfred neither attended to the reproof of the man of God , nor listened to his true ...
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... Saint Guerir , and now also St Neot rests there , - for king Ælfred was always from his infancy a frequent visitor of holy places for the sake of prayer and almsgiving , - he prostrated himself for private devotion , and , after some ...
... Saint Guerir , and now also St Neot rests there , - for king Ælfred was always from his infancy a frequent visitor of holy places for the sake of prayer and almsgiving , - he prostrated himself for private devotion , and , after some ...
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... St Neot , by John of Tynemouth , tells us that he was a son of Edulph , king of the West - Angles and of Kent , that he retired from the world and became a monk at Glastonbury : that some years afterwards with only one attendant he ...
... St Neot , by John of Tynemouth , tells us that he was a son of Edulph , king of the West - Angles and of Kent , that he retired from the world and became a monk at Glastonbury : that some years afterwards with only one attendant he ...
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