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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... died worn out with the toils of 66 66 saving his own generation from ruin , and yet has left these " writings behind him to enlighten all succeeding generations . " These , children , are the WORKS OF KING Alfred the Great , of 66 ...
... died worn out with the toils of 66 66 saving his own generation from ruin , and yet has left these " writings behind him to enlighten all succeeding generations . " These , children , are the WORKS OF KING Alfred the Great , of 66 ...
Page xviii
... died . A continuation , by an anonymous author , brings down the history to the year 1141 . V. HENRY OF HUNTINGDON . This writer tells us , in a letter published in Wharton's Anglia Sacra , vol . ii , p . 694 , that he was an adherent ...
... died . A continuation , by an anonymous author , brings down the history to the year 1141 . V. HENRY OF HUNTINGDON . This writer tells us , in a letter published in Wharton's Anglia Sacra , vol . ii , p . 694 , that he was an adherent ...
Page xviii
... died in 1140 ; but the nature of his work , which does not follow the order of chronology , and is not arranged in the form of annals , renders it less adapted for being introduced into a Harmony than those before mentioned . He is the ...
... died in 1140 ; but the nature of his work , which does not follow the order of chronology , and is not arranged in the form of annals , renders it less adapted for being introduced into a Harmony than those before mentioned . He is the ...
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... died . The word here rendered DUKE , is DUX in the Latin : it is rendered DUKE merely for the sake of con- venience the word implies no specific title of honour . MATT . WESTMINSTER . In the year of Grace $ 54 died WYMUND archbishop of ...
... died . The word here rendered DUKE , is DUX in the Latin : it is rendered DUKE merely for the sake of con- venience the word implies no specific title of honour . MATT . WESTMINSTER . In the year of Grace $ 54 died WYMUND archbishop of ...
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... died . Now king Ethelwulf lived two years after his return from Rome ; during which , among many other good deeds of this present life , reflecting on his departure according to the way of all flesh , that his sons might not quarrel ...
... died . Now king Ethelwulf lived two years after his return from Rome ; during which , among many other good deeds of this present life , reflecting on his departure according to the way of all flesh , that his sons might not quarrel ...
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