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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... give to them their value and render them so inte- resting to all Englishmen . The first peculiarity of King Alfred's writings is the remarkable fact that they are all written in the old English language . This circumstance alone places ...
... give to them their value and render them so inte- resting to all Englishmen . The first peculiarity of King Alfred's writings is the remarkable fact that they are all written in the old English language . This circumstance alone places ...
Page xi
... give us a magnificent idea of his superiority over the rest of the world : for he was the inventor , if we may use the expression , of a vernacular literature . His writings are not stored up in the obscurities of monkish Latin , of ...
... give us a magnificent idea of his superiority over the rest of the world : for he was the inventor , if we may use the expression , of a vernacular literature . His writings are not stored up in the obscurities of monkish Latin , of ...
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... give even a superficial account of these manuscripts and the various questions which arise concerning them . The reader may refer , for more minute particulars , to a folio volume " Materials for the History of England , & c . " edited ...
... give even a superficial account of these manuscripts and the various questions which arise concerning them . The reader may refer , for more minute particulars , to a folio volume " Materials for the History of England , & c . " edited ...
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... gives the following genealogy in the following order . King Alfred was the son of king Æthelwolf , who was the son of Ecgberth , who was the son of Ealhmund , who was The aforesaid king [ ETHEL- WOLF ] , therefore , was the son of king ...
... gives the following genealogy in the following order . King Alfred was the son of king Æthelwolf , who was the son of Ecgberth , who was the son of Ealhmund , who was The aforesaid king [ ETHEL- WOLF ] , therefore , was the son of king ...
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... gives a vernacular idiom , and in the other chroniclers , who wrote in Latin , has been carefully retained , except in cases of manifest error . 6. The whole text of the six principal chroniclers between the years 849 and 901 has been ...
... gives a vernacular idiom , and in the other chroniclers , who wrote in Latin , has been carefully retained , except in cases of manifest error . 6. The whole text of the six principal chroniclers between the years 849 and 901 has been ...
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æfre Ælfred aforesaid army ancient Anglo-Saxon army of pagans Asser battle Berkshire bishop bith Boethius BRITISH MUSEUM brother century Charlemagne Charles Charles the Bald CHARTERS Christians Chronicle Asser church coins Danes Danish death dominions duke Ealle earl earth East-Anglia Elfred emperor empire England English eorthan Essays Ethelbald Ethelred Ethelstan Ethelwerd Ethelwulf father Florence Forthæm fortress fought France Franks Gaul gave gesceafta honour Huntingdon Hwæt Kent king Alfred King Alfred's king of Mercia king's kingdom land Lewis London Lord Lord's Lothaire mæg meaht monastery monks nation Neustria nobles Northmen Ofer Oxford pagans peace place called pope princes reign river river Thames Roman Rome royal Saxon Chronicle ships Simeon siththan slain St Neot sword thæm thæs Thæt Thames Theah things thone Thonne thou tion victory Wessex West-Saxons wintered Wuhte