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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... noble design immediately revived the hopes which all English , and indeed all Anglo - Saxon , scholars had so long enter- tained , that they might at last see the valuable writings of the great king , whom Old England called her Hero ...
... noble design immediately revived the hopes which all English , and indeed all Anglo - Saxon , scholars had so long enter- tained , that they might at last see the valuable writings of the great king , whom Old England called her Hero ...
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... noble design , King Alfred , not content to point out , merely , the way to excellence , but eager himself to tread it , with unremitting labour rendered into English numbers of books , which at that time were of the greatest renown in ...
... noble design , King Alfred , not content to point out , merely , the way to excellence , but eager himself to tread it , with unremitting labour rendered into English numbers of books , which at that time were of the greatest renown in ...
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... noble both by birth and by nature ; she daughter of Oslac , the famous butler of king Etheluulf , which Oslac was a Goth by nation , descended from the Goths and Jutes , of the seed , namely , of Stuf and Wihtgar , two brothers and ...
... noble both by birth and by nature ; she daughter of Oslac , the famous butler of king Etheluulf , which Oslac was a Goth by nation , descended from the Goths and Jutes , of the seed , namely , of Stuf and Wihtgar , two brothers and ...
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... nobles and commoners . Pope Leo [ THE FOURTH ] at that time presided over the apostolic see , who ordained and anointed for king the aforesaid child Æl- fred , and confirmed him , receiving him as his son of adoption . 2 The same year ...
... nobles and commoners . Pope Leo [ THE FOURTH ] at that time presided over the apostolic see , who ordained and anointed for king the aforesaid child Æl- fred , and confirmed him , receiving him as his son of adoption . 2 The same year ...
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... nobles and cominoners . Whom pope Leo , at his father's request , ordained and anointed for king , and confirmed ... noble soldiers . At which time the blessed pope Leo presided over the apostolic see who ordained and anointed for king ...
... nobles and cominoners . Whom pope Leo , at his father's request , ordained and anointed for king , and confirmed ... noble soldiers . At which time the blessed pope Leo presided over the apostolic see who ordained and anointed for king ...
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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