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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... rest of Europe was dark as night , and the light of the mind seemed on the point of being extinguish- ed among men for ever , there was found , in England , a man whose soul shone through that thick darkness , and that X PREFACE .
... rest of Europe was dark as night , and the light of the mind seemed on the point of being extinguish- ed among men for ever , there was found , in England , a man whose soul shone through that thick darkness , and that X PREFACE .
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... 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 which it is hard to say whether the trouble of reading it ...
... 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 which it is hard to say whether the trouble of reading it ...
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... rest of mankind , —if he is still the object of ardent admiration to those who are of kin- dred blood , and who feel that he was in thoughts and feelings one of themselves , it must surely be the superior brilliancy of his cha- racter ...
... rest of mankind , —if he is still the object of ardent admiration to those who are of kin- dred blood , and who feel that he was in thoughts and feelings one of themselves , it must surely be the superior brilliancy of his cha- racter ...
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... one of his friends and bishops . Its authority , on the one hand , rests upon general tradition ; but , on the other hand , has been questioned on account of certain difficulties , which I shall FROM A. D. 849 TO 901 . 3.
... one of his friends and bishops . Its authority , on the one hand , rests upon general tradition ; but , on the other hand , has been questioned on account of certain difficulties , which I shall FROM A. D. 849 TO 901 . 3.
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... rest on their authority alone . They omit some things mentioned in the Life , and else- where supply additional matter : they end in the year 914 . Such are principally the works which have been brought together to form this Harmony of ...
... rest on their authority alone . They omit some things mentioned in the Life , and else- where supply additional matter : they end in the year 914 . Such are principally the works which have been brought together to form this Harmony of ...
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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