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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Page xii
... side of the Humber , who were able to understand the English of their service , or to turn an epistle out of Latin into English ; and I know there were not many beyond the Humber who could do it . There were so few , that I CANNOT THINK ...
... side of the Humber , who were able to understand the English of their service , or to turn an epistle out of Latin into English ; and I know there were not many beyond the Humber who could do it . There were so few , that I CANNOT THINK ...
Page xviii
... sides of this complicated question have been severally taken , the one by Mr Wright , who impugns the authenticity of the work in his " Biographia Anglo - Saxonica , " page 408 , and more fully in a paper read before the Antiquarian ...
... sides of this complicated question have been severally taken , the one by Mr Wright , who impugns the authenticity of the work in his " Biographia Anglo - Saxonica , " page 408 , and more fully in a paper read before the Antiquarian ...
Page xviii
... side by side . 2. Variations of fact only , and not of mere language , found in the three subsidiary writers , above described , are inserted in smaller type , as near as may be to the six principal narratives . 3. Notes , illustrations ...
... side by side . 2. Variations of fact only , and not of mere language , found in the three subsidiary writers , above described , are inserted in smaller type , as near as may be to the six principal narratives . 3. Notes , illustrations ...
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... sides , the greater part of the pagan multitude was destroyed and cut to pieces , so that we never heard of their being so slaughtered , either before or since , in any country , in one day ; and the Christians gained an honourable ...
... sides , the greater part of the pagan multitude was destroyed and cut to pieces , so that we never heard of their being so slaughtered , either before or since , in any country , in one day ; and the Christians gained an honourable ...
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... sides , the greater part of the pagan multitude was destroyed and cut to pieces , so that we never heard of their being so slaughtered , either before or since , in any country , in one day ; and the Christians gained an honourable ...
... sides , the greater part of the pagan multitude was destroyed and cut to pieces , so that we never heard of their being so slaughtered , either before or since , in any country , in one day ; and the Christians gained an honourable ...
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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