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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... wise men there were formerly in the English nation , both Spiritual and Tem- poral , and how happy the times then were among the English , and how the kings , who then had the government of the people , obeyed God and his written will ...
... wise men there were formerly in the English nation , both Spiritual and Tem- poral , and how happy the times then were among the English , and how the kings , who then had the government of the people , obeyed God and his written will ...
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... wise out of his error aforesaid , dismissed Judith he was cut off by an early death all England mourned the youth of king Adelbald , and great woe was made for him . They buried him at Sherborne , and England afterwards felt how much it ...
... wise out of his error aforesaid , dismissed Judith he was cut off by an early death all England mourned the youth of king Adelbald , and great woe was made for him . They buried him at Sherborne , and England afterwards felt how much it ...
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... wise , doing judgment and justice upon the earth ! Clerks , at- tend and see how your king carries the book in his bosom day and night , whilst you neither know nor wish to know the law of God . The same man , when he became king ...
... wise , doing judgment and justice upon the earth ! Clerks , at- tend and see how your king carries the book in his bosom day and night , whilst you neither know nor wish to know the law of God . The same man , when he became king ...
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... wise counsel , the bold Frenchmen began a most severe battle with the pagans . At the end of which they returned in triumph : the pagans , having gained horses , gallopped this way and that . In those days many monas- teries among the ...
... wise counsel , the bold Frenchmen began a most severe battle with the pagans . At the end of which they returned in triumph : the pagans , having gained horses , gallopped this way and that . In those days many monas- teries among the ...
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... wise had the western king- dom , and died that year when the sun was eclipsed : he was son of Charles whose daughter Ethelwulf , king of the West - Saxons , had for his queen . 14 And that same year a large fleet drew together against ...
... wise had the western king- dom , and died that year when the sun was eclipsed : he was son of Charles whose daughter Ethelwulf , king of the West - Saxons , had for his queen . 14 And that same year a large fleet drew together against ...
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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