The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England: Also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. With Illustrative Notes, a Map of Anglo-Saxon England and a General IndexG. Bell, 1887 - 515 pages |
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Page vi
... hand . * Bede's own words appear decisive in fixing the date of his birth : - " This is the present state of Britain , about 285 years since the coming of the Saxons , and in the seven hun- dred and thirty - first year of our Lord's ...
... hand . * Bede's own words appear decisive in fixing the date of his birth : - " This is the present state of Britain , about 285 years since the coming of the Saxons , and in the seven hun- dred and thirty - first year of our Lord's ...
Page xii
... hand , to rush hastily , or without long and patient study , into the full duty of the priest's office ; and thus he devoted eleven patient years to qualify himself for the various services which he was preparing to render to the ...
... hand , to rush hastily , or without long and patient study , into the full duty of the priest's office ; and thus he devoted eleven patient years to qualify himself for the various services which he was preparing to render to the ...
Page xix
... hands . I declare with truth , that I have never seen with my eyes , nor heard with my ears , any man so earnest in giving thanks to the living God . " O truly happy man ! He chanted the sentence of St. Paul the apostle , It is dreadful ...
... hands . I declare with truth , that I have never seen with my eyes , nor heard with my ears , any man so earnest in giving thanks to the living God . " O truly happy man ! He chanted the sentence of St. Paul the apostle , It is dreadful ...
Page xxi
... hands , for it is a great satisfaction to me to sit facing my holy place , where I was wont to pray , that I may also sitting call upon my Father . ' And thus on the pavement of his little cell , singing : ' Glory be to the Father , and ...
... hands , for it is a great satisfaction to me to sit facing my holy place , where I was wont to pray , that I may also sitting call upon my Father . ' And thus on the pavement of his little cell , singing : ' Glory be to the Father , and ...
Page xxxi
... hand to this year , and in hands equally ancient to the year 924 , after which it is continued in different hands to the end . " At the end of the year 890 is added , in a neat but imita- tive hand , the following interpolation , which ...
... hand to this year , and in hands equally ancient to the year 924 , after which it is continued in different hands to the end . " At the end of the year 890 is added , in a neat but imita- tive hand , the following interpolation , which ...
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