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 xix
... night , nay , every hour , till the day of our Lord's ascension , that is , the seventh before the kalends of June [ twenty - sixth of May ] , and daily read lessons to us his disciples , and whatever remained of the day , he spent in ...
... night , nay , every hour , till the day of our Lord's ascension , that is , the seventh before the kalends of June [ twenty - sixth of May ] , and daily read lessons to us his disciples , and whatever remained of the day , he spent in ...
Page xx
... night , awake , in thanks- giving ; and when the morning appeared , that is , Wednesday , he ordered us to write with all speed what he had begun ; and this done , we walked till the third hour with the relics of saints , according to ...
... night , awake , in thanks- giving ; and when the morning appeared , that is , Wednesday , he ordered us to write with all speed what he had begun ; and this done , we walked till the third hour with the relics of saints , according to ...
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... nights are light in summer , so that at midnight the beholders are often in doubt whether the even- ing twilight still continues , or that of the morning is coming on ; for the sun , in the night , returns under the earth , through the ...
... nights are light in summer , so that at midnight the beholders are often in doubt whether the even- ing twilight still continues , or that of the morning is coming on ; for the sun , in the night , returns under the earth , through the ...
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... night ; when on a sudden the Divine grace shining on him , be began to imitate the example of faith and piety which was set before him , and being gradually instructed by his wholesome admonitions , he cast off the darkness of idolatry ...
... night ; when on a sudden the Divine grace shining on him , be began to imitate the example of faith and piety which was set before him , and being gradually instructed by his wholesome admonitions , he cast off the darkness of idolatry ...
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... night in the utmost fear . On the other side , the enemy attacked them with hooked weapons , by which the cowardly defend- ants were dragged from the wall , and dashed against the ground . At last , the Britons , forsaking their cities ...
... night in the utmost fear . On the other side , the enemy attacked them with hooked weapons , by which the cowardly defend- ants were dragged from the wall , and dashed against the ground . At last , the Britons , forsaking their cities ...
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