Six Old English ChroniclesJohn Allen Giles, Gildas H.G. Bohn, 1848 - 512 pages |
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... endeavoured to prove Geoffrey of Monmouth to be a more faithful historian than he is generally considered to be . His words are as follow : " I am not unsensible that I expose myself to the censures of some persons , by publishing this ...
... endeavoured to prove Geoffrey of Monmouth to be a more faithful historian than he is generally considered to be . His words are as follow : " I am not unsensible that I expose myself to the censures of some persons , by publishing this ...
Page 82
... endeavoured to fulfil . But , that he might , with his usual caution , avoid that which scripture warns us against : If you offer aright , but do not divide aright , you sin , " he considered how he might divide aright that which he had ...
... endeavoured to fulfil . But , that he might , with his usual caution , avoid that which scripture warns us against : If you offer aright , but do not divide aright , you sin , " he considered how he might divide aright that which he had ...
Page 94
... endeavoured that night to re - assemble his broken forces , and the next morning went with a body of his people which he had got together , to besiege the town , into which he supposed Brutus had put himself with Antigonus and the rest ...
... endeavoured that night to re - assemble his broken forces , and the next morning went with a body of his people which he had got together , to besiege the town , into which he supposed Brutus had put himself with Antigonus and the rest ...
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... endeavoured to assuage her grief by kind words and embraces intermixed with kisses , and ceased not from these blandishments till she grew weary of crying and fell asleep . During these and other accidents , the winds continued fair for ...
... endeavoured to assuage her grief by kind words and embraces intermixed with kisses , and ceased not from these blandishments till she grew weary of crying and fell asleep . During these and other accidents , the winds continued fair for ...
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... endeavoured to level the walls and to strike a greater terror into the besieged , erected gibbets before the gates of the city , and threatened to hang up the hostages whom they had given , unless they would surrender . But the Romans ...
... endeavoured to level the walls and to strike a greater terror into the besieged , erected gibbets before the gates of the city , and threatened to hang up the hostages whom they had given , unless they would surrender . But the Romans ...
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according aforesaid afterwards ancient Androgeus apostle Armorica arms army arrived Arthur Aurelius Aurelius Ambrosius barbarians battle begat behold Belinus besieged bishop Brennius Britain British Britons brother Brutus Cadwalla Cæsar Cair Cassibellaun CHAP Christ church coast commanded consul Corineus Cornwall crown daughter death duke duke of Cornwall earth emperor endeavoured enemy Ethelwulf father fight fleet forces fought Gaul gave Germany hath Hengist holy honour hundred inhabitants Ireland island Iter Julius Cæsar Kent killed king Alfred king's kingdom kingdom of Britain land Lord's incarnation Lucius Tiberius Maximian Mercians nations Nennius night noble offences pagans passed peace Picts place called possessed priests princes prophet province reign river road Roman Rome saith our Lord Saxons Scots sent Severn ships side slain slaughter soldiers station sword thee thence things thou town Trinovantum unto Uther Pendragon victory VIIII Vortigern wall whole wicked words
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Page 322 - But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, And your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity ; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue hath muttered perverseness. None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: They trust in vanity, and speak lies ; They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. They hatch cockatrice...
Page 288 - And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 300 - The barbarians drive us to the sea ; the sea throws us back on the barbarians : thus two modes of death await us — we are either slain or drowned.
Page 323 - Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips; whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness : their feet are swift to shed blood : destruction and misery are in their ways : and the way of peace they have not known : there is no fear of God before their eyes.
Page 357 - But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart thou treasurest up to thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of God who will render to every man according to his works.
Page 289 - And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven...
Page 43 - He was loved by his father and mother, and eren by all the people, above all his brothers, and was educated altogether at the court of the king. As he advanced through the years of infancy and youth, his form appeared more comely than that of his brothers ; in look, in speech, and in manners he was more graceful than they. His...
Page 63 - In these times, I also came into Saxony [Wessex] out of the furthest coasts of Western Britain; and when I had proposed to go to him through many intervening provinces, I arrived in the country of the Saxons, who live on the right hand, which in Saxon is called Sussex, under the guidance of some of that nation; and there I first saw him in the royal vill, which is called Dene.
Page 36 - Methuselah, who was the son of Enoch, who was the son of Jared, who was the son of Mahalaleel, who was the son of Cainan, 38 who was the son of Enos, who was the son of Seth, who was the son of Adam, who was the son of God.
Page 76 - Moreover, he promised, as far as his infirmity and his means would allow, to give up to God the half of his services, bodily and mental, by night and by day, voluntarily, and with all his might...