Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... attacked them with every advantage on their side . Neverthe- less their resistance was ineffectual . Cæsar manned the boats belonging to the ships of war , and sent them DEFEAT OF THE BRITONS . 17 to give help at 16 CESAR IN BRITAIN .
... attacked them with every advantage on their side . Neverthe- less their resistance was ineffectual . Cæsar manned the boats belonging to the ships of war , and sent them DEFEAT OF THE BRITONS . 17 to give help at 16 CESAR IN BRITAIN .
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... attack , and Cæsar did not think it advisable to assume the offensive . The two legions . returned to the camp ... attacking the camp . The latter , however , were not idle . They sent messengers throughout the neigh- bouring districts ...
... attack , and Cæsar did not think it advisable to assume the offensive . The two legions . returned to the camp ... attacking the camp . The latter , however , were not idle . They sent messengers throughout the neigh- bouring districts ...
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... had little difficulty in taking it . The method of attack was that known as the " tortoise " ( testudo ) , and has been thus described : " The men in each file stood close together , but with a space of about three feet between the files ;
... had little difficulty in taking it . The method of attack was that known as the " tortoise " ( testudo ) , and has been thus described : " The men in each file stood close together , but with a space of about three feet between the files ;
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... attacked the Roman horse , and , though finally repulsed , inflicted severe loss . A second attack , this time made upon the cohorts which were protect- ing the fortifications of the camp , was for a time suc- cessful . The Britons ...
... attacked the Roman horse , and , though finally repulsed , inflicted severe loss . A second attack , this time made upon the cohorts which were protect- ing the fortifications of the camp , was for a time suc- cessful . The Britons ...
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... attack of cavalry and infantry , but abandoned their position , and fled . Caswallon had now learnt by experience ... attacked , so that Cæsar had to issue most stringent orders The situation of this ford has been much disputed . Some ...
... attack of cavalry and infantry , but abandoned their position , and fled . Caswallon had now learnt by experience ... attacked , so that Cæsar had to issue most stringent orders The situation of this ford has been much disputed . Some ...
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afterwards Alfred Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Archbishop army Athelstan attack Author battle Bede Bishop Bretwalda Britain British Britons brother Cæsar called camp Canute Carausius Caswallon cavalry chief Christian Church cloth coast command conquest Crown 8vo Danes Danish daughter death defeated Demy 8vo died dominions Dunstan Earl East Anglia edition Edmund Edric Edward Egbert Emperor enemy England English king Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelwulf fight fled fleet force fought Gaul Godwin hand Harold Harold Hardrada hear held Hengist invaders island Kent King's kingdom land legions London married Mercia monastery native nobles Norman Normandy Northmen Northumbria Pagans peace Penda plunder prince probably ravaged reign Roman Rome sailed says the Chronicler seems sent ships slain soldiers story Suetonius Sussex Sweyn Tacitus Thames throne told took Tostig town tribes troops victory Vortigern Wales wall Welsh Wessex West Saxons William William of Malmesbury
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Page 217 - But those things which I met with, either of the days of Ine my kinsman, or of Offa, king of the Mercians, or of Ethelbert, who first among the English race received baptism, those which seemed to me the rightest, those I have here gathered together, and rejected the others.
Page 158 - Go on quickly, I know not how long I shall hold out, and whether my Maker will not soon take me away.
Page 112 - Beda's list comprises Ella of Sussex, Ceawlin of Wessex, Ethelbert of Kent, Redwald of East Anglia, and Edwin, Oswald, and Oswy, of Northumbria. THE SAXON ERA.
Page 160 - Receive my head into your 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 to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; ' when he had named the Holy Ghost, he breathed his last, and so departed to the heavenly kingdom.
Page 157 - ... nights and days, From Heaven to Hell, where the Lord changed them all To Devils, because they his Deed and Word Refused to worship. Therefore in worse light Under the earth beneath, Almighty God Had placed them triumphless in the swart HelL There evening, immeasurably long, Brings to each fiend renewal of the fire; Then comes, at dawn, the east wind keen with frost Its dart, or fire continual, torment sharp, The punishment wrought for them they must bear.