Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... brought . On the 30th of August the ships with the cavalry on board hove in sight . But when they were within a short distance of the shore , the weather suddenly changed . Some were driven back to the port from which they had sailed ...
... brought . On the 30th of August the ships with the cavalry on board hove in sight . But when they were within a short distance of the shore , the weather suddenly changed . Some were driven back to the port from which they had sailed ...
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... brought over with but little baggage , and so could be packed closely together , they believed it to be smaller than it really was . The hope sprang up that they might be able to destroy the invading army altogether . To inflict such a ...
... brought over with but little baggage , and so could be packed closely together , they believed it to be smaller than it really was . The hope sprang up that they might be able to destroy the invading army altogether . To inflict such a ...
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... brought into the camp . He lost no time in preparing for the two contingencies of retreat , and wintering in the island . Twelve of the ships that had suffered most damage were broken up , and the others were repaired with the metal and ...
... brought into the camp . He lost no time in preparing for the two contingencies of retreat , and wintering in the island . Twelve of the ships that had suffered most damage were broken up , and the others were repaired with the metal and ...
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... brought with him from the continent . Knowing how useful these would be in pursuit , he resolved to give battle , and drew up his legion in front of the camp . An engage- ment followed , but the Britons , of course , could not stand up ...
... brought with him from the continent . Knowing how useful these would be in pursuit , he resolved to give battle , and drew up his legion in front of the camp . An engage- ment followed , but the Britons , of course , could not stand up ...
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... brought into the camp , but directed that they should be sent after him to the mainland . He was , in fact , in a great hurry to go . The equinox was near , the weather could not be trusted , and his ships , hastily patched up as they ...
... brought into the camp , but directed that they should be sent after him to the mainland . He was , in fact , in a great hurry to go . The equinox was near , the weather could not be trusted , and his ships , hastily patched up as they ...
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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.