Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... carried his arms as far as the Ocean on the west , the Channel on the north , and the Rhine on the east . He had even crossed the Rhine , and ravaged the territory of certain German tribes beyond it . Then , after the manner of ...
... carried his arms as far as the Ocean on the west , the Channel on the north , and the Rhine on the east . He had even crossed the Rhine , and ravaged the territory of certain German tribes beyond it . Then , after the manner of ...
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... war as he had at command , would , he judged , be sufficient to carry across his army . But he had also eighteen other vessels , which were set apart for the transport of the cavalry . The force which he proposed to employ consisted.
... war as he had at command , would , he judged , be sufficient to carry across his army . But he had also eighteen other vessels , which were set apart for the transport of the cavalry . The force which he proposed to employ consisted.
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... carried the eagle of the tenth legion set them the example . After a brief prayer that his act might turn out well for the legion , he cried with a loud voice , " Leap down , men , unless you wish to betray your eagle to the enemy ; I ...
... carried the eagle of the tenth legion set them the example . After a brief prayer that his act might turn out well for the legion , he cried with a loud voice , " Leap down , men , unless you wish to betray your eagle to the enemy ; I ...
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... carried along the coast for some distance to the westward . Here they attempted to anchor , but the sea was too rough , and they were compelled to return to Gaul . The same night another disaster happened to the expedition . It was the ...
... carried along the coast for some distance to the westward . Here they attempted to anchor , but the sea was too rough , and they were compelled to return to Gaul . The same night another disaster happened to the expedition . It was the ...
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... carried on , and , as yet , without hind- rance . Everything indeed looked peaceful . The population was at work as usual in the fields , and visitors went in and out of the camp . But one day , when one of the two legions had ...
... carried on , and , as yet , without hind- rance . Everything indeed looked peaceful . The population was at work as usual in the fields , and visitors went in and out of the camp . But one day , when one of the two legions had ...
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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.