Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... enemy , on the other hand , either standing on dry ground , or advancing a little way into the water , harassed them with showers of missiles . It is not to be wondered at that , under these circumstances , the BRONZE HELMET ( From the ...
... enemy , on the other hand , either standing on dry ground , or advancing a little way into the water , harassed them with showers of missiles . It is not to be wondered at that , under these circumstances , the BRONZE HELMET ( From the ...
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... enemy . Their decks were manned with slingers and archers , and there were also catapults of the light , movable kind . A sharp fire was kept up on the Britons , who began to retreat out of range , and left clear the approach to the ...
... enemy . Their decks were manned with slingers and archers , and there were also catapults of the light , movable kind . A sharp fire was kept up on the Britons , who began to retreat out of range , and left clear the approach to the ...
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... enemy , they thought , were helpless . They had had time also to estimate their force from the dimensions of the camp . It could not , they knew , be very large , and as the troops had been brought over with but little baggage , and so ...
... enemy , they thought , were helpless . They had had time also to estimate their force from the dimensions of the camp . It could not , they knew , be very large , and as the troops had been brought over with but little baggage , and so ...
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... enemy , and in no small danger . The Britons had guessed what direction the foraging party would take . Only one spot remained where the corn had not been reaped , and it was in the woods that ad- joined this that they laid their ...
... enemy , and in no small danger . The Britons had guessed what direction the foraging party would take . Only one spot remained where the corn had not been reaped , and it was in the woods that ad- joined this that they laid their ...
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... enemy . This was about twelve miles ' distant on the banks of the Stour , and is described as having been strongly situated , and well constructed of earth- works and timber . The Romans , however , had little difficulty in taking it ...
... enemy . This was about twelve miles ' distant on the banks of the Stour , and is described as having been strongly situated , and well constructed of earth- works and timber . The Romans , however , had little difficulty in taking it ...
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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.