Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... , 243 . DUNSTAN XXIII . 245-256 Coronation of Edwy , 249 - Edgar and his Peaceful Reign , 251 -The English Fleet , 253 - Increase of Domestic Trade , 255 CONTENTS . EDWARD ( THE MARTYR ) AND ETHELRED THE xii CONTENTS .
... , 243 . DUNSTAN XXIII . 245-256 Coronation of Edwy , 249 - Edgar and his Peaceful Reign , 251 -The English Fleet , 253 - Increase of Domestic Trade , 255 CONTENTS . EDWARD ( THE MARTYR ) AND ETHELRED THE xii CONTENTS .
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... fleets , the Britons could have given but very little help to their neighbours across the sea . The summer was nearly over , but he thought that there would be time for what may be called a reconnaissance in force . Information about ...
... fleets , the Britons could have given but very little help to their neighbours across the sea . The summer was nearly over , but he thought that there would be time for what may be called a reconnaissance in force . Information about ...
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... fleet to come up . Meanwhile the higher officers were summoned to meet on his ship , and received instructions for their conduct of the landing of the troops . When all stragglers had come up , he gave the signal to weigh anchor , and ...
... fleet to come up . Meanwhile the higher officers were summoned to meet on his ship , and received instructions for their conduct of the landing of the troops . When all stragglers had come up , he gave the signal to weigh anchor , and ...
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... fleet , and used them to make a diversion on the flank of 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 ...
... fleet , and used them to make a diversion on the flank of 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 ...
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... fleet was ready . Meanwhile the work of provisioning the camp had been busily 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 ...
... fleet was ready . Meanwhile the work of provisioning the camp had been busily 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 ...
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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.