Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... gives testimony to much the same effect- that the interior of Britain was inhabited by a race which considered itself to be indigenous , the sea - coast by another people which , in search of adventure or booty , had crossed over from ...
... gives testimony to much the same effect- that the interior of Britain was inhabited by a race which considered itself to be indigenous , the sea - coast by another people which , in search of adventure or booty , had crossed over from ...
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... give us about the inhabitants of Britain . After giving his view of their origin , he goes on , " The population is ... gives them a more terrible aspect in battle . They wear their hair long , shaving all the body except the head and ...
... give us about the inhabitants of Britain . After giving his view of their origin , he goes on , " The population is ... gives them a more terrible aspect in battle . They wear their hair long , shaving all the body except the head and ...
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... give judgment ; it is they who settle the rewards and punishments . Any private person or any tribe refusing to abide by their decision is ex- cluded from the sacrifice . This is the heaviest punishment that can be inflicted ; for those ...
... give judgment ; it is they who settle the rewards and punishments . Any private person or any tribe refusing to abide by their decision is ex- cluded from the sacrifice . This is the heaviest punishment that can be inflicted ; for those ...
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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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Alfred John Church. DEFEAT OF THE BRITONS . 17 to give help at any spot where he observed his troops in danger of being overpowered . When once dry land was gained , the day , of course , was won . In- deed , the Britons at once took to ...
Alfred John Church. DEFEAT OF THE BRITONS . 17 to give help at any spot where he observed his troops in danger of being overpowered . When once dry land was gained , the day , of course , was won . In- deed , the Britons at once took to ...
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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.