Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... Peaceful Britain , 133 - Oswald kneels to the Cross , 135- Defeat of Penda , 137 - The History of Northumbria ends , 139 . XIV . THE SUPREMACY OF MERCIA · • 140-150 Ethelred and Ceolred , 141 - Edilhun the West Saxon , 143— Offa's ...
... Peaceful Britain , 133 - Oswald kneels to the Cross , 135- Defeat of Penda , 137 - The History of Northumbria ends , 139 . XIV . THE SUPREMACY OF MERCIA · • 140-150 Ethelred and Ceolred , 141 - Edilhun the West Saxon , 143— Offa's ...
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... PEACE . 215-224 Alfred's administration of justice , 217 - Education , Letters , and Learning , 219 - Works ... Peaceful Reign , 251 -The English Fleet , 253 - Increase of Domestic Trade , 255 CONTENTS . EDWARD ( THE MARTYR ) AND ...
... PEACE . 215-224 Alfred's administration of justice , 217 - Education , Letters , and Learning , 219 - Works ... Peaceful Reign , 251 -The English Fleet , 253 - Increase of Domestic Trade , 255 CONTENTS . EDWARD ( THE MARTYR ) AND ...
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... peace , and with the envoys came Commius the Gaul . He had been roughly treated and imprisoned , and had not been released till after the Roman victory . The envoys threw the blame of this violation of law upon the common people , whom ...
... peace , and with the envoys came Commius the Gaul . He had been roughly treated and imprisoned , and had not been released till after the Roman victory . The envoys threw the blame of this violation of law upon the common people , whom ...
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... 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 , according to custom , gone out to collect corn , Cæsar was informed by the pickets ...
... 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 , according to custom , gone out to collect corn , Cæsar was informed by the pickets ...
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... all the dwellings in the neighbourhood , returned to the camp . The very same day envoys appeared asking for peace , and this Cæsar was ready enough to grant . CESAR SETS SAIL FOR GAUL . 27 He contented himself 20 CESAR IN BRITAIN .
... all the dwellings in the neighbourhood , returned to the camp . The very same day envoys appeared asking for peace , and this Cæsar was ready enough to grant . CESAR SETS SAIL FOR GAUL . 27 He contented himself 20 CESAR IN BRITAIN .
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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.