Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... sent by their parents and kinsfolk . These pupils are said to learn by heart a vast number of verses . Some , in consequence , remain under teaching for as many as twenty years . The Druids think it unlawful to com- mit this knowledge ...
... sent by their parents and kinsfolk . These pupils are said to learn by heart a vast number of verses . Some , in consequence , remain under teaching for as many as twenty years . The Druids think it unlawful to com- mit this knowledge ...
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... sent them . back , in company with one Commius , a friendly Gaul , with the message that he should soon come in person to receive the submission of their countrymen . In four days ' time Volusenus came back , having learnt , as Cæsar ...
... sent them . back , in company with one Commius , a friendly Gaul , with the message that he should soon come in person to receive the submission of their countrymen . In four days ' time Volusenus came back , having learnt , as Cæsar ...
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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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... sent envoys to negotiate for 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 ...
... sent envoys to negotiate for 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 ...
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... sent messengers throughout the neigh- bouring districts , describing the weakness of the invaders , the magnitude of the booty to be got from them , and the advantage of striking such a blow as would secure for ever the freedom of the ...
... sent messengers throughout the neigh- bouring districts , describing the weakness of the invaders , the magnitude of the booty to be got from them , and the advantage of striking such a blow as would secure for ever the freedom of the ...
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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.