Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... told , so hard that their heavy vessels kept up with the ships of war . No attempt was made by the natives to oppose a landing . They seem to have been overawed by the formidable appearance of the fleet , which had been increased by the ...
... told , so hard that their heavy vessels kept up with the ships of war . No attempt was made by the natives to oppose a landing . They seem to have been overawed by the formidable appearance of the fleet , which had been increased by the ...
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... told by Suetonius and Dio Cassius , is so ludicrous as to be scarcely credible . It runs thus : - Caligula , who was unquestionably a madman , conceived a sudden whim of making a campaign . against the Germans . While he was in camp he ...
... told by Suetonius and Dio Cassius , is so ludicrous as to be scarcely credible . It runs thus : - Caligula , who was unquestionably a madman , conceived a sudden whim of making a campaign . against the Germans . While he was in camp he ...
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... told , was unexpected ; but we have seen I We have no information as to who this Bericus was , but the name " Veric " appears on some British coins , and it is probable that , as Dean Merivale suggests , that the two may be the same ...
... told , was unexpected ; but we have seen I We have no information as to who this Bericus was , but the name " Veric " appears on some British coins , and it is probable that , as Dean Merivale suggests , that the two may be the same ...
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... told that the Roman general , to keep them in check , founded the colony of Camalodunum ( Colchester ) . A military station in the east could not exercise a very direct influence on a turbulent tribe in the west . Anyhow the general ...
... told that the Roman general , to keep them in check , founded the colony of Camalodunum ( Colchester ) . A military station in the east could not exercise a very direct influence on a turbulent tribe in the west . Anyhow the general ...
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... told in general terms that they were very successful . What we know is , that in his third year he felt that the work of conquest had been so well done that he could venture to attack Mona ( the modern Anglesey ) , the stronghold of ...
... told in general terms that they were very successful . What we know is , that in his third year he felt that the work of conquest had been so well done that he could venture to attack Mona ( the modern Anglesey ) , the stronghold of ...
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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.