Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... whole of that country . The conquest , indeed , was not as complete as he seems to have imagined . Again and again the people rose against him , and five years more of fighting were required before the work could be said to have been ...
... whole of that country . The conquest , indeed , was not as complete as he seems to have imagined . Again and again the people rose against him , and five years more of fighting were required before the work could be said to have been ...
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... levies were disheartened by the losses sustained , and dispersed . In fact , the Britons never could bring their whole force into the field again . Cæsar now marched northward to attack Caswallon in his own territories . To do this it was.
... levies were disheartened by the losses sustained , and dispersed . In fact , the Britons never could bring their whole force into the field again . Cæsar now marched northward to attack Caswallon in his own territories . To do this it was.
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... whole body at once . A part he sent over immediately , and this reached Gaul with- out any mishap . But when the ships were returning empty only a few reached their destination . Cæsar , however , would not wait . He crowded his troops ...
... whole body at once . A part he sent over immediately , and this reached Gaul with- out any mishap . But when the ships were returning empty only a few reached their destination . Cæsar , however , would not wait . He crowded his troops ...
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... whole island under the protection of Rome . ” The impression gained from the whole of these references is something like that stated in the text . The single reference to Britain under the reign of this prince is that the chiefs of the ...
... whole island under the protection of Rome . ” The impression gained from the whole of these references is something like that stated in the text . The single reference to Britain under the reign of this prince is that the chiefs of the ...
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... whole island had been surrendered to him . His next fancy was to obtain some material tokens of his conquest . Accordingly he drew up his army , complete with horse , foot , and the artillery of catapults and machines , on the Gallic ...
... whole island had been surrendered to him . His next fancy was to obtain some material tokens of his conquest . Accordingly he drew up his army , complete with horse , foot , and the artillery of catapults and machines , on the Gallic ...
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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.