Six Old English Chronicles, of which Two are Now First Translated from the Monkish Latin OriginalsJohn Allen Giles Bohn, 1848 - 512 pages |
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... sent two sisters , in order that the emperor might take his choice ; and that he preferred the mother of Matilda . The chronology of Ethelwerd is occasionally a year or two at variance with other authorities . The reader will be ...
... sent two sisters , in order that the emperor might take his choice ; and that he preferred the mother of Matilda . The chronology of Ethelwerd is occasionally a year or two at variance with other authorities . The reader will be ...
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... origin , and who had five sons , one of whom was king Ethelred * my ancestor , and another king Alfred Ethelred died and Alfred succeeded him A. D. 871 . B who was yours . This king Alfred sent his daughter THE CHRONICLE ...
... origin , and who had five sons , one of whom was king Ethelred * my ancestor , and another king Alfred Ethelred died and Alfred succeeded him A. D. 871 . B who was yours . This king Alfred sent his daughter THE CHRONICLE ...
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... sent by your aunt into Gaul to marry Charles the Simple . Ethilda also was sent to be the wife of Hugh , son of Robert and two others were sent by king Athelstan to Otho that he might choose which of them he liked best to be his wife ...
... sent by your aunt into Gaul to marry Charles the Simple . Ethilda also was sent to be the wife of Hugh , son of Robert and two others were sent by king Athelstan to Otho that he might choose which of them he liked best to be his wife ...
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... sent against the Scots to try their mettle , and without delay they sheathe their breasts in arms , and engage in a novel mode of battle . Man clashes with man , now falls a German and now a Scot : on both sides is a most wretched scene ...
... sent against the Scots to try their mettle , and without delay they sheathe their breasts in arms , and engage in a novel mode of battle . Man clashes with man , now falls a German and now a Scot : on both sides is a most wretched scene ...
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... sent by the holy pope Celestinus to preach the gospel of Christ to the Scots . CHAPTER * A. 449. When , therefore , nineteen years had elapsed , Maurice and Valentinet became emperors of Rome ; in whose reign Hengist and Horsa at the ...
... sent by the holy pope Celestinus to preach the gospel of Christ to the Scots . CHAPTER * A. 449. When , therefore , nineteen years had elapsed , Maurice and Valentinet became emperors of Rome ; in whose reign Hengist and Horsa at the ...
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