The Annals of England: An Epitome of English History, from Contemporary Writers, the Rolls of Parliament, and Other Public Records ...John Henry and James Parker, 1865 |
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Page 18
... ordered them to enter the stream . The Britons were amazed on beholding a beast till then unseen , and of an extraordinary nature . As to the horses what need we write of them , since even among the Greeks horses flee at seeing an ...
... ordered them to enter the stream . The Britons were amazed on beholding a beast till then unseen , and of an extraordinary nature . As to the horses what need we write of them , since even among the Greeks horses flee at seeing an ...
Page 20
... ordered them to gather up sea shells . And having taken such booty , for it would seem that he wanted spoils for the pomp of triumphal honours , he was as highly elated as though he had subdued the very ocean , This man's name is ...
... ordered them to gather up sea shells . And having taken such booty , for it would seem that he wanted spoils for the pomp of triumphal honours , he was as highly elated as though he had subdued the very ocean , This man's name is ...
Page 62
... ordered a church to be built of wood , which was consecrated in the name of St. Peter . There the king gave Paulinus a bishop's see , and there he afterwards commanded a larger church to be built of stone . " Penda succeeds in Mercia ...
... ordered a church to be built of wood , which was consecrated in the name of St. Peter . There the king gave Paulinus a bishop's see , and there he afterwards commanded a larger church to be built of stone . " Penda succeeds in Mercia ...
Page 94
... green , the lower portion partly of a reddish brown . The inscription is " Aelfred mec heht gevvrcan " ( Alfred ordered me to be made ) . The Saxon Chronicle gives no particulars of Alfred's residence in. 94 THE SAXON ERA .
... green , the lower portion partly of a reddish brown . The inscription is " Aelfred mec heht gevvrcan " ( Alfred ordered me to be made ) . The Saxon Chronicle gives no particulars of Alfred's residence in. 94 THE SAXON ERA .
Page 104
... ordered to be observed through- out Wales ; but numerous modifications were soon made in them , and , as now known to us , they are in the form of separate codes for each of the three states of Gwyn- neth , Dynevor , and Gwent , into ...
... ordered to be observed through- out Wales ; but numerous modifications were soon made in them , and , as now known to us , they are in the form of separate codes for each of the three states of Gwyn- neth , Dynevor , and Gwent , into ...
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