 | Great Britain. [Appendix. - Miscellaneous.] - 1836 - 416 pages
...the cakes, seeing how ready thou art to eat them when baked ? ' Little did this luckless woman know that it was king Alfred, who had fought so many battles against the Pagans, and obtained so many victories over them ! " J Such an in* " Quendam mum vaccarium,"; says Asser. No humiliation'would... | |
 | John Allen Giles, Gildas - 1848 - 542 pages
...ke-aks, man, an' doossen zee 'em burn 1 I'm boun thee's eat 'em vast enough, az zoon az tiz the turn.f The blundering woman little thought that it was king...not only granted to the same glorious king victories over his enemies, but also permitted him to be harassed by them, to be sunk down by adversities, and... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1848 - 458 pages
...turn the cakes, when you see them burning ? you will be glad enough to eat them when they are hot.' The blundering woman little thought that it was King...fought so many battles against the pagans, and gained t>o many victories over themk." k Asset, anno 878. " Although in the Cotton MSS. of Asser this passage... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1848 - 552 pages
...rebuking the brave king, exclaimed :— Ca'sn thee mind the ke-aks, man, an' doossen zee 'em burn 1 I'm boun thee's eat 'em vast enough, az zoon az tiz the turn.f The blundering woman little thought that it was king Alfred, who had fought so many battles... | |
 | John Allen Giles, Gildas - 1848 - 546 pages
...rebuking the brave king, exclaimed : — Ca'sn thee mind the ke-aks, man, an' doossen zee 'em burn ? I'm boun thee's eat 'em vast enough, az zoon az tiz the turn.t , ' . . The blundering woman little thought that it was king Alfred, who had fought so many... | |
 | Albrecht von Baron HALLER - 1849 - 388 pages
...rebuking the brave king, exclaimed : — ' Ca'sn thee mind the ke-aks, man, an' doossen zee 'em burn ? ' I'm boun thee's eat 'em vast enough, az zoon az 'tiz...the Pagans, and gained so many victories over them." — Ibid. The adventure of the cakes is related differently by various authors. According to one she... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1854 - 456 pages
...turn the cakes, when you see them burning ? you will be glad enough to eat them when they are hot.' The blundering woman little thought that it was King...against the pagans, and gained so many victories over themk." k Asser, anno 878. " Although in the Cotton MSS. of Asser this passage is wanting, yet it was... | |
 | Alfred (King of England) - 1858 - 596 pages
...Ca'sn thce mind the ke-aks, man, an' doossen zee 'cm bum f I'm boun thee'B eat 'em vast enough, az zoou az 'tiz the turn. * The blundering woman little thought...not only granted to the same glorious king victories over nis enemies, but also permitted him to be harassed by them, to be sunk down by adversities, and... | |
 | Mrs. Thomas Geldart - 1860 - 292 pages
...at the sight and smell of the burning cakes, Carn thee mind the keaks, man, an doosson zee 'em burn, I'm boun thee's eat ' em vast enough, az zoon az tiz the turn.* Alfred liked to tell this story in after life, and never forgot Denulf s hospitality, for, as soon... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1863 - 416 pages
...brave king, exclaimed: — Ca'sn thee mind the ke-aks, man, an' dooasen zee 'em burn ? I'm boun thee'a eat 'em vast enough, az zoon az 'tiz the turn. * The...not only granted to the same glorious king victories overhis enemies, but also permitted him to be harassed by them, to be sunk down by adversities, and... | |
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... and the king, sitting at the hearth, made ready his bow and arrows and other warlike instruments. The unlucky woman espying the cakes burning at the fire, ran up to remove them, and rebuking the brave king, exclaimed: — Ca'sn thee mind the ke-aks,... 
