 England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand their rituals in English or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few of them that I cannot remember...  The Story of King Alfred - Page 152by Sir Walter Besant - 1901 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Pope Gregory I - 1871 - 570 pages
...understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were...when I came to the throne. Thanks be to God Almighty 1— a ¡I "Л:': •-.'::•:: GREGORY'S PASTORAL. rcotton -- •' -- te -wé'.iiü .'œnigne on;stal... | |
 | Osborne William Tancock - 1872 - 364 pages
...geSencean besuSan Temese 8a tSa ic to rice feng.' ' So few of them there were that I cannot think of a single one south of the Thames when I came to the kingdom2.' Meaning of the ' Norman Conquest i § 13. The Norman Conquest was the beginning of the second... | |
 | John Earle - 1879 - 742 pages
...understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were...God Almighty that we have any teachers among us now. 28. Alfred inaugurated a new era for his country. With him, that is to say, in the last quarter of... | |
 | Brother Azarias - 1879 - 226 pages
...the evil. " So general was the decay of learning," says he, " that there were very few on this' side the Humber who could understand their rituals in English...beyond the Humber. There were so few of them that I can not remember a single one south of the Thames when I came to the throne." ' He establishes schools... | |
 | John Earle - 1880 - 766 pages
...understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were...one south of the Thames when I came to the throne. Thanh be to God Almighty that we have any teachers among us now. 28. Alfred inaugurated a new era for... | |
 | Bernhard ten Brink - 1883 - 426 pages
...Latin into English, and there were probably not many beyond the Humber. "So few were there," he says, " that I cannot remember a single one south of the Thames, when I came to the throne." He urgently exhorts his bishops to break away from worldly affairs as often as possible, in order to... | |
 | Jean Roemer - 1888 - 714 pages
...understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few of them that I can not remember a single one south of the Thames when I came to the throne. Thanks be to God Almighty... | |
 | Bernhard ten Brink - 1889 - 420 pages
...Latin into English, and there were probably not many beyond the Humber. "So few were there," he says, " that I cannot remember a single one south of the Thames, when I came to the throne." He urgently exhorts his bishops to break away from worldly affairs as often as possible, in order to... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 582 pages
...letter from Latin into English; and I believe there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few that I cannot remember a single one south of the Thames...worldly matters as often as thou canst, that thou mayst apply the wisdom which God has given thee wherever thou canst. Consider what punishments would... | |
 | Charles William Colby - 1899 - 378 pages
...English, or translate a letter from the Latin ; and probably not many beyond Humber. " So few were there that I cannot remember a single one south of the Thames when I came to the throne." Alfred's wars with the Danes and his wretched health were such a drain upon his energies that we must... | |
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