 ... during the frequent wars and other trammels of this present life, the invasions of the pagans, and his own daily infirmities of body, continued to carry on the government, and to exercise hunting in all its branches ; to teach his workers in gold...  The Story of King Alfred - Page 171by Sir Walter Besant - 1901 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1848 - 792 pages
...hunting in all its branches ; to teach his workers in gold and artificers of all kinds, his falconers, hawkers, and dogkeepers ; to build houses, majestic...studying, most diligently, to the best of his ability ; he attended the Eucharist and other daily services of religion ; he was frequent in psalm-singing... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...hunting in all its branches ; to teach his workers in gold, and artificers of all kinds, his falconers, hawkers and dog-keepers ; to build houses, majestic...studying, most diligently, to the best of his ability. He attended the Eucharist, and other daily services of religion ; he was frequent in psalm-singing... | |
 | John Allen Giles, Gildas - 1848 - 546 pages
...hunting in all ,. its branches ; to teach his workers in gold and artificers of all kinds, his falconers, hawkers and dog-keepers ; to build houses, majestic...studying, most diligently, to the best of his ability ; he attended che mass and other daily services of religion ; he was frequent in psalm-singing and... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1848 - 552 pages
...hunting in all its branches ; to teach his workers in gold and artificers of all kinds, his falconers, hawkers and dog-keepers; to build houses, majestic...studying, most diligently, to the best of his ability; he attended the mass and other daily services of religion; he was frequent in psalm-singing and prayer,... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1848 - 458 pages
...hunting in all its branches ; to teach his workers in gold and artificers of all kinds, his falconers, hawkers, and dog-keepers, to build houses, majestic...mechanical inventions; to recite the Saxon books, and more especially to learn by heart the Saxon poems, and to make others learn them also : for he alone... | |
 | Alfred (King of England) - 1852 - 596 pages
...hunting in all its branches; to teach his workers in gold and artificers of all kinds, his falconers, hawkers and dog-keepers ; to build houses majestic...studying, most diligently, to the best of his ability ; he attended the mass and other daily services of religion ; he was frequent in psalm-singing and... | |
 | Alfred (King of England) - 1852 - 590 pages
...all its branches ; to teach his workers in gold and artificers of all kinds, his falconers,hawkers and dog-keepers • to build houses majestic and good,...; and he alone never desisted from studying, most diligent] V,to the best of his ability ; he attended the mass and other daily services of religion... | |
 | Alfred (King of England) - 1858 - 596 pages
...all its branches ; to teach his workers in gold and artificers of all kinds, his falconers,hawkers and dog-keepers ; to build houses majestic and good, beyond all the precedents of his ancestor*, by his new mechanical inventions ; to recite the Saxon books, and especially to learn by... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1863 - 416 pages
...hunting in all its branches ; to teach his workers in gold and artificers of all kinds, his falconers, hawkers and dog-keepers ; to build houses majestic...and to make others learn them ; and he alone never desistedfrijm___ * studying, most diligently, to the best of his ability f he attended the mass and... | |
 | Deborah Alcock - 1864 - 170 pages
...signally blessed the substance out of which He was so abundantly honored, for we read that Alfred was able "to build houses majestic and good, beyond all the precedents of his ancestors ; " and we learn further that these contained spacious chambers both of stone and wood, and adorned... | |
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