The Life and Times of Alfred the GreatG. Bell, 1848 - 417 pages |
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... minds will approve rather than condemn such a mode of weighing authorities and contrasting opinions , when the discovery of truth , and not the propagation of a theory , is the object which has been kept in view . It is perhaps ...
... minds will approve rather than condemn such a mode of weighing authorities and contrasting opinions , when the discovery of truth , and not the propagation of a theory , is the object which has been kept in view . It is perhaps ...
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... mind , from the holy place of her residence , brought her life to a close in the midst of poverty , wretchedness , and contempt . She withdrew , accompanied by a single servant , to Pavia , where , after begging her bread from door to ...
... mind , from the holy place of her residence , brought her life to a close in the midst of poverty , wretchedness , and contempt . She withdrew , accompanied by a single servant , to Pavia , where , after begging her bread from door to ...
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... mind of the conqueror . The Northumbrians , who seemed not yet to have recovered from the dissentions which ended in the expulsion of their king Ardwolf , met the victorious armies of Egbert at Dore , and with their king Enfrid took the ...
... mind of the conqueror . The Northumbrians , who seemed not yet to have recovered from the dissentions which ended in the expulsion of their king Ardwolf , met the victorious armies of Egbert at Dore , and with their king Enfrid took the ...
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... mind . He gave him ships , the com- mander and crew of which mutually engaged not to return , unless adorned with ... minds in other respects so ferocious , if the enemy that fell in their way had fewer ships than themselves , they set ...
... mind . He gave him ships , the com- mander and crew of which mutually engaged not to return , unless adorned with ... minds in other respects so ferocious , if the enemy that fell in their way had fewer ships than themselves , they set ...
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... mind of the West - Saxon king , who had never before been worsted , and it added to his indignation , that he himself , after a whole day's doubtful fighting , with difficulty escaped from the battle , aided by the darkness of the night ...
... mind of the West - Saxon king , who had never before been worsted , and it added to his indignation , that he himself , after a whole day's doubtful fighting , with difficulty escaped from the battle , aided by the darkness of the night ...
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abbat abbey Ælfred afterwards Alderman Alfred's ancient Anglo-Saxon Annals Asser Athelney authority battle bishop body Britain Britons Brompton brother Burrhed called Chippenham Chron Church coast Croyland abbey Cuthbert Danes Danish death defeated dominions ealle earl East Anglia Edmund Egbert enemy England English Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelwerd Ethelwolf Exeter father fled fleet Flor fortress Guthrum Halfdene Henry of Huntingdon Heptarchy Hinguar historian holy honours Hubba hundred Hunt Huntingdon Ingulf invaders invasion island Kent King Alfred king of Mercia king of Wessex king's kingdom land Lappenberg Latin learning Lodbroc Malmesbury Matthew of Westminster mind monastery monks narrative Neot nobles Northumberland Pagans peace plunder possession prince probably ravages reign Rome saint Saxon Chronicle says seems shew ships slain Spelman subjects Sussex throne tithes translation Turner victory Wessex West-Saxons whilst whole William of Malmesbury Winchester words writers