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... bands , beaten and hard pressed by Alfred or his aldermen , could often foil their pursuers , and lie hidden in their shade , until the Saxon soldiery had gone home to their harvest , or their sowing . The sudden blows which the Danes ...
... bands , beaten and hard pressed by Alfred or his aldermen , could often foil their pursuers , and lie hidden in their shade , until the Saxon soldiery had gone home to their harvest , or their sowing . The sudden blows which the Danes ...
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... band to Osric alderman of Hants , and Ethelwulf alderman of Berks . It was high time . that the sceptre of the West Saxons should pass into stronger hands , for within a few months of the accession of Ethelred the great host under ...
... band to Osric alderman of Hants , and Ethelwulf alderman of Berks . It was high time . that the sceptre of the West Saxons should pass into stronger hands , for within a few months of the accession of Ethelred the great host under ...
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... bands in the summer months , plundering towns , villages , and homesteads , and disappearing before the winter storms ; then coming in armies headed by kings and jarls , settling in large districts of the north and east , and from ...
... bands in the summer months , plundering towns , villages , and homesteads , and disappearing before the winter storms ; then coming in armies headed by kings and jarls , settling in large districts of the north and east , and from ...
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... band of companions in arms , his glory in peace and safety in war . It is dishonour- able to the king not to be first in fight , it is infamy for his intimate comrades and followers to survive him in battle . But the power of the king ...
... band of companions in arms , his glory in peace and safety in war . It is dishonour- able to the king not to be first in fight , it is infamy for his intimate comrades and followers to survive him in battle . But the power of the king ...
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... band of Danes had first wintered in Eng- land , in the Isle of Thanet , and again in 855 another band wintered in the Isle of Sheppey ; but these were small bodies , attempting no permanent settlement , and easily dislodged . This ...
... band of Danes had first wintered in Eng- land , in the Isle of Thanet , and again in 855 another band wintered in the Isle of Sheppey ; but these were small bodies , attempting no permanent settlement , and easily dislodged . This ...
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alderman Alfred's already amongst Ashdown Asser Athelney Athelstan bands battle Bishop brave brother Cædmon called camp century Charles the Bald Chippenham Christ Christian Church coast court Danes Danish death dooms earls East Anglia England Ethandune Ethelbald Ethelfleda Ethelred Ethelred and Alfred Ethelwulf Exeter faith father fight fleet forest fortified fought God's Guthrum hand Hasting holy honour host Hubba King Alfred king's thane kingdom land learned living Lord marched Mercia monastery monks neighbouring never night nobles Northmen Northumbria once Orosius pagan army Pagans peace pirates plunder poor Pope priests prince probably reign rest Rome royal S. L. VIII Saxon Chronicle scarcely Selwood Forest settled ships shire side slain strong Thames Thee thegn things thou town Treaty of Wedmore tything Wedmore Welsh Wessex West Saxons whole Winchester winter wise witan young
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Page 162 - If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Page 310 - BEHOLD a pupil of the monkish gown, The pious ALFRED, King to Justice dear ! Lord of the harp and liberating spear...
Page 100 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, And a covert from the tempest; As rivers of water in a dry place, As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 162 - Then his master shall bring him unto the judges ; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door-post ; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl ; and he shall serve him for ever.
Page 326 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same?
Page 83 - A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 7 - The Commander over Men ; he to whose will our wills are to be subordinated, and loyally surrender themselves, and find their welfare in doing so, may be reckoned the most important of Great Men. He is practically the summary for us of all the various figures of Heroism...
Page 56 - Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound the alarm in my holy mountain ; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble : for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand : a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness...
Page 291 - ... when he had learned this book, and turned [it] from Latin into the English language, he afterwards composed it in verse, as it now is done.
Page 173 - Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.