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" ... he caused the chaplains to make six candles thereof, each of equal length, so that each candle might have twelve divisions marked longitudinally upon it. "
The Church historians of England, tr. by J. Stevenson - Page 477
by England - 1854 - 10 pages
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The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall Historically Surveyed, Volume 2

John Whitaker - 1804 - 450 pages
...says Asser, his cotemporary , " to keep candles burning day '<• and night before those holy relics of many of GOD'S elect, which " always accompanied him wherever he went ; though the candles were " exposed to the blowing violence of winds, through the thinness of the "...
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The Life and Times of Alfred the Great

John Allen Giles - 1848 - 458 pages
...those six candles burned for twenty-four hours, a night and a day, exactly, before the sacred relics of many of God's elect, which always accompanied him wherever he went : but sometimes, when they would not continue burning a whole day and night, till the same hour that they were lighted...
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Six Old English Chronicles: Of which Two are Now First Translated from the ...

John Allen Giles - 1848 - 552 pages
...those six candles burned for twenty-four hours, a night and day, without fail, before the sacred relics of many of God's elect, which always accompanied him wherever he went; but sometimes when they would not continue burning a whole day and night, till the same hour that they were lighted...
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Six Old English Chronicles

John Allen Giles, Gildas - 1848 - 546 pages
...those six candles burned for twenty-four hours, a night and day, without fail, before the sacred relics of many of God's elect, which always accompanied him wherever he went ; but sometimes when they would not continue burning a whole day and night, till the same hour that they were lighted...
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The Moderate Monarchy, Or Principles of the British Constitution, Described ...

Albrecht von Baron HALLER - 1849 - 388 pages
...those six candles burned for twenty-four hours, a night and a day exactly, before the sacred relics of many of God's elect, which always accompanied him wherever he went : but sometimes, when they would not continue burning a whole day and night, till the same hour that they were lighted...
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The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays ..., Volume 1

Alfred (King of England) - 1852 - 596 pages
...those six candles burned for twenty-four hours, a night and day, without fail, before the sacred relics of many of God's elect, which always accompanied him wherever he went ; but sometimes when they would not continue burning a whole day and night, till the same hour that they were lighted...
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The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays ..., Volume 1

Alfred (King of England) - 1852 - 590 pages
...those six candles burned for twenty-four hours, a night and day, without fail, before the sacred relics of many of God's elect, which always accompanied him wherever he went. Moreover the king was a minute investigator" of the truth in all his judgments, aa in all other things....
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The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays ..., Volume 1

Alfred (King of England) - 1858 - 596 pages
...those six candles burned for twenty-four hours, a night and day, without fail, before the sacred relics of many of God's elect, which always accompanied him wherever he went. Moreover the king was a minute investigator of the truth in all his judgments, ai in all other things....
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Memorials of King Alfred: Being Essays on the History and Antiquities of ...

John Allen Giles - 1863 - 416 pages
...those six candles burned for twenty-four hours, a night and day, without fail, before the sacred relics of many of God's elect, which always accompanied him wherever he went. Moreover the king was a minute investigator of the truth in all his judgments, as in all other things....
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Before the Conquest, Or, English Worthies in the Old English Period

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1870 - 448 pages
...six candles burned for twenty-four hours (a day and a night) without fail, before the sacred relics of many of God's elect, which always accompanied him wherever he went, except that, sometimes, they would not continue burning a whole day and night till the same hour at...
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