The Anglo-SaxonLongman, Brown, Green, and T. Bosworth, 1849 - 32 pages |
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Alfred ancient Anglo Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon race Battle Bernicia better bless Bretwalda Britain Britons called Cerdic character Chaucer Chivalry cholera Christian Church civil civilisation colonies common conviction Court crime crimes and punishments criminal Deira dream duty ealdorman earth East Anglia EGRIC English evil faith fear feeling friends gaols hand happiness heart Heaven Hengist Heptarchy honour hope houses human I.-PART incarceration institutions interest King kingdom labour land learned less live London look Lord means ment Mercia mind misery nature noble Old England Osric parish peace perhaps political poor population present pride principles progress punishment Queen reader religion religious respect Rookeries Royal Saxon Shire social society soul spirit streets thee things thou thought thousand tion true truth Vortigern Wantage Wessex Wicliffe wisdom wise woollen words workhouse
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Page 117 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 151 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Page 17 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me : and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me ; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 179 - And though that he was worthy he was wise, And of his port as meke as is a mayde. He never yet no vilanie ne sayde In alle his lif, unto no manere wight. He was a veray parfit gentil knight.
Page 18 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Page 134 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness...
Page 134 - Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
Page 41 - It is the unique faculty of not only perceiving "sermons in stones, books in the running brooks, and good in everything...
Page 134 - And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Page 182 - His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. Up-on the cop...