Alfred the West Saxon: King of EnglishJ. M. Dent & Company, 1901 - 376 pages |
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... deal of womanly piety for many generations went into decorating ecclesiastical garments which the Christian Church had inherited from Roman paganism . See also Bowker's " Alfred , " p . 88 . is this : " He was loved by his father ΙΟ The ...
... deal of womanly piety for many generations went into decorating ecclesiastical garments which the Christian Church had inherited from Roman paganism . See also Bowker's " Alfred , " p . 88 . is this : " He was loved by his father ΙΟ The ...
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... deal of gnomic or proverbial poetry in which " the wisdom of the many had been crystallised by the wit of one . " The samples which have come down to us may stand for a great deal more which has been lost , through which , as in the ...
... deal of gnomic or proverbial poetry in which " the wisdom of the many had been crystallised by the wit of one . " The samples which have come down to us may stand for a great deal more which has been lost , through which , as in the ...
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... deal with the tradition which connected his name 1 Quoted in full in F. D. Maurice's " Moral and Metaphysical Philo- sophy , " vol . i . pp . 466-501 . 3 with Alfred's in later life . The origin of The Court of the Emperor 47.
... deal with the tradition which connected his name 1 Quoted in full in F. D. Maurice's " Moral and Metaphysical Philo- sophy , " vol . i . pp . 466-501 . 3 with Alfred's in later life . The origin of The Court of the Emperor 47.
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... deal of probability to a confusion between this John and another John of Continental fame , whom Alfred in later days placed over the monastery which he built at Athelney1 to commemorate his early difficulties . But the tradition itself ...
... deal of probability to a confusion between this John and another John of Continental fame , whom Alfred in later days placed over the monastery which he built at Athelney1 to commemorate his early difficulties . But the tradition itself ...
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... deal of ingenuity has been expended , both in ancient and modern times , on the ques- tion : " What was the cause of the Danish in- vasion ? " There are , at least , three stories which obtained currency , and these are found in several ...
... deal of ingenuity has been expended , both in ancient and modern times , on the ques- tion : " What was the cause of the Danish in- vasion ? " There are , at least , three stories which obtained currency , and these are found in several ...
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Page 207 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens...
Page 190 - Ah God, for a man with heart, head, hand, Like some of the simple great ones gone For ever and ever by, One still strong man in a blatant land, Whatever they call him, what care I, Aristocrat, democrat, autocrat — one Who can rule and dare not lie.
Page 61 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Page 207 - And let them judge the people at all seasons : and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge : so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
Page 321 - Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped; All I could never be, All, men ignored in me, This, I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped.
Page 91 - WELL for him whose will is strong ! He suffers, but he will not suffer long ; He suffers, but he cannot suffer wrong : For him nor moves the loud world's random mock, Nor all Calamity's hugest waves confound, Who seems a promontory of rock, That, coirpass'd round with turbulent sound, In middle ocean meets the surging shock, Tempest-buffeted, citadel-crown'd.
Page 61 - Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an 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...
Page 190 - Keep ye the Law — be swift in all obedience — Clear the land of evil, drive the road and bridge the ford. Make ye sure to each his own That he reap where he hath sown ; By the peace among Our peoples let men know we serve the Lord!
Page 61 - 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 221 - I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant Land.