The Venerable Bede's Ecclasiatical History of England: Also the Anglo-Saxon chronicleBell & Daldy, 1894 - 515 pages |
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Page xviii
... persons of sedentary habits , though liable to frequent petty illnesses from want of bodily exercise and too great mental exertion , are nevertheless on the whole rather a long - lived race . This rule was not exemplified in the case of ...
... persons of sedentary habits , though liable to frequent petty illnesses from want of bodily exercise and too great mental exertion , are nevertheless on the whole rather a long - lived race . This rule was not exemplified in the case of ...
Page xxi
... person expire with so much devotion , and in so tranquil a frame of mind . For as you have heard , so long as the soul animated his body , he never ceased to give thanks to the true and living God , with expanded hands exclaiming ...
... person expire with so much devotion , and in so tranquil a frame of mind . For as you have heard , so long as the soul animated his body , he never ceased to give thanks to the true and living God , with expanded hands exclaiming ...
Page xxix
... persons are credible from having been present at the event which they related ; others , from the high rank which they held in the church , such as Acca , bishop of Hexham , Guthfrid , abbat of Lindisfarne , Berthun , abbat of Beverley ...
... persons are credible from having been present at the event which they related ; others , from the high rank which they held in the church , such as Acca , bishop of Hexham , Guthfrid , abbat of Lindisfarne , Berthun , abbat of Beverley ...
Page xxx
... person contempo- rary with the events which he relates , it cannot but be an object of interest and of great historical importance to ex- amine so ancient a writing according to all the modes which literary criticism can suggest ; and ...
... person contempo- rary with the events which he relates , it cannot but be an object of interest and of great historical importance to ex- amine so ancient a writing according to all the modes which literary criticism can suggest ; and ...
Page xxxvii
... letters on y . On coming to examine the seventh in St. John's College Library , I was at once enabled to augment ' he number to 130 . learned persons who assisted him with this local information . SAXON CHRONICLE . Xxxvii.
... letters on y . On coming to examine the seventh in St. John's College Library , I was at once enabled to augment ' he number to 130 . learned persons who assisted him with this local information . SAXON CHRONICLE . Xxxvii.
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