The Story of Early BritainG.P. Putnam's sons, 1893 - 382 pages |
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... coast , or , at least , part of the coast , in which the traveller saw wheat growing . " This wheat , " the traveller says , " the natives threshed , not on open floors , but in barns , because they had so little sunshine and so much ...
... coast , or , at least , part of the coast , in which the traveller saw wheat growing . " This wheat , " the traveller says , " the natives threshed , not on open floors , but in barns , because they had so little sunshine and so much ...
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... coast by another people which , in search of adventure or booty , had crossed over from Belgic Gaul . This people , he tells us , still retained the names by which its various tribes were known on the mainland . So far we may consider ...
... coast by another people which , in search of adventure or booty , had crossed over from Belgic Gaul . This people , he tells us , still retained the names by which its various tribes were known on the mainland . So far we may consider ...
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... coast , but the quantity of this is but small . They have timber of all the kinds found in Gaul except the fir and the beech . They hold it unlawful to eat hare , chicken , or goose . Still they rear these animals for the sake of ...
... coast , but the quantity of this is but small . They have timber of all the kinds found in Gaul except the fir and the beech . They hold it unlawful to eat hare , chicken , or goose . Still they rear these animals for the sake of ...
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... coast , he observed , was lined with armed forces of natives , and the " hills " ( by which , doubtless , he means cliffs ) were so near to the sea , that a javelin could easily be thrown from them on to the shore . The place therefore ...
... coast , he observed , was lined with armed forces of natives , and the " hills " ( by which , doubtless , he means cliffs ) were so near to the sea , that a javelin could easily be thrown from them on to the shore . The place therefore ...
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... coast for some distance to the westward . Here they attempted to anchor , but the sea was too rough , and they were compelled to return to Gaul . The same night another disaster happened to the expedition . It was the time of the full ...
... coast for some distance to the westward . Here they attempted to anchor , but the sea was too rough , and they were compelled to return to Gaul . The same night another disaster happened to the expedition . It was the time of the full ...
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afterwards Alderman Alfred ANGLO-SAXON Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Archbishop army Athelstan attack battle Bede Bishop Bretwalda Britain British Britons brother Cæsar called camp Canute Carausius Caswallon cavalry chief Christian Church coast command conquest crown Danes Danish daughter death defeated died dominions Dunstan Earl earldom East Anglia Edmund Edric Edward Egbert Emperor enemy England English king Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelwulf expedition fight fled fleet force fought Gaul Godwin hand Harold Harold Hardrada hear held Hengist invaders island Kent King's kingdom land legions London Mercia monastery monks native nobles Norman Normandy northern Northmen Northumbria Pagans peace Penda plunder prince probably ravaged reign Roman Rome sailed says the Chronicler seems sent ships shire slain soldiers story Suetonius Sussex Sweyn Tacitus Thames throne told took Tostig town tribes troops victory Vortigern Wales wall Welsh Wessex West Saxons William William of Malmesbury
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Page 217 - But those things which I met with, either of the days of Ine my kinsman, or of Offa, king of the Mercians, or of Ethelbert, who first among the English race received baptism, those which seemed to me the rightest, those I have here gathered together, and rejected the others.
Page 158 - Go on quickly, I know not how long I shall hold out, and whether my Maker will not soon take me away.
Page 112 - THE FIRST FOUR BRETWALDAS (ELLE, CEAWLIN, ETHELBERT, REDWALD). BEDE tells us in his " Ecclesiastical History" that seven princes at various times and in different places held the sovereignty or chieftainship ' of the English kingdoms. The seven of his list are Elle of Sussex, Ceawlin of Wessex, Ethelbert of Kent, Redwald of East Anglia, Edwin, Oswald, and Oswin of Northumbria. The title requires some explanation, an explanation which it is not easy to give without entering into a very difficult controversy....
Page 160 - Receive my head into your hands, for it is a great satisfaction to me to sit facing my holy place, where I was wont to pray, that I may also, sitting, call upon my Father ! And thus, on the pavement of his little cell, singing: 'Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost ;' when he had named the Holy Ghost, he breathed his last, and so departed to the heavenly kingdom.
Page 155 - Who shook him from his favor, cast him down To the deep dales of Hell, where he became Devil. The fiend with all his comrades fell From Heaven, Angels, for three nights and days, From Heaven to Hell, where the Lord changed them all To Devils, because they his Deed and Word Refused to worship. Therefore in worse light Under the earth beneath, Almighty God Had placed them triumphless in the swart Hell. There evening, immeasurably long, Brings to each fiend renewal of the fire ; Then comes, at dawn,...
Page 98 - AD 495. This year came two leaders into Britain, Cerdic and Cynric, his son, with five ships .... 519.
Page 159 - Which he did ; but at the ninth hour he said to me, ' I have some little articles of value in my chest, such as pepper, napkins, and incense ; run quickly, and bring the priests of our monastery to me, that I may distribute among them the gifts which God has bestowed on me. The rich in this world are bent on giving gold and silver and other precious things ; but I, in love, will joyfully give my brothers what God has given unto me.