Six Old English Chronicles: Of which Two are Now First Translated from the Monkish Latin OriginalsJohn Allen Giles Bell & Daldy, 1872 - 512 pages |
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... duke himself died in peace . The same year duke Ethelhelm , with the people of the province of Dorset , fought ... Cornwall . Generally called Ethelwulf by modern writers . Romney Marsh . A.D. 851-855 . ] ALFRED CONSECRATED KING . 23 ...
... duke himself died in peace . The same year duke Ethelhelm , with the people of the province of Dorset , fought ... Cornwall . Generally called Ethelwulf by modern writers . Romney Marsh . A.D. 851-855 . ] ALFRED CONSECRATED KING . 23 ...
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... dukes of Cornwall and Albania , with half the island at present , but after his death , the inheritance of the whole monarchy of Britain . It happened after this , that Aganippus , king of the Franks , having heard of the fame of ...
... dukes of Cornwall and Albania , with half the island at present , but after his death , the inheritance of the whole monarchy of Britain . It happened after this , that Aganippus , king of the Franks , having heard of the fame of ...
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... duke- dom of Kent , on Androgeus ; and the dukedom of Cornwall on Tenuantius . But he himself , as possessing the crown , had the sovereignty over them , and all the other princes of the island . * In Latin Porta - Lud . BOOK IV . CHAP ...
... duke- dom of Kent , on Androgeus ; and the dukedom of Cornwall on Tenuantius . But he himself , as possessing the crown , had the sovereignty over them , and all the other princes of the island . * In Latin Porta - Lud . BOOK IV . CHAP ...
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... duke of Trinovantum , and Tenuantius , duke of Cornwall , together with three inferior kings , Cridious , king of Albania , Guerthaeth of Venedotia , and Britael of Dimetia , who , as they had encouraged the rest to fight the enemy ...
... duke of Trinovantum , and Tenuantius , duke of Cornwall , together with three inferior kings , Cridious , king of Albania , Guerthaeth of Venedotia , and Britael of Dimetia , who , as they had encouraged the rest to fight the enemy ...
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... duke of Cornwall , and brother of Androgeus : for Androgeus was gone to Rome with Cæsar . Tenuantius therefore , now wearing the crown , governed the kingdom with diligence . He was a warlike man , and a strict observer of justice ...
... duke of Cornwall , and brother of Androgeus : for Androgeus was gone to Rome with Cæsar . Tenuantius therefore , now wearing the crown , governed the kingdom with diligence . He was a warlike man , and a strict observer of justice ...
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Page 399 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dung-hill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.
Page 297 - And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven...
Page 213 - And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women.
Page 323 - Woe be to them who call good evil, and evil good, placing darkness for light, and light for darkness, bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter...
Page 330 - But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, And your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity ; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue hath muttered perverseness. None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: They trust in vanity, and speak lies ; They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. They hatch cockatrice...
Page 325 - Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
Page 288 - But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame ; and goest not forth with our armies.
Page 358 - Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land : By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword ; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters : for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
Page 319 - ... they very swords. 23 O cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall nourish thee : and shall not suffer the righteous to fall for ever. 24 And as for them : thou, O God, shalt bring them into the pit of destruction. 25 The blood-thirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days : nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee, O Lord.
Page 331 - Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips; whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness : their feet are swift to shed blood : destruction and misery are in their ways : and the way of peace they have not known : there is no fear of God before their eyes.