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... during the frequent wars and other trammels of this present life, the invasions of the pagans, and his own daily infirmities of body, continued to carry on the government, and to exercise hunting in all its branches; to teach his workers in gold and...

Memorials of King Alfred: Being Essays on the History and Antiquities of ... - Page 87
edited by - 1863 - 380 pages
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern - Volume II ...

Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Gilbert Runkle - 2008 - 612 pages

...all its branches; to teach his workers in gold and artificers of all kinds, his falconers, hawkers, and dog-keepers, to build houses majestic and good,...mechanical inventions, to recite the Saxon books, and more especially to learn by heart the Saxon poems, and to make others learn them also; for he alone...

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