 | John Allen Giles, Gildas - 1872 - 556 pages
...man, an' doossen zee 'em burn ? I'm boun thee'a eat 'em vast enough, az zoon az tiz the turn..!The blundering woman little thought that it was king Alfred,...not only granted to the same glorious king victories over his enemies, but also permitted him to be harassed by them, to be sunk down by adversities, and... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1872 - 554 pages
...rebuking the brave king, exclaimed :— Ca'sn thee mind the ke-aks, man, an' doossen zee 'em burn ? I'm boun thee's eat "em vast enough, az zoon az tiz the turn.f The blundering woman little thought that it was king Alfred, who had fought so many battles... | |
 | William Smith - 1873 - 396 pages
...21 " The loaves are burning ? Why don't you turn 'em ? You only care to eat 'em when they're hot ! " The blundering woman little thought that it was King Alfred, who had won so many victories over the pagans. The turn of the tide soon came. The Danes had entered Wiltshire... | |
 | 1885 - 418 pages
...rebuking the brave king, exclaimed — " 'Ca'sn thee mind the ke-aks, man ; an' doossen zee 'em burn? I'm boun thee's eat 'em vast enough, az zoon az tiz...the Pagans, and gained so many victories over them." Alfred bore her threats and abuse meekly ; it was part of his penance, he thought, and the woman must... | |
 | Edward Walford, George W. Redway - 1885 - 316 pages
...brave king, exclaimed — " ' Ca'sn thee mind the ke-aks, man ; an" doossen zee 'em burn? I'm boon thee's eat 'em vast enough, az zoon az tiz the turn.'...the Pagans, and gained so many victories over them." Alfred bore her threats and abuse meekly ; it was part of his penance, he thought, and the woman must... | |
 | 1901 - 750 pages
...and rebuking the brave king, exclaimed: 'Ca'sn thee mind the ke-aks, man, an' doossen zee 'em burn? I'm boun' thee's eat 'em vast enough, az zoon az 'tiz...woman little thought that it was King Alfred, who had fouaiht so many battles against the pagans, and gained so many victories over them." * Perhaps the... | |
 | Arthur A. M. Gilman - 1885 - 238 pages
...the incident is said to have occurred : " Ca'sn thee mind the kc-aks, man, an' doossen zee 'em burn ? I'm boun thee's eat 'em vast enough, az zoon az 'tiz the turn." This story is told by a bishop, and ought to be true, but as I have said, I am not sure that it is.... | |
 | Mrs. Edmund Boger - 1887 - 692 pages
...rebuking the brave king, exclaimed — " ' Ca'sn thee mind the ke-aks, man ; an' doossen zee 'em burn ? I'm boun thee's eat 'em vast enough, az zoon az tiz...the Pagans, and gained so many victories over them." Alfred bore her threats and abuse meekly ; it was part of his penance, he thought, and the woman must... | |
 | 1901 - 696 pages
...and rebuking the brave king, exclaimed: 'Ca'sn thee mind the ke-aks, man, an' doossen zee 'em burn? I'm boun' thee's eat 'em vast enough, az zoon az 'tiz...the pagans, and gained so many victories over them." H< Perhaps the most careful and thorough of the biographies of Alfred is that by the German Pauli.... | |
 | Katharine Coman, E. K. Kendall - 1901 - 524 pages
...the ke-aks, man, and doosen zee 'em burn? I'm boun thee's eat 'em vast enough az zoon az 'tiz thee turn.' The blundering woman little thought that it...the pagans and gained so many victories over them." Victory. — In the spring of 878 Alfred and the trusty vassals who shared his hiding-place built a... | |
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... and the king, sitting at the hearth, made ready his bow and arrows and other warlike instruments. The unlucky woman espying the cakes burning at the fire, ran up to remove them, and rebuking the brave king, exclaimed: — Ca'sn thee mind the ke-aks,... 
