 England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few of them that I cannot...  The Story of King Alfred - Page 142by Walter Besant - 1905 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 456 pages
...have them. So general was its decay in England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand their rituals in English. or translate...were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few that I cannot remember a single one south of the Thames when I came to the throne. Thanks be to God... | |
 | William Richard Wood Stephens, William Hunt - 1901 - 482 pages
...beginning of his reign, " so clean was the decay that there were very few on this side of Humber who could understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English, and I believe not many beyond Humber. So few were there," he adds, "that I cannot remember a single one south of... | |
 | James Harvey Robinson - 1904 - 592 pages
...of learning in England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand the rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few, in fact, that I cannot remember a single... | |
 | 1900 - 436 pages
...more of the decay of learning, and Alfred says there were very few " on this side of the Humber who could understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English. So few," he adds, "that I cannot remember a single one south of the Thames when I came to the throne.... | |
 | Erica Quest - 1908 - 336 pages
...Kingship so great was the decay that there were very few on this side [the south side] of Humber who could understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English, and I believe not many beyond Humber." One of these " very few" was Werefrith, the Bishop who ruled over Gloucestershire.... | |
 | Albert Stanburrough Cook, Chauncey Brewster Tinker - 1908 - 314 pages
...have them. So general was its decay in England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few of them 1 The name of t le diocese and... | |
 | Albert Stanburrough Cook, Chauncey Brewster Tinker - 1908 - 312 pages
...understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few of them 1 The name of the diocese and of the bishop of course varied in the different copies. that I cannot... | |
 | Frank Pierrepont Graves - 1910 - 360 pages
...England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand the Church service in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber who could do these things. There were so few, in fact, that... | |
 | Frank Pierrepont Graves - 1910 - 358 pages
...England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand the Church service in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber who could do these things. There were so few, in fact, that... | |
 | Henry Osborn Taylor - 1911 - 640 pages
...general was the decay of learning in England " that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand their rituals in English, or translate...and I believe there were not many beyond the Humber. . . . Thanks be to God Almighty that we have any teachers among us now." Alfred therefore commands... | |
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