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" In the meantime, the king, 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... "
The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays ... - Page 87
by Alfred (King of England) - 1852
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A Source Book of MediƦval History: Documents Illustrative of European Life ...

Frederic Austin Ogg - 1908 - 524 pages
...mfirmities of body, continued to carry tiyities of the on the government, and to practice hunting in k 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 splendid, beyond all the precedents...
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Old English Chronicles: Including Ethelwerd's Chronicle Asser's Life of ...

John Allen Giles - 1901 - 586 pages
...the Saxon poems, and are continually in the habit of making use of books. In the meantime, the king, during the frequent wars and other trammels of this present life, the invasipns of the pagans, and his own daily infirmities of body, continued to carry on the government,...
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... Outlines of the History of Education

George Washington Andrew Luckey - 1916 - 208 pages
...with great assiduity and success." From Asser's Life of Alfred the Great. "In the meantime the king, during the frequent wars and other trammels of this...his workers in gold and artificers of all kinds, his falconers, hawkers and dog-keepers; to build houses^ majestic and good, beyond all the precedents of...
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English Literature from Widsith to the Death of Chaucer: A Source Book

Allen Rogers Benham - 1916 - 674 pages
...the Saxon poems, and are continually in the habit of making use of books. In the meantime, the king, during the frequent wars and other trammels of this present life, the invasion of the pagans, and his own daily infirmities of body, continued to carry on the government,...
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The Soul of Dorset

Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton - 1922 - 410 pages
...their country." THE EPISTLE OF GILDAS THE WISE (Ed. JA Giles). " In the meantime, [Alfred] the King, during the frequent wars and other trammels of this present life, the invasion of the pagans, and his own daily infirmities of body, continued to carry on the government,...
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The Marches of Wessex: A Chronicle of England, Volume 1

Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton - 1922 - 392 pages
...their country." THE EPISTLE OF GILDAS THE WISE (Ed. JA Giles). " In the meantime, [Alfred] the King, during the frequent wars and other trammels of this present life, the invasion of the pagans, and his own daily infirmities of body, continued to carry on the government,...
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Readings in English Social History, from Pre-Roman Days to A.D. 1837

Robert Burns Morgan - 1923 - 696 pages
...befit noblemen, they became studious and clever in the liberal arts. . . . In the meantime the king, during the frequent wars and other trammels of this present life, the invasion of the pagans, and his own daily infirmities of body, continued to carry on the government...
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England: A History of British Progress from the Early Ages to the ..., Volume 10

Cyril Edward Robinson - 1928 - 966 pages
...himself. Here is what Asser, his friend and great admirer, wrote of him: "In the meantime the King continued to carry on the government, and to exercise...his workers in gold and artificers of all kinds, his falconers, hawkers, and dog-keepers; to recite Saxon books, and especially to learn by heart the Saxon...
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People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture

David Lyle Jeffrey - 1996 - 420 pages
...dauntless perseverance in learning. All of his scholarly endeavors were necessarily pursued intermittently "during the frequent wars and other trammels of this present life, the invasions of the pagans, his own daily infirmities of body, carrying on of the duties of government ,"56 and while teaching...
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Tradition & Diversity: Christianity in a World Context to 1500

Karen Louise Jolly - 1997 - 588 pages
...the king, during the wars and frequent trammels of this present life, the invasions of the heathen, and his own daily infirmities of body, continued to carry on the government, and to practice hunting in all its branches; to teach his goldsmiths and all his artificers, his falconers,...
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