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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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Lectures on the History of England

M. J. Guest - 1879 - 698 pages
...us an account of his busy life. Notwithstanding his work ef infirmities and other hindrances, " he 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 build houses, majestic and good, beyond all the precedents...
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A Handbook of English History Based on the Lectures of the Late M.J. Guest ...

Montague John Guest - 1894 - 656 pages
...time, gives us an account of his busy life. Notwithstanding his infirmities and other hindrances, "he 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 build houses, majestic and good, beyond all the precedents...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 1

Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 582 pages
...attention to the establishment of monasteries and colleges. " In the meantime," says old Asser, "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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Educational Pamphlets 26: General Pedagogy].

1896 - 354 pages
...driven by famine, cold, fear, and last of all by despair, asked for peace. In the meantime, the king, during the frequent wars and other trammels of this...to teach his workers in gold and artificers of all kind, his falconers, hawkers and dog-keepers; to build houses, majestic and good, beyond all the precedents...
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Selections from the Sources of English History: Being a Supplement to Text ...

Charles William Colby - 1899 - 378 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...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...
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Selections from the Sources of English History: Being a Supplement to Text ...

Charles William Colby - 1899 - 398 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...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...
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The Story of King Alfred

Sir Walter Besant - 1901 - 208 pages
...points remain to be considered. Returning once more to Asser. He says — " In the mean time the king, during the frequent wars and other trammels of this...his workers in gold and artificers of all kinds, his falconers, his hawkers, and dogkeepers ; to build houses, majestic and good, beyond all the precedents...
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A Source Book of Mediæval History: Documents Illustrative of European Life ...

Frederic Austin Ogg - 1907 - 520 pages
...infirmities of body, continued to carry iii6 v&neci activities of the on the government, and to practice hunting in 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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Readings in English History Drawn from the Original Sources: Intended to ...

Edward Potts Cheyney - 1908 - 830 pages
...many fine houses. . . . In the meantime, the king, during the frequent wars and other interruptions of this present life, the invasions of the pagans,...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...
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Select Translations from Old English Prose, Volume 10

Albert Stanburrough Cook, Chauncey Brewster Tinker - 1908 - 314 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 practise hunting in all its branches ; to teach his goldsmiths i and all his artificers, his falconers,...
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