 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1900 - 408 pages
...reason for doubting : " On a certain day, his mother \ was showing him and his brother a Saxon book of poetry, which she held in her hand, and said, '...illuminated letter at the beginning of the volume, he spoke before all his brothers, who, though his seniors in age, were not so in grace, and answered,... | |
 | Walter Besant - 1905 - 200 pages
...often witnessed. "On a certain day, therefore, his mother was showing him and his brothers a Saxon book of poetry, which she held in her hand, and said, '...illuminated letter at the beginning of the volume, he spoke before all his brothers, who, though his seniors in age, were not so in grace, and answered,... | |
 | D. C. O. Adams - 1901 - 482 pages
...mother.' " On a certain day," Asser tells us, " she was " shewing him and his brother a Saxon book of "poetry, which she held in her hand and said, "...soonest learn this volume, " ' shall have it for his own.1 Stimulated by these "words, or rather by the Divine inspiration, and i Asser. a Alfred's mother... | |
 | John Spencer Bassett, Edwin Mims, William Henry Glasson, William Preston Few, William Kenneth Boyd, William Hane Wannamaker - 1902 - 406 pages
...Alfred's mother (perhaps his step-mother) on a certain day showed Alfred and his brothers a Saxon book of poetry, which she held in her hand, and said, "Whichever...by these words, or rather by the Divine inspiration (as Asser says), and allured by the beautifully illuminated letter at the beginning of the volume,... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - 1904 - 514 pages
...Chronicles t Bonn), p. 48. was showing an illuminated Saxon book of poems to her boys, and remarked " Whichever of you shall the soonest learn this volume, shall have it for his own."1 The beauty of its letters pleased the eye of Alfred. He took the book to his master, learned... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - 1908 - 830 pages
...held in her hand, Alfred's and said, " Whichever of you shall the soonest learn this volted ume sha11 have it for his own-" Stimulated by these words, or...illuminated letter at the beginning of the volume, he spoke before all his brothers, who though his seniors in age were not so in grace, and answered, "... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - 1908 - 830 pages
...words, or illumi: book Alfred's and said, " Whichever of you shall the soonest learn this volrather by the divine inspiration, and allured by the beautifully...illuminated letter at the beginning of the volume, he spoke before all his brothers, who though his seniors in age were not so in grace, and answered, "... | |
 | Albert Stanburrough Cook, Chauncey Brewster Tinker - 1908 - 314 pages
...you can soonest learn this volume, to him will I give it.' Stimulated by these words, or rather by divine inspiration, and allured by the beautifully...illuminated letter at the beginning of the volume, Alfred spoke before all his brothers, who, though his seniors in age, were not so in grace, and answered... | |
 | 1909 - 328 pages
...man to be unable to read and write. But the queen wished her sons to be scholars as well as soldiers. "Whichever of you shall the soonest learn this volume shall have it for his own," she said to her sons. Little Alfred was standing at her knee, admiring the pictures, and he spoke quickly.... | |
 | Arthur Donald Innes - 1912 - 398 pages
...often witnessed. On a certain day, therefore, his mother was showing him and his brothers a Saxon book of poetry, which she held in her hand, and said, "Whichever...illuminated letter at the beginning of the volume, he spoke before all his brothers, who, though his seniors in age, were not so in grace, and answered,... | |
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