 | Edward Edwards - 1864 - 188 pages
...ALFRED. AD 855. ASS KB. " On a certain day his mother was showing him and his brothers a Saxon book of poetry, which she held in her hand; and said, ' Whichever of you shall soonest learn this volume, shall have it for his own.' Stimulated by these words: or rather by a divine... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1872 - 554 pages
...often witnessed. On a certain day, therefore, 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,... | |
 | William Smith - 1873 - 396 pages
...One day (as the story is told) Osburga showed Alfred and his brothers a book of Saxon poetry, and she said, " Whichever of you shall the soonest learn this volume shall have it for his own." On hearing this, and seeing the beauty of the painted initial letter, Alfred cried out before his elder... | |
 | John Adam Weisse - 1878 - 748 pages
...his docile memory, " On a certain occasion his mother was showing him and his brothers a Saxon book of poetry, which she held in her hand and said : 'Whichever...shall have it for his own.' Stimulated by these words, and allured by the beautifully illuminated letter at the beginning of the volume, he spoke before all... | |
 | M. J. Guest - 1879 - 700 pages
...trained him. " On a certain day his mother was showing him and his brothers a Saxon (or English) book of poetry, which she held in her hand, and said, '...rather by the Divine inspiration, and allured by the beautifully-illuminated letter at the beginning of the volume, he spoke before all his brothers, who,... | |
 | John Adam Weisse - 1879 - 746 pages
...his docile memory. " On a certain occasion his mother was showing him and his brothers a Saxon book of poetry, which she held in her hand and said : '...this volume shall have it for his own.' Stimulated by I In'.-,- words, and allured by the beautifully illuminated letter at the beginning of the volume,... | |
 | James Frederick Hodgetts - 1884 - 256 pages
...translation. " On a certain day, therefore, 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 :... | |
 | James Frederick Hodgetts - 1884 - 250 pages
...translation. " On a certain day, therefore, 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 :... | |
 | Albert Stanburrough Cook - 1888 - 170 pages
...on to state : "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,... | |
 | Montague John Guest - 1894 - 656 pages
...mother trained him. "On a certain day his mother was showing him and his brothers a Saxon (or English) hook of poetry, which she held in her hand, and said,...you shall the soonest learn this volume shall have lt for his own.' Stimulated by these words, or rather by the Divine inspiration, and allured by the... | |
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Stimulated by these words, or rather 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, ' Will... 
