 Alfred out of the narrow bounds of Wessex. If the sphere of his action seems too small to justify the comparison of him with the few whom the world owns as its greatest men, he rises to their level in the moral grandeur of his life. And it is this which...  The Conquest of England - Page 186by John Richard Green - 1883 - 636 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Richard Green - 1900 - 624 pages
....rElfred out of the narrow bounds of Wessex. If the sphere of his action seems too small to justify the comparison of him with the few whom the world owns...in the moral grandeur of his life. And it is this which has hallowed his memory among his own English people. " I desire," said the King in some of his... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne, Rossiter Johnson - 1905 - 428 pages
...Alfred out of the narrow bounds of Wessex. If the sphere of his action seems too small to justify the comparison of him with the few whom the world owns...in the moral grandeur of his life. And it is this which has hallowed his memory among his own English people. "I desire," said the King in some of his... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1905 - 249 pages
...Alfred out of the narrow bounds of Wessex. If the sphere of his action seems too small to justify the comparison of him with the few whom the world owns...in the moral grandeur of his life. And it is this which has hallowed his memory among his own English people. " I desire," said the king in some of his... | |
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