 England that there were very few on this side of the Humber who could understand their rituals in English or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few of them that I cannot remember...  The Story of King Alfred - Page 152by Sir Walter Besant - 1901 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederic Austin Ogg - 1907 - 522 pages
...Humber who could do these things. There were so few, in fact, that I cannot remember a single person south of the Thames when I came to the throne. Thanks be to Almighty God that we now have some teachers among us. And therefore I enjoin thee to free thyself,... | |
 | Albert Stanburrough Cook, Chauncey Brewster Tinker - 1908 - 312 pages
...understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were so few of them 1 The name of the diocese and of the bishop of course varied in the different copies. that I cannot... | |
 | Arthur Francis Leach - 1911 - 650 pages
...understand their services in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were...Almighty that we have any teachers among us now.... When I considered all this I remembered also how I saw, before it had been all ravaged and burnt, how... | |
 | Arthur Francis Leach - 1911 - 648 pages
...understand their services in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English; and 1 believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were...to God Almighty that we have any teachers among us ; now...JWhen I considered all this I remembered also how I saw, before it had been all ravaged and... | |
 | Henry Osborn Taylor - 1911 - 640 pages
...translate a letter from Latin into English ; and I believe there were not many beyond the Humber. . . . Thanks be to God Almighty that we have any teachers among us now." Alfred therefore commands the bishop, to whom he is now sending the copy, to disengage himself as often... | |
 | Otto Jespersen - 1912 - 274 pages
...their (Latin) rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English, and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were...one south of the Thames when I came to the throne and there was also a great multitude of God's servants, but they had very little knowledge of the books,... | |
 | George Frederick Bosworth - 1914 - 230 pages
...Even north of the Humber, things were not much better. However, the king is hopeful, and exclaims : " Thanks be to God Almighty that we have any teachers among us now." Further, he exhorts his bishops to leave worldly matters and apply themselves to the diffusion of knowledge.... | |
 | Arthur Francis Leach - 1915 - 988 pages
...translate a letter from Latin into English; and I believe there were not many beyond Huniber. These were so few of them that I cannot remember a single...south of the Thames when I came to the throne,” ie In 87!, ¿t, be it observed, when he was young. This he puts down tO the Danish invasion in which... | |
 | Allen Rogers Benham - 1916 - 674 pages
...understand their rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were...the Thames when I came to the throne. Thanks be to Almighty God that we have any teachers among us now. And therefore I command thee to do as I believe... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - 1917 - 536 pages
...understand then* rituals in English, or translate a letter from Latin into English; and I believe that there were not many beyond the Humber. There were...I cannot remember a single one south of the Thames 20 when I came to the throne. Thanks be to God Almighty that we have any teachers among us now. And... | |
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