Alfred the Great, His Life and TimesMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1914 - 200 pages |
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... becomes more complex , all of us , rulers and ruled alike , must submit to personal limitations and work in narrower channels , though we may strive to realise the con- vergence of all goodness and all honest work in the welfare of our ...
... becomes more complex , all of us , rulers and ruled alike , must submit to personal limitations and work in narrower channels , though we may strive to realise the con- vergence of all goodness and all honest work in the welfare of our ...
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... becomes higher ? " The answer follows , " Go to your bed , and there you will find it . " There is a joke here , as it is not the bed , but the head , which is raised higher , when removed from the bed . Many of the English youths were ...
... becomes higher ? " The answer follows , " Go to your bed , and there you will find it . " There is a joke here , as it is not the bed , but the head , which is raised higher , when removed from the bed . Many of the English youths were ...
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... become celebrated through the world . But as I wish you not to be sluggish , so neither be proud . ” We should like to know more about the tutors of Alfred ; but we can surmise that Swithun , Bishop of Winchester , had much to do with ...
... become celebrated through the world . But as I wish you not to be sluggish , so neither be proud . ” We should like to know more about the tutors of Alfred ; but we can surmise that Swithun , Bishop of Winchester , had much to do with ...
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... age of fourteen , the aspiring prepared themselves for arms ; while at fifteen , a son had the right of choosing his path of life , and might then become a monk . Whatever Alfred was doing at this time , we are. THE YOUTH OF ALFRED . 22 21.
... age of fourteen , the aspiring prepared themselves for arms ; while at fifteen , a son had the right of choosing his path of life , and might then become a monk . Whatever Alfred was doing at this time , we are. THE YOUTH OF ALFRED . 22 21.
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... become king over the latter kingdom , but he probably thought it wise that the whole of the king- doms should be under one ruler . We do not read of any discord between him and his brother ; and we are forced to conclude that he thus ...
... become king over the latter kingdom , but he probably thought it wise that the whole of the king- doms should be under one ruler . We do not read of any discord between him and his brother ; and we are forced to conclude that he thus ...
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abbey able Alfred's army Asser Athelney attack battle Bede Bishop blow Boethius Boutall brave Britain called CHAPTER character Christian church Coifi court Danes Danish death defeated desire E. A. Freeman East Anglia Edited by J. A. Edmund Edward the Elder enemy England English Chronicle English king Ethelbald Ethelfleda Ethelgiva Ethelred Ethelswitha Ethelwulf fight fleet Forest fortress friends gathered gave give gold Guthrum harp Hasting heathen Hubba Inguar J. A. Giles Kent King Alfred king's kingdom land learning live Lodbrog London master Mercia Minster monasteries monks night noble Northmen Northumbria Ohthere old chronicler Orosius Orpheus peace plunder ravages reign Rome royal sailed Saxons says Sea-fight settled ships slain Somerset Story of Alfred Swithun sword tells Thames Thegn thou took translated Treaty of Wedmore victory warriors Wedmore Wessex West West-Saxons Winchester winter wise words writing
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Page 188 - Tis, finally, the Man, who, lifted high, Conspicuous object in a Nation's eye, Or left unthought-of in obscurity, — Who, with a toward or untoward lot, Prosperous or adverse, to his wish or not — Plays, in the many games of life, that one Where what he most doth value must be won...
Page 97 - YE Mariners of England That guard our native seas, Whose flag has braved, a thousand years, The battle and the breeze — Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe ! And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow, — While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow. The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave. Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell Your manly hearts shall glow,...
Page 151 - BEHOLD a pupil of the monkish gown, The pious ALFRED, King to Justice dear ! Lord of the harp and liberating spear...
Page 100 - West-Saxons, and sat down there; and many of the people they drove beyond sea, and of the remainder the greater part they subdued and forced to obey them, except king Alfred : and he, with a small band, with difficulty retreated to the woods and to the fastnesses of the moors.
Page 97 - YE mariners of England ! That guard our native seas. Whose flag has braved, a thousand years, The battle and the breeze ! Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe ! And sweep through the deep. While the stormy tempests blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy tempests blow.
Page 156 - ... if we have tranquillity enough, that is that all the youth now in England of free men, who are rich enough to be able to devote themselves to it, be set to learn as long as they are not fit for any other occupation, until that they are well able to read English writing: and let those be afterwards taught more in the Latin language who are to continue learning and be promoted to a higher rank.
Page 98 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore When the stormy tempests blow; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy tempests blow.
Page 168 - I, and are more prosperous in all their undertakings. Now if the gods were good for anything, they would rather forward me, who have been more careful to serve them. It remains, therefore, that if upon examination you find those new doctrines, which are now preached to us, better and more efficacious, we immediately receive them without any delay.
Page 167 - I ; and yet there are many who receive greater favours from you, and are more preferred than I, and are more prosperous in all their undertakings. Now if the gods were good for anything, they would rather forward me, who have been more careful to serve them.