Alfred the Great, His Life and TimesMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1914 - 200 pages |
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... determined to send his youngest son over the sea to Rome . The king had long wished to make this journey himself , but hitherto he had been hindered by his constant warfare with the Danes ; so now he resolved that his little son should ...
... determined to send his youngest son over the sea to Rome . The king had long wished to make this journey himself , but hitherto he had been hindered by his constant warfare with the Danes ; so now he resolved that his little son should ...
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... determined to outshine them by leaving more costly tokens of his visit behind him . The gifts he be- stowed on the Pope consisted of a gold crown of four pounds ' weight , two dishes of the purest gold , a sword richly set in gold , two ...
... determined to outshine them by leaving more costly tokens of his visit behind him . The gifts he be- stowed on the Pope consisted of a gold crown of four pounds ' weight , two dishes of the purest gold , a sword richly set in gold , two ...
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... determination to settle . As soldiers they were superior to the English , and they were equally at home on the land or on the sea . They were masters of the sea , and every river became a road for their advance into the country . They ...
... determination to settle . As soldiers they were superior to the English , and they were equally at home on the land or on the sea . They were masters of the sea , and every river became a road for their advance into the country . They ...
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... determined resist- ance than their neighbours . It seems that one of the Anglian earls , named Ulfketel , opposed the progress of the Danes , and met them in battle at Thetford . But his army was utterly routed , and he and most of his ...
... determined resist- ance than their neighbours . It seems that one of the Anglian earls , named Ulfketel , opposed the progress of the Danes , and met them in battle at Thetford . But his army was utterly routed , and he and most of his ...
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... determined to die with his sub- jects , and not forsake his kingdom . He then called to him the messenger from the Danish chief , and addressed him thus : " Tell your commander I am neither terrified by his threats nor deluded by his ...
... determined to die with his sub- jects , and not forsake his kingdom . He then called to him the messenger from the Danish chief , and addressed him thus : " Tell your commander I am neither terrified by his threats nor deluded by his ...
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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.