Alfred the West Saxon: King of EnglishJ. M. Dent & Company, 1901 - 376 páginas |
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Página 65
... Danish invasion ; and the kind of con- siderations which would determine it are evident . The nation must have a leader in the battlefield , and Æthelwulf was already an old man . Age had probably increased a natural love for peace ...
... Danish invasion ; and the kind of con- siderations which would determine it are evident . The nation must have a leader in the battlefield , and Æthelwulf was already an old man . Age had probably increased a natural love for peace ...
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... Danish host and wrought the great slaughter at Ockley . This seemed to promise an active and vigorous policy , and not only explains , but in part justifies , the action of Æthelwulf's leading ealdormen in deserting the old king for the ...
... Danish host and wrought the great slaughter at Ockley . This seemed to promise an active and vigorous policy , and not only explains , but in part justifies , the action of Æthelwulf's leading ealdormen in deserting the old king for the ...
Página 69
... princes who had preserved their royal inheritance . What actually happened is more easily told than explained . In the year 866 , when Alfred was eighteen years old , a great fleet of Danish keels The Coming of the Danes 69.
... princes who had preserved their royal inheritance . What actually happened is more easily told than explained . In the year 866 , when Alfred was eighteen years old , a great fleet of Danish keels The Coming of the Danes 69.
Página 70
... Danish host landed in East Anglia there was no national army , but only the East English militia or fyrd , which could be summoned to meet it . The men of each kingdom were well satisfied if they could transfer the burden of an invading ...
... Danish host landed in East Anglia there was no national army , but only the East English militia or fyrd , which could be summoned to meet it . The men of each kingdom were well satisfied if they could transfer the burden of an invading ...
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... Danish leaders turned at bay , and drove the Northumbrians before them . Osberht and Ella were both slain , and so great was the slaughter that those who were left were glad to make peace with the Danes on their own terms . A puppet ...
... Danish leaders turned at bay , and drove the Northumbrians before them . Osberht and Ella were both slain , and so great was the slaughter that those who were left were glad to make peace with the Danes on their own terms . A puppet ...
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Términos y frases comunes
able Æthelred Æthelwulf Alfred's reign army Asser Athelney battle Bishop Boethius called camp Chapter character Charles Charles the Bald Christ Christian Church command court Danes Danish divine doom duty ealdorman earls East England East English enemy England English Chronicle Ethelbald Exeter fact famous father fight force fortress fyrd gave gifts give God's Guthrum hand holy honour host hundred HYDE ABBEY instinct interest judge justice kind King Alfred king's kingdom land later learned live London lord Mercia mind monastery monks nation natural noble Northmen Northumbria organisation origin pagans peace Pope probably recognised religion Roman Rome royal ruler saint seems servants ships shire spirit St Cuthbert story Stubbs tell Thames thee thegn things thou tion took tradition translated turned unto victory warrior Wessex West Saxon Wiking William of Malmesbury Winchester wisdom wise Witan word
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Página 207 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens...
Página 190 - Ah God, for a man with heart, head, hand, Like some of the simple great ones gone For ever and ever by, One still strong man in a blatant land, Whatever they call him, what care I, Aristocrat, democrat, autocrat — one Who can rule and dare not lie.
Página 61 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Página 207 - And let them judge the people at all seasons : and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge : so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
Página 321 - Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped; All I could never be, All, men ignored in me, This, I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped.
Página 91 - WELL for him whose will is strong ! He suffers, but he will not suffer long ; He suffers, but he cannot suffer wrong : For him nor moves the loud world's random mock, Nor all Calamity's hugest waves confound, Who seems a promontory of rock, That, coirpass'd round with turbulent sound, In middle ocean meets the surging shock, Tempest-buffeted, citadel-crown'd.
Página 61 - Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand...
Página 190 - Keep ye the Law — be swift in all obedience — Clear the land of evil, drive the road and bridge the ford. Make ye sure to each his own That he reap where he hath sown ; By the peace among Our peoples let men know we serve the Lord!
Página 61 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Página 221 - I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant Land.