Alfred the West Saxon: King of EnglishJ. M. Dent & Company, 1901 - 376 páginas |
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Página iii
... leave no time for courting public notice , and the things done in secret , though visible in their results , baffle the biographer . Such lives may be rescued and enshrined ix by diligence and love ; and if they are presented.
... leave no time for courting public notice , and the things done in secret , though visible in their results , baffle the biographer . Such lives may be rescued and enshrined ix by diligence and love ; and if they are presented.
Página ix
... thing is a record which , while arranging the original materials in an orderly fashion , shall let as much of them be seen as possible . This , however inadequately , has been attempted in this book . Wherever possible , quota- tions ...
... thing is a record which , while arranging the original materials in an orderly fashion , shall let as much of them be seen as possible . This , however inadequately , has been attempted in this book . Wherever possible , quota- tions ...
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... things ; but , with shame be it spoken , by the unworthy neglect of his parents and nurses , he remained illiterate even till he was twelve years old or more ; but he listened with serious attention to the Saxon poems , which he often ...
... things ; but , with shame be it spoken , by the unworthy neglect of his parents and nurses , he remained illiterate even till he was twelve years old or more ; but he listened with serious attention to the Saxon poems , which he often ...
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... things beyond the range of immediate vision , and to train it to conceive the possibilities of a great calling and a great destiny in life . There are few gifts which those who shape the destinies of a nation more require than a ...
... things beyond the range of immediate vision , and to train it to conceive the possibilities of a great calling and a great destiny in life . There are few gifts which those who shape the destinies of a nation more require than a ...
Página 21
... things , The King of Light , the everlasting Lord , For the hoard on which I here do look , That it was granted me to gain such riches For my dear people , ere my death - day came . I have now bought this hoard of jewels By laying down ...
... things , The King of Light , the everlasting Lord , For the hoard on which I here do look , That it was granted me to gain such riches For my dear people , ere my death - day came . I have now bought this hoard of jewels By laying down ...
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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.