Alfred the West Saxon: King of EnglishJ. M. Dent & Company, 1901 - 376 páginas |
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... translated from the crimson battlefield to the eternal glory of con- flicts hereafter with Woden as their king . Some of the sagas sound very bloodthirsty as they gloat over blood - red ship decks and heaps of slain and wounded men ...
... translated from the crimson battlefield to the eternal glory of con- flicts hereafter with Woden as their king . Some of the sagas sound very bloodthirsty as they gloat over blood - red ship decks and heaps of slain and wounded men ...
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... translated by the term " commando , " with which recent events have made us more familiar than we are with our own Saxon word . Both the " fyrd " and the " commando " are derived from a common origin and tradition in the forests of ...
... translated by the term " commando , " with which recent events have made us more familiar than we are with our own Saxon word . Both the " fyrd " and the " commando " are derived from a common origin and tradition in the forests of ...
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... translated the books of the dialogues of the Pope Saint Gregory from the Latin into the Saxon tongue . " It is a long leap from building ships to translating a book of good counsels for the clergy . It says much for Alfred that , in the ...
... translated the books of the dialogues of the Pope Saint Gregory from the Latin into the Saxon tongue . " It is a long leap from building ships to translating a book of good counsels for the clergy . It says much for Alfred that , in the ...
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... translations of Latin books in English for popular use . The books which he chose are re- markable , and show how carefully he could fit means to ends.1 The four classics which he caused to be translated for his people cover four ...
... translations of Latin books in English for popular use . The books which he chose are re- markable , and show how carefully he could fit means to ends.1 The four classics which he caused to be translated for his people cover four ...
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... translated the whole of it into their own language and all other books beside . And again the Romans , when they had learned it , they trans- lated the whole of it through learned interpreters into their own language . And also all ...
... translated the whole of it into their own language and all other books beside . And again the Romans , when they had learned it , they trans- lated the whole of it through learned interpreters into their own language . And also all ...
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Alfred the West Saxon, King of the English (Classic Reprint) Dugald Macfadyen Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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.