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... tion and duty was strong ; and having once pledged fidel- ity to a leader or cause , they remained loyal to death . They honored woman and revered virtue . In a word , the Anglo - Saxons possessed a native virtue and strength which ...
... tion and duty was strong ; and having once pledged fidel- ity to a leader or cause , they remained loyal to death . They honored woman and revered virtue . In a word , the Anglo - Saxons possessed a native virtue and strength which ...
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... tion . An aged ealderman arose and spoke as follows : " So seems life , O King , as a sparrow's flight through the hall where a man is sitting at meat in winter - tide with the warm fire lighted on the hearth , but the chill rain ...
... tion . An aged ealderman arose and spoke as follows : " So seems life , O King , as a sparrow's flight through the hall where a man is sitting at meat in winter - tide with the warm fire lighted on the hearth , but the chill rain ...
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... tion he is the father of our national education . In his physical treatises he is the first figure to which our science looks back . " 1 Not many sovereigns deserve a place in literature be- cause of their own writings . But Alfred was ...
... tion he is the father of our national education . In his physical treatises he is the first figure to which our science looks back . " 1 Not many sovereigns deserve a place in literature be- cause of their own writings . But Alfred was ...
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... tion for the A. S. at tham accommodated in the best manner . = at the . 31. Everychon = every one . 34. Ther as I you devyse = where I describe to you . where . 35. Natheless Atte , contrac- Ther as = = nevertheless . A. S. na the laes ...
... tion for the A. S. at tham accommodated in the best manner . = at the . 31. Everychon = every one . 34. Ther as I you devyse = where I describe to you . where . 35. Natheless Atte , contrac- Ther as = = nevertheless . A. S. na the laes ...
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... tion of the consonants . Cf. Ger . bürste , brush . 557. Nose - thurles = nostrils . A. S. thyrel , a hole . ― 560. Janglere = great talker , babbler . - Golyardeys = buffoon at rich men's tables ; a teller of ribald stories . 563 ...
... tion of the consonants . Cf. Ger . bürste , brush . 557. Nose - thurles = nostrils . A. S. thyrel , a hole . ― 560. Janglere = great talker , babbler . - Golyardeys = buffoon at rich men's tables ; a teller of ribald stories . 563 ...
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