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Page vii
... give a detailed history of all the fluctuating states which made up our elder England . I therefore chose for special notice that state which in the end swallowed up the rest and which grew into the Kingdom of England . But besides this ...
... give a detailed history of all the fluctuating states which made up our elder England . I therefore chose for special notice that state which in the end swallowed up the rest and which grew into the Kingdom of England . But besides this ...
Page xiii
... give it up altogether . For instance , such names as Neoptolemos , Peisistratos , Laodikê , in Greek , or Æthelberht , Eadgar , Ælfgifu , in Old - English , at once tell their own meaning to any one who has learned the language . But it ...
... give it up altogether . For instance , such names as Neoptolemos , Peisistratos , Laodikê , in Greek , or Æthelberht , Eadgar , Ælfgifu , in Old - English , at once tell their own meaning to any one who has learned the language . But it ...
Page 14
... give him . So they plotted together , and one day they slew Cæsar in the Senate - House . Then there were other civil wars for several years , till at last Cæsar's grand- nephew , Caius Julius Cæsar Octavianus , made himself even more ...
... give him . So they plotted together , and one day they slew Cæsar in the Senate - House . Then there were other civil wars for several years , till at last Cæsar's grand- nephew , Caius Julius Cæsar Octavianus , made himself even more ...
Page 47
... give you a house to dwell in and food to eat ; and ye may preach to my folk , and if any man of them will believe as ye believe , I hinder him not . " So he gave them a house to dwell in in the royal city of Canterbury , and he let them ...
... give you a house to dwell in and food to eat ; and ye may preach to my folk , and if any man of them will believe as ye believe , I hinder him not . " So he gave them a house to dwell in in the royal city of Canterbury , and he let them ...
Page 49
... give all these names , and they are in truth the same name in Latin , English , and Welsh . Caer in Welsh means a fortified place , just like ceaster in English , only it is put at the beginning of the word instead of the end . Thus ...
... give all these names , and they are in truth the same name in Latin , English , and Welsh . Caer in Welsh means a fortified place , just like ceaster in English , only it is put at the beginning of the word instead of the end . Thus ...
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Ælfgar Ælfthryth Æthelberht Æthelburh Æthelfrith Æthelwald Æthelweard Æthelwulf afterwards Alderman Alfred Archbishop army battle Bishop Bishoprick Bretwalda Brihtnoth Britain brother called Cenwealh chosen King Christian Chronicle church Cnut Cnut's conquered Crown 8vo Cyneheard Danes Danish daughter death died doubt Duke William Dunstan Eadburh Eadric Eadwig Ealdred Earl Godwine Earl Harold Earl Tostig Earldom East-Anglia Ecgberht Edgar Edition Edwin Emperor England English father fight forefathers fought Gaul German Greek Gruffydd Harthacnut heathen High-Dutch host housecarls Kent killed King Æthelred King Æthelstan King Edmund King Edward King Harold King's Kingdom land language Latin lived London lord married Mercia minster monks Normans Northmen Northumberland Northumbrians oath Offa Old-English Pope reign remember Roman Rome Saint Saxons Scots seems ships spake story Swegen tell Teutonic Thanes thee things thou thought told took Tostig town unto Wales Welsh Wessex West-Saxons wife William of Malmesbury Wise word
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