 | Alfred (King of England) - Anglo-Saxons - 1858 - 768 pages
...ever reckon for craft. This is now especially to be said ; that I wished to live honourably whilst I lived, and after my life to leave to the men who were after me, my memory in good works. CHAPTER XVIII. 1. When this was spoken, the mind remained silent,... | |
 | Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta - Literature - 1860 - 592 pages
...acquisition of knowledge cannot even now be conceived. " I have wished to live worthily," said he, " while I lived, and after my life, to leave to the men who should come after me, my remembrance in good works." PERIOD SECOND. FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST TO THE... | |
 | Elizabeth Rundle Charles, Henry Boynton Smith - Christian fiction - 1864 - 474 pages
...faults. From his own words we may best understand the purpose of his life. " I have desired," he says, " to live worthily while I lived, and after my life to leave to the men that should be after me a remembrance in good works!" His ambition, to live worthily; his monument,... | |
 | Boethius - 1864 - 480 pages
...ever reckon for craft. This is now especially to be said ; that I wished to live honourably whilst I lived, and after my life, to leave to the men who were after me, my memory in good works. CHAPTEB XVIII. § I. WHEN this was spoken, the Mind remained... | |
 | Elizabeth Rundle Charles, Henry Boynton Smith - Christian fiction - 1864 - 426 pages
...faults. From his own words we may best understand the purpose of his life. " I have desired," he says, " to live worthily while I lived, and after my life to leave the men that should be after me a remembrance in good works !" His ambition, to live worthily ; his... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1867 - 456 pages
...can ever reckon for craft. This is now especially to be said, that I wished to live honourably whilst I lived, and after my life to leave to the men who were after me my memory in good works." l There is some reason to doubt King Alfred's authorship of... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1871 - 954 pages
...original nature. True nobility is in the mind, not in the flesh. I wished to live honorably whilst I lived, and, after my life, to leave to the men who were after me my memory in good works ! " The chief writings of this Royal Author are his translations... | |
 | William Spalding - English literature - 1872 - 482 pages
...hordes of savage enemies. " This," declared he, " is now especially to- be said; that I have wished to live worthily while I lived, and after my life to leave, to the men that should be after me, my remembrance in good works." He, too, who thus acknowledged duty as the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 554 pages
...original nature. True nobility is in the mind, not in the flesh. I wished to live honorably whilst I lived, and, after my life, to leave to the men who were after me my memory in good works ! " The chief writings of this royal author are his translations... | |
 | Jane Budge - Great Britain - 1873 - 234 pages
...soldier, this child-like, teachable scholar, had indeed fulfilled his own wish: — "I have desired to live worthily while I lived, and after my life to leave to those that should be after me a remembrance in good works." SAXON KINGS. 3th Century. • AD Egbert... | |
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... any craft, without wisdom. Because whatsoever is done through folly, no one can ever reckon for craft. This is now especially to be said ; that I wished to live honourably whilst I lived, and after my life to leave to the men who were after me, my... 
