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...ntents CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS......................................................... 7 CHAPTER II ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS .................................. 18 CHAPTER III ENGLAND UNDER THE GOOD SAXON, ALFRED...................................... 24 CHAPTER IV ENGLAND UNDER ATHELSTAN AND THE SIX BOY-KINGS .................. 31 CHAPTER V E...

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................................ 7 CHAPTER II ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS .................................. 18 CHAPTER III ENGLAND UNDER THE ... ...he sands of the wild sea shore. CHAPTER II ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS THE R OMANS HAD scarcely gone away from Brit ain, when the Britons... ...life of terror. As if the Picts and Scots were not bad enough on land, the Saxons attacked the islanders by sea; and, as if something more were still ... ...e to bear their hard condition any longer, resolved to make peace with the Saxons, and to invite the Sax ons to come into their country, and help the... ...fs. Both of these names, in the old Saxon language, signify Horse; for the Saxons, like many other nations in a rough state, were fond of giving men t... ..., Bear, Hound. The Indians of North America,—a very inferior people to the Saxons, though—do the same to this day. Hengist and Horsa drove out the Pic... ...pinion is, that the cunning Hengist meant him to do so, in order that the Saxons might have greater influence with him; and that the fair Rowena came... ...rds, whenever the King was angry with the A Child’s Histroy of England 20 Saxons, or jealous of their encroachments, Rowena would put her beautiful a... ...nd put in prison, first, I am afraid; and Rowena died; and generations of Saxons and Britons died; and events that happened during a long, long time,...

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...ply and yet, as an Australian, could be a bit impartial. In the first part he explains the 'making' of England; the Britons and the Romans, the Anglo-Saxons and the Normands. But from there he attempts to give an essence or flavor, delving into the work, the play, the schools, the churches and especially the landscape which make it special. I have sought in this book to gi...

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...ond (1456-1462), which is the longest and the most representative. I also approached the subject of Vlad Ţepeş’s relationships with the Transylvanian Saxons merchandisers, with who he had numerous conflicts during his life. It is a special part of analyzing his life, as the merchandisers from Southern Transylvania had a great influence to the courts of Transylvania and H...

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...m the annals of the Romans, and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymus, Prosper, Eusebius, and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons, although our enemies, not following my own inclinations, but, to the best of my ability, obeying the commands of my seniors; I have lispingly put together this history from various sources, and have endeavored, from s...

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..., Hieronymus, Pros- per, Eusebius, and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons, although our enemies, not following my own inclinations, but, to th... ...ronymus, Eusebius, Isidorus, Prosper, and from the annals of the Scots and Saxons, and from our ancient traditions. Many teachers and scribes have att... ...ts inhabitants consist of four different people; the Scots, the Picts, the Saxons and the ancient Britons. 8. Three considerable islands belong to it;... ...- mans obtained the empire of the world. 16. From the first arrival of the Saxons into Britain, to the fourth year of king Mermenus, are computed four... ...e Britons, Ruym. 2 Gratianus Aequantius at that time reigned in Rome. The Saxons were received by V ortigern, four hundred and forty-seven years afte... ... the whole country of Powys has been gov- erned to this day. 36. After the Saxons had continued some time in the island of Thanet, V ortigern promised... ... the Britons became incapable of fulfilling their engagement; and when the Saxons, according to the prom- ise they had received, claimed a supply of p... ...nd thrice enclosed them within it, and beset them on the Western side. The Saxons now despatched deputies to Germany to so- licit large reinforcements... ... he fought was near the stone 3 on the shore of the Gallic sea, where the Saxons being defeated, fled to their ships. After a short interval V ortime...

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...ough other languages that would arrive later from the continent. Angles, Saxons and Jutes come in waves The cradle of the English we speak rocked... ...e the Romans were pulling up stakes from their Britannia, the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes began launching raids across the North Sea from north... ...was beautiful but ―filled with odd word spellings difficult for non-Anglo-Saxons to master.‖ He suggested, for instance, ―sugtons‖ for ―suggestions....

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...ugh other languages that would arrive later from the continent. Angles, Saxons and Jutes come in waves The cradle of the English we speak rocked i... ...e the Romans were pulling up stakes from their Britannia, the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes began launching raids across the North Sea from north... ...was beautiful but ―filled with odd word spellings difficult for non-Anglo-Saxons to master.‖ He suggested, for instance, ―sugtons‖ for ―suggestions....

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...ern Civilization. Yet, the recent intercourse between its constituents - the Anglo- Saxons (USA and UK) versus the Continentals ("Old Europe" led by...

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...ing tendencies to their explosive limits. In the camp of the good guys, the Anglo-Saxons place Romania, Greece, Montenegro and Slovenia (with Mac...

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...l types: About 60% of Ashkenazi Jews have low tolerance for milk, while for Anglo-Saxons that figure is 10%. The U.S. recommended daily allowance ...

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...ern Civilization. Yet, the recent intercourse between its constituents - the Anglo- Saxons (USA and UK) versus the Continentals ("Old Europe" led by...

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...ern Civilization. Yet, the recent intercourse between its constituents - the Anglo- Saxons (USA and UK) versus the Continentals ("Old Europe" led by...

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...e. Hell: the English originally came from Germany and Holland; as Angles and Saxons. They imported German Kings and Dutch Kings; and called them t...

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...ve no complaint to find with bounty or wages or gifts.” In this manner the Saxons came from out their ships, and the king’s court was strengthened by ... ...told thereof, hastened to meet them with his lords, the Britons, and these Saxons. The hosts came together, and the battle was grim and lasting, for m... ... to do less than was their wont. But their evil custom was broken, for the Saxons gained possession of the field. Since by these Saxons, and their aid... ...ortigern made answer that he might not do this thing. He had entreated the Saxons to the land, and they served him as true men. So when the barons hea... ...ave to her kindred, and would not forsake the heathen. Vortimer defied the Saxons, and drove them from the walled cities, chasing and tormenting them ... ...s right sore between V ortimer and the Britons, against his father and the Saxons. Four times the hosts met together, and four times V ortimer vanquis... ...m was this third battle, for the ships fought together upon the water. The Saxons withdrew before the Britons, so that from beyond the Humber even to ... ...nd shouting, when they trapped their enemy in the Isle of Thanet. When the Saxons were assured that worse would befall them, save they departed from t... ...part from their fellow ship, went to his son to procure such truce as the Saxons required. Whilst he was about this business the Saxons en tered in ...

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...ince they never mistake erudition for intelligence (as we un educated Anglo Saxons sometimes do) no woman can force her way into the talk by mere wei... ...se the French talk and write freely about subjects and situations that Anglo Saxons, for the last hundred years (not before), have agreed not to menti... ... accustomed to relate openly and unapologeti cally the anecdotes that Anglo Saxons snicker over privately and with apologies. They define pornography ... ... and ironies of daily life, and their ability to express emotion where Anglo Saxons can only choke with it, this innate dra matic gift, which is a pa... ...kindly, in the sense of diffused benevolence which the word implies to Anglo Saxons. They are passionate and yet calculating, and simple uncalculated ... ...d discussion of race differences, the answer is always: “Of course you Anglo Saxons are more generous, because you are so much richer.” But this expla... ...her; whereas “love,” since the days of the Elizabethans, has never, to Anglo Saxons, been more than two halves of a word—one half all purity and poetr... ...ic indifference to dirt, discomfort, bad air, damp, cold, and whatever Anglo Saxons describe as “inconvenience” in the gen eral organisation of life,... ...and therefore it often gets left out in emergencies. The complaint of Anglo Saxons that, in travelling in France, they see little of the much vaunted...

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...tions had not sufficed to blend the hostile blood of the Normans and Anglo-Saxons, or to unite, by common language and mutual interests, two hos- tile... ...rical events, such as war or insurrection, mark the existence of the Anglo-Saxons as a separate people subsequent to the reign of William the Second; ... ...eparation betwixt the descendants of the victor Normans and the vanquished Saxons. THE SUN WA S SETTING upon one of the rich grassy glades of that for... ...n told you, are still to be found among the descendants of the con- quered Saxons, and whose supreme pleasure it is to testify, by all means in their ... ...reward is in the veins of Cedric. * The original has Cnichts, by which the Saxons seem to have designated a class of military attendants, sometimes fr... ...s to hear the latest news from Palestine.” * These were drinks used by the Saxons, as we are informed by Mr T urner: Morat was made of honey flavoured... ...engage in the genial conflict of the bowl with the hardy and strong-headed Saxons; something he mentioned, but slightly, about his own holy character,... ...no means stimulated him to an intrusion upon the privileges of the wealthy Saxons. “Up, infidel dog when I command you,” said Prince John, “or I will ... ...rited Knight. Another group, sta- tioned under the gallery occupied by the Saxons, had shown no less interest in the fate of the day. “Father Abraham!...

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...nhood End, Ordered a midnight service For such as cared to attend. But the Saxons were keeping Christmas, And the night was stormy as well. Nobody cam... ..., And the Ox and the Ass together Wheeled and clattered away. And when the Saxons mocked him, Said Eddi of Manhood End, ‘I dare not shut His chapel On... ... means Seal’s Eye—Selsey—down Chichester way— where he converted the South Saxons,’ Puck explained. ‘Yes—yess; if the South Saxons did not convert me,... ...k to France, so one tried to make them go back to the shore. All the South Saxons are born wreckers, like my own Northumbrian folk. I was bring- ing o... ... they were demons. Yes—yess! That was my first acquaintance with the South Saxons and their seals.’ ‘But not the only time you were wrecked, was it?’ ... ... pardon. They are the important things. Yes—yess! I went back to the South Saxons after twelve—fifteen—years. No, I did not come by water, but overlan... ...because they happen to feel grey. Yes—yess—Extraordinary people, the South Saxons. Disheartening, sometimes. … What does that say now?’ The organ had ... ...ing Ethelwalch, and I fancy the King was somewhat afraid of him. The South Saxons mistrust a man who talks too well. Ah! Now, I’ve left out the very p... ...,’said Una. ‘So it was said, and so it was believed by us Normans, but our Saxons always believed he would come again. That rumour did not make our wo...

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...n Germany, but also along the rocky fjords of Norway, among the Angles and Saxons in their new home across the channel, even in the distant Shetland I... ...d gave him the strength of twelve men. ADVENTURE IV How He Fought with the Saxons. (1) NOW THERE CAME strange tales to Gunther’s land, though messenge... ... guard here the troop?” Forsooth never did men ride more scathfully to the Saxons. They spake: “Let the valiant Dankwart guard the young upon the way,... ...y shield was seen to gleam from out their midst. There, too, were come the Saxons with their troops and well- sharpened swords, as I since have heard.... ...he sharp swords as well, many of which were wielded there. The battle-bold Saxons did scathe enow, but when the men of Burgundy pressed to the fight, ... ...ore. The troops began to yield; fierce grew the hate. T o the ruler of the Saxons the tale was told that his brother had been captured; great dole thi... ...’s hand; the hero of Netherland thought to win the battle from the valiant Saxons, wondrous many of whom one saw. Ho! How many shining armor-rings the... ...aptive to the Rhine. The worsted knights rode back to Denmark, nor had the Saxons fought so well that one could give them aught of praise, and this th... ...rs she bade fashion lordly robes. 58 The Nibelungenlied ENDNOTES: IV (1) “Saxons.” This war with the Saxons does not appear in the poetic “Edda”, but...

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...ctive stroke of work in Rochester , in the old days of the Romans, and the Saxons, and the Normans; and down to the times of King John, when the rugge...

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...erall. All which his sonne Careticus awhile Shall well defend, and Saxons powre suppresse, Vntill a straunger king from vnknowne soyle ... ...Cadwan pittying his peoples ill, Shall stoutly him defeat, and thousand Saxons kill. But after him, Cadwallin mightily On his sonne Edw... .... 44 Him shall he make his fatall Instrument, T’afflict the other Saxons vnsubdewd; He marching forth with fury insolent Against ... ... displace The Britons, for their sinnes dew punishment, And to the Saxons ouer giue their gouernment. The Faerie Queene : Book III. 45 ... ...from them should beare. The Faerie Queene : Book III. 46 Ne shall the Saxons selues all peaceably Enioy the crowne, which they from Briton... ...g of a Martiall And mighty people, dreaded more then all The other Saxons, which do for her sake And loue, themselues of her name Angle...

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...y a bard in Celtic tongue Has Coir-nan-Uriskin been sung A softer name the Saxons gave, And called the grot the Goblin Cave. XXVI. It was a wild and s... ... the fell havoc of the day. XX. ‘Viewing the mountain’s ridge askance, The Saxons stood in sullen trance, Till Moray pointed with his lance, And cr... ...he purpose knew, And to their clamors Benvenue A mingled echo gave; The Saxons shout, their mate to cheer, The helpless females scream for fear And... ...stood, Her hand and dagger streaming blood. XXI. “‘Revenge! revenge! “ the Saxons cried, The Gaels’ exulting shout replied. Despite the elemental rage... ...ander calls himself, Gael, or Gaul, and terms the Lowlanders Sassenach, or Saxons” (Scott). 22. Wildering. Bewildering. See on i. 274 above. For winde... ...ch constant feuds usually furnished an apology, or against the Sassencach, Saxons, or Lowlanders, for which no apology was necessary. The Gael, great ... ...ered sail. The 1st ed. has “shattered sail;” not noted in the Errata. 532. Saxons. Some eds. misprint “Saxon.” 538. Wont. See on i. 408 above. 539. St...