The venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical history of England, also the Anglo-Saxon chronicle, with notes, ed. by J.A. Giles |
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Side vii
... words , is perhaps the best that can be adopted . It is always to be regretted , when little is known of the early life of eminent men , as in all cases where many facts have been handed down concerning the years of their youth ...
... words , is perhaps the best that can be adopted . It is always to be regretted , when little is known of the early life of eminent men , as in all cases where many facts have been handed down concerning the years of their youth ...
Side xi
... words are here in point : " All my life I spent in that same monastery , giving my whole attention to the study of the Holy Scriptures , and in the intervals be- tween the hours of regular discipline and the duties of singing in the ...
... words are here in point : " All my life I spent in that same monastery , giving my whole attention to the study of the Holy Scriptures , and in the intervals be- tween the hours of regular discipline and the duties of singing in the ...
Side xii
... words , “ From the time of my taking priest's orders , to the fifty - ninth year of my age , I have occupied myself in making these short extracts from the works of the venerable fathers for the use of me and mine , or in adding thereto ...
... words , “ From the time of my taking priest's orders , to the fifty - ninth year of my age , I have occupied myself in making these short extracts from the works of the venerable fathers for the use of me and mine , or in adding thereto ...
Side xx
... word , ' do not forsake us , ' he burst into tears , and wept much , and an hour after he began to repeat what he ... words : But what are these among so many , ' etc. [ St. John , vi . 9. ] into our own tongue , for the benefit of the ...
... word , ' do not forsake us , ' he burst into tears , and wept much , and an hour after he began to repeat what he ... words : But what are these among so many , ' etc. [ St. John , vi . 9. ] into our own tongue , for the benefit of the ...
Side xxxvi
... words , to the best of his ability . Now in the case of the Saxon Chronicle we may reasonably suppose that its original groundwork consisted of little more than a meagre string of events , arranged chronologically with a few genealogies ...
... words , to the best of his ability . Now in the case of the Saxon Chronicle we may reasonably suppose that its original groundwork consisted of little more than a meagre string of events , arranged chronologically with a few genealogies ...
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abbat abbess aforesaid afterwards apostles archbishop archbishop of Canterbury army Augustine baptized Bede bishop blessed body Britain Britons brother brought built buried called Canterbury castle CHAP Christ Christian Chronicle church commanded consecrated Cuthbert death desired died Divine Eadbald Eadbert ealdorman earl East Angles East Saxons Easter ecclesiastical Edwin Egbert Egfrid enemy England English nation Ethelbert Ethelred faith father fought gave Gewissæ Gregory happened heaven heavenly holy Honorius honour island Kalends Kent king of Kent king's kingdom labour land Lindisfarne lived London Lord Lord's Mercians minster miracles monastery monks moon night Normandy Northumbrians Nothelm observed ordained Oswald Oswy Paulinus Penda Peter Picts pope Pope Agatho prayers preaching prelate priest province received reign returned reverend Roman Rome Scots sent servant ships slain slew soon South Saxons succeeded synod thence Theodore things thither tonsure took venerable West Saxons West-Saxons whilst Wilfrid Winchester wont word Wulfhere
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Side 310 - and Cissa besieged Andredscester, and slew all that dwelt therein, so that not a single Briton was there left. A. 492.—494. A. 495. This year two ealdormen came to Britain, Cerdic and Cynric his son, with five ships, at the place which is called Cerdics-ore, and the same day they fought against the Welsh.*
Side 463 - willed, if they would live; or would keep their lands; or would hold their possessions; or would be maintained in their rights. Alas! that any man should so exalt himself, and carry himself in his pride over all! May Almighty God show mercy to his soul, and grant him the forgiveness of his sins! We
Side 357 - the alms which the king had vowed to send thither, and also to India, to St. Thomas and to St. Bartholomew, when they sat down against the army at London; and there, thanks be to God, they largely obtained the object of their prayer after the vow. A.
Side 503 - men starved with hunger—some lived on alms who had been erewhile rich: some fled the country—never was there more misery, and never acted heathens worse than these. At length they spared neither church nor churchyard, but they took all that was valuable therein, and then burned the church and all together. Neither did they spare the lands of bishops, nor of
Side 39 - in the royal city. [AD 597] As soon as they entered the dwelling-place assigned them, they began to imitate the course of life practised in the primitive church ; applying themselves to frequent prayer, watching and fasting ; preaching the word of life to as many
Side 74 - tion from the worship of idols to the faith of Christ, and having ended the days of his office in peace, died the 26th day of May, in the reign of the same king." CHAP. IV. Laurentius and his bishops admonish the Scots to
Side 503 - thou find a man seated in a town, or its lands tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter, for there was none in the land—wretched men starved with
Side 48 - Unto the pure all things are pure, but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure.
Side xxi - the Son, and to the Holy Ghost !' with other spiritual ejaculations. But know this, dearest brother, that I could say much concerning him, if my want of learning did not cut short my discourse. Nevertheless, by the grace of God, I purpose shortly to write more concerning him, particularly of those things which I saw with my own eyes, and heard with my own ears.
Side 75 - in France, that the Scots in no way differ from the Britons in their behaviour ; for Bishop Dagan coming to us, not only refused to eat with us, but even to take his repast in the