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... Thornycroft , R. A. , Sculptor . ALFRED THE GREAT ( By permission of Alfred Bowker , Mayor of Winchester , England , and Honorary Secretary of the National Commemoration of King Alfred the Great . ) " L A " 1 Cour oten dr Ghe Riverside.
... Thornycroft , R. A. , Sculptor . ALFRED THE GREAT ( By permission of Alfred Bowker , Mayor of Winchester , England , and Honorary Secretary of the National Commemoration of King Alfred the Great . ) " L A " 1 Cour oten dr Ghe Riverside.
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... King Alfred the Great . ENGLAND IN THE ANGLO - SAXON AGE . · REDUCED FACSIMILE OF A PAGE OF BEOWULF MANUSCRIPT IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM . 15 FACSIMILE TAKEN FROM AN ELEVENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT 51 Containing an account of the wonders of the ...
... King Alfred the Great . ENGLAND IN THE ANGLO - SAXON AGE . · REDUCED FACSIMILE OF A PAGE OF BEOWULF MANUSCRIPT IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM . 15 FACSIMILE TAKEN FROM AN ELEVENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT 51 Containing an account of the wonders of the ...
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... King of the West Saxons , and still more securely under the great King Alfred ( 871– 901 ) through the force of a common peril and common need . These long centuries of conquest and adjustment in the history of these related German ...
... King of the West Saxons , and still more securely under the great King Alfred ( 871– 901 ) through the force of a common peril and common need . These long centuries of conquest and adjustment in the history of these related German ...
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... king's home , Eastward of Ongle , home of Eormanric , The wrathful treaty - breaker . " 2 Hermanric , the great king of the Goths , died before the close of the fourth century ; and if Widsith told his own story , as parts of the poem ...
... king's home , Eastward of Ongle , home of Eormanric , The wrathful treaty - breaker . " 2 Hermanric , the great king of the Goths , died before the close of the fourth century ; and if Widsith told his own story , as parts of the poem ...
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... kings How the princes Oft Scyld , son of Scef , From many kindreds , The Earl inspired terror Helpless , a waifling ... king ! " Then follows the genealogy of Hrothgar , builder of Heorot and victim of Grendel's rage . ANGLO - SAXON ...
... kings How the princes Oft Scyld , son of Scef , From many kindreds , The Earl inspired terror Helpless , a waifling ... king ! " Then follows the genealogy of Hrothgar , builder of Heorot and victim of Grendel's rage . ANGLO - SAXON ...
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