Legends of the Saxon SaintsC. Kegan Paul & Company, 1879 - 289 páginas |
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Página ix
... death of Bede and the first Danish invasion , were eighty years , largely years of decline , moral and religious . Then followed eighty years of retribution , those of the earlier Danish wars , till , with the triumph of Alfred ...
... death of Bede and the first Danish invasion , were eighty years , largely years of decline , moral and religious . Then followed eighty years of retribution , those of the earlier Danish wars , till , with the triumph of Alfred ...
Página xi
... death of St. Augustine , apostles from England had converted multitudes in Germany , and St. Wilfrid had preached to the inhabitants of Friesland . Something , moreover , had been done to retrieve the past . The Saxon kings made amends ...
... death of St. Augustine , apostles from England had converted multitudes in Germany , and St. Wilfrid had preached to the inhabitants of Friesland . Something , moreover , had been done to retrieve the past . The Saxon kings made amends ...
Página xxii
... death . Apprehensive of the ignominious approach of disease and infirmity , he resolved to expire as became a warrior . In a solemn assembly of the Swedes and Goths he wounded himself in nine mortal places , hastening away ( as he ...
... death . Apprehensive of the ignominious approach of disease and infirmity , he resolved to expire as became a warrior . In a solemn assembly of the Swedes and Goths he wounded himself in nine mortal places , hastening away ( as he ...
Página xxiii
... death changed their king into a god would , by necessity , have provided him with a celestial mansion ; nor could they have assigned to it a name more accept- able to a race which blended so closely their religion with their patriotic ...
... death changed their king into a god would , by necessity , have provided him with a celestial mansion ; nor could they have assigned to it a name more accept- able to a race which blended so closely their religion with their patriotic ...
Página xxix
... death . There they shall sit and converse to- gether , and call to mind their former knowledge and the perils they underwent . ' · ' 1 The similarity between the higher doctrines of the northern faith and the religion of ancient Persia ...
... death . There they shall sit and converse to- gether , and call to mind their former knowledge and the perils they underwent . ' · ' 1 The similarity between the higher doctrines of the northern faith and the religion of ancient Persia ...
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