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Published on: 2015-05-28
Released on: 2015-06-01
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Living in the present days of peace and tranquility it is difficult to picture the life of our ancestors in the days of King Alfred, when the whole country was for years overrun by hordes of pagan barbarians, who slaughtered, plundered, and destroyed at will. You may gain, perhaps, a fair conception of the state of things if you imagine that at the time of the great mutiny the English population of India approached that of the natives, and that the mutiny was everywhere triumphant. The wholesale massacres and outrages which would in such a case have been inflicted upon the conquered whites could be no worse than those suffered by the Saxons at the hands of the Danes. From this terrible state of subjection and suffering the Saxons were rescued by the prudence, the patience, the valour and wisdom of King Alfred. In all subsequent ages England has produced no single man who united in himself so many great qualities as did this first of great Englishmen. He was learned, wise, brave, prudent, and pious; devoted to his people, clement to his conquered enemies. He was as great in peace as in war; and yet few English boys know more than a faint outline of the events of Alfred’s reign—events which have exercised an influence upon the whole future of the English people. School histories pass briefly over them; and the incident of the burned cake is that which is, of all the actions of a great and glorious reign, the most prominent in boys' minds. In this story I have tried to supply the deficiency. Fortunately in the Saxon Chronicles and in the life of King Alfred written by his friend and counsellor Asser, we have a trustworthy account of the events and battles which first laid Wessex prostrate beneath the foot of the Danes, and finally freed England for many years from the invaders. These histories I have faithfully followed. The account of the siege of Paris is taken from a very full and detailed history of that event by the Abbe D'Abbon, who was a witness of the scenes he described. torrshield vpn Zero Logging. We do not log traffic or session data of any kind period. We have worked very hard to craft the specialized technology we use to safeguard your privacy. Browse All Poems - Love Poems - Poem Hunter Poems are the property of their respective owners. All information has been reproduced here for educational and informational purposes to benefit site visitors ... Browse By Author: M - Project Gutenberg Maag Carl R. Project Trinity 1945-1946 (English) (as Author) Maartens Maarten My Lady Nobody A Novel (English) (as Author) Mabey Charles Rendell 1877- Cheating Dome: Cheats & Hints for all your video games! Cheating Dome your magical resource for Cheats Hints Tips Achievements and Trophies! Geocaching Geocaching is a treasure hunting game where you use a GPS to hide and seek containers with other participants in the activity. Geocaching.com is the listing service ... OAFE - Toy Reviews OAFE action figure reviews; buy the toys not the hype Browse By Author: W - Project Gutenberg Texts and audio books available online at Project Gutenberg. Welcome to Colt's Guns & Pawn Inc. How many Americans personally own guns and what do they use them for? A recent Gallup Poll* shows that 3 in 10 Americans personally own a gun; most gun owners say ... Egg List - Dragon City Guide Dragon City Dragon Egg List ... I am fighting in my coliseum working on the second dragon and the game is making me you the Ele dragon to fight and it just sit there ... John Saxon - IMDb John Saxon Actor: A Nightmare on Elm Street. John Saxon has appeared in nearly 200 roles in the movies and on television in a more-than half-century-long career that ...
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