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... once successfully led the English against them . Ethered died of wounds received in battle ; and left the kingdom in a very distressed state to Alfred , who was then in the twenty - third year of his age . The history of his reign is ...
... once successfully led the English against them . Ethered died of wounds received in battle ; and left the kingdom in a very distressed state to Alfred , who was then in the twenty - third year of his age . The history of his reign is ...
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... once more these faithless people , while he was awaiting the final settlement of his treaty with them , broke it . A fresh invasion took place , the Danes already in England , joined their countrymen ; and the spirit of the Saxon nation ...
... once more these faithless people , while he was awaiting the final settlement of his treaty with them , broke it . A fresh invasion took place , the Danes already in England , joined their countrymen ; and the spirit of the Saxon nation ...
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... once against that part of the camp which he had seen to be most unguarded ; the attack was sudden and unexpected ; and notwithstanding the superiority of their numbers , the Danes were defeated with great slaughter . Some of them ...
... once against that part of the camp which he had seen to be most unguarded ; the attack was sudden and unexpected ; and notwithstanding the superiority of their numbers , the Danes were defeated with great slaughter . Some of them ...
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... - TELLER . ” Alfred died October 27th , 901 ; and was succeeded by his son Edward . One of his daughters is said to have inherited much of her father's mental superiority . THE TURKS . ALP ARSLAN . THE Turks were once ALFRED THE GREAT.
... - TELLER . ” Alfred died October 27th , 901 ; and was succeeded by his son Edward . One of his daughters is said to have inherited much of her father's mental superiority . THE TURKS . ALP ARSLAN . THE Turks were once ALFRED THE GREAT.
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THE TURKS . ALP ARSLAN . THE Turks were once a much more important people than they now are . Issuing originally from the high lands of Central Asia , they spread themselves over great part of that continent , and in the fourteenth ...
THE TURKS . ALP ARSLAN . THE Turks were once a much more important people than they now are . Issuing originally from the high lands of Central Asia , they spread themselves over great part of that continent , and in the fourteenth ...
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