I, then, Alfred, King, gathered these together, and commanded many of those to be written which our forefathers held, those which to me seemed good ; and many of those which seemed to me not good I rejected them, by the counsel of my witan... A History of England for High Schools and Academies - Seite 43von Katharine Coman, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1899 - 507 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1875 - 480 Seiten
...stability of our realm." 2Elfred prefaces as follows : — " I, then, Alfred, King, gathered these together, and commanded many of those to be written...good I rejected them, by the counsel of my witan, and in otherwise commanded them to be holden, for I durst not venture to set down in writing much of... | |
| John Allen Giles - 1848 - 458 Seiten
...Apostles. " Wherefore I Alfred king" — continues the code to which we refer" — " gathered these together, and commanded many of those to be written...of those which seemed to me not good, I rejected, by the counsel of my ' witan' [parliament], and in other wise commanded them to be holden ; for I durst... | |
| Albrecht von Baron HALLER - 1849 - 388 Seiten
...p. 1 to 43, and from p. 102 to 151, are as follow: — " Wherefore I, Alfred, king, gathered these together, and commanded many of those to be written...of those which seemed to me not good, I rejected, by the counsel of my ' witan' [parliament,] and in other wise commanded them to be holden ; for I durst... | |
| Frances Anne Trevelyan - 1850 - 598 Seiten
...Dooms or Laws, of the collection of which he says, in the preface, " I Alfred, the king, gathered them together, and commanded many of those to be written...those which to me seemed good, and many of those which to me seemed not good I rejected, by the counsel of my witan, for I durst not venture to set down much... | |
| Charles Sandys - 1851 - 408 Seiten
...synod-books they wrote, at one place one doom, at another another. " I then, Alfred, king, gathered these together, and commanded many of those to be written...good, I rejected them by the counsel of my ' Witan,' and in other wise commanded them to be holden; for I durst not venture to set down in writing much... | |
| Edward Budge - 1851 - 322 Seiten
...functions as a lawgiver, will be best understood in his own words. In his doom or law book he says — " I, Alfred, king, gathered these laws together, and commanded...of those to be written which our forefathers held, and which to me seemed good ; and many of those which did not seem to me good I rejected, by the counsel... | |
| English history - 1851 - 706 Seiten
...laws, he rejected some of the old ones. For this we have his owu word. He says in his doom-book, " I then, Alfred, King, gathered these laws together, and commanded many of those to bo written which our forefathers held, those which to me seemed good ; and many of those which seemed... | |
| Edward Budge - 1851 - 326 Seiten
...his own words. In his doom or law book he says — "I, Alfred, king, gathered these laws toirether, and commanded many of those to be written which our forefathers held, and which to me seemed good ; and many of those which did not seem to me good I rejected, by the counsel... | |
| Charles Knight - 1856 - 552 Seiten
...in promulgating this code : " I, Alfred, king, gathered these together, and commanded many of them to be written which our forefathers held, those which...good, I rejected them, by the counsel of my witan, and iu other wise commanded them to be holden. For I durst not venture to set down in writing much... | |
| 1865 - 708 Seiten
...laws, he rejected some of the old ones. For this we have his own word. He says in his doom-book, " I then, Alfred, King, gathered these laws together,...me not good, I rejected them, by the counsel of my Witau, and in otherwise commanded them to be holden ; for I durst not venture to set down in writing... | |
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