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" This I can now truly say, that so long as I have lived I have striven to live worthily, and after my death to leave my memory to my descendants in good works2. "
Great and good; or, Alfred the father of his people [by D. Alcock]. - Sivu 58
tekijä(t) Deborah Alcock - 1864
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History of the Church of England for Schools and Families

Alexander Hugh Hore - 1891 - 578 sivua
...himself to the good of his country and his endeavour was to live wholly for the good of his people. " So long as I have lived, I have striven to live worthily ; " such was his noble boast. On his wedding-day he was struck down by a painful disease, from which...

Lectures on the History of England

Montague John Guest - 1893 - 618 sivua
...fully peopled ; that he should have prayermen, and army-men, and work-men. . . . This I can now most truly say, that so long as I have lived I have striven to live worthily, and ai'ter my life to leave to the men that should be after me a remembrance of me in good works." Surely...

The Life of Alfred the Great

Reinhold Pauli - 1893 - 628 sivua
...worthily ; but as all virtue and power are nothing without wisdom, the results of folly must be useless. "This I can now truly say, that so long as I have lived I have strivento live worthily, and after my death to leave my memory to my descendants in good works2." This...

Introduction to English Literature: Including a Number of Classic Works ...

Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1894 - 688 sivua
...native tongue. He died in 901. The governing purpose of his life he pointed out in a single sentence : " This I can now truly say, that so long as I have lived,...leave my memory to my descendants in good works." In him the Anglo-Saxon stock reached its highest development. His character was based on a profound...

The Jew and the German: Or, From Paul to Luther. A Historical Study

Fannie Harris Shakelford - 1894 - 220 sivua
...found that the days of the years of his life were numbered, in Christian resignation he wrote, "I can truly say that so long as I have lived I have striven to live worthily, and to leave my memory to my people, and to my descendants in good works. " Let the memory of Alfred the...

Letters, Archaeological and Historical: Relating to the Isle of Wight, Nide 1

Edward Boucher James - 1896 - 714 sivua
...' a man shall know whether he does right, and he will then require no other law-book.' ' This I can truly say. that so long as I have lived I have striven...leave my memory to my descendants in good works.' These are the words of great and good King Alfred, who reformed, restored, and perpetuated the Church...

The Story of the English

Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1898 - 372 sivua
...his time could cure, he died in the year 901. Just before he breathed his last, King Alfred said : " This I can now truly say : that so long as I have...leave my memory to my descendants in good works." It is because Alfred lived worthily that he has always been honoured as England's greatest king ; and...

Harry Ingleby, Surgeon ...

Frederic J. Webb - 1898 - 436 sivua
...girl, that he had been faithful as a friend, and a saying of King Alfred's came into his mind, " As long as I have lived, I have striven to live worthily," and with this he shook oft his momentary weakness and springing up, determined, as he had tried to live,...

A History of English Literature: By F.V.N. Painter

Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1899 - 822 sivua
...native tongue. He died in 901. The governing purpose of his life he pointed out in a single sentence : " This I can now truly say, that so long as I have lived,...leave my memory to my descendants in good works." In him the Anglo-Saxon stock reached its highest development. His character was based on a profound...

The English Church: From Its Foundation to the Norman Conquest (597-1066)

William Hunt - 1899 - 476 sivua
...words with which he ends a short statement of his theory of a king's duty : " This I can truly now say, that so long as I have lived I have striven to live worthily, and after my life to be remembered by posterity for good works." His desire that his people should learn to look...




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