 | 1847 - 788 pągines
...some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish ; but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient." Evidently a man of original genins, this Alfred. Taking himself... | |
 | sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1847 - 508 pągines
...had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher, than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish ; but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient:"' and they seem in form and equipments to have been a species of... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1851 - 280 pągines
...some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient. Then some time in the same year, there came six ships to Wight,... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1851 - 634 pągines
...some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient. Then some time in the same year, there came six ships to Wight,... | |
 | Alfred (King of England) - 1852 - 596 pągines
...some had more : they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient. Then some time in the same year, there came six ships to Wight,... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1853 - 552 pągines
...Mersey. In the succeeding year, 897, the entire army of Hasten broke up in despair, some for East Anglia, some for North-humbria, and others fled across the...more efficient." This was the commencement of the lloyal Navy of England. In the year 901 died Alfred, the son of Ethelwolf, six days before the mass... | |
 | 1853 - 434 pągines
...some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him they would be most efficient. Then some time in the same year, there came six ships to the Isle of Wight, and there... | |
 | Anglo-Saxon chronicle - 1853 - 448 pągines
...some had more; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him they would be most efficient. Then some time in the same year, there came six ships to the Isle of Wight, and there... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1855 - 562 pągines
...some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient. Then some time in the same year, there came six ships to Wight,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1856 - 552 pągines
...had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also lighter than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish ; but so as it seemed tc him that they would be most efiicient." With these ships Alfred went forth to his sea-fights. He... | |
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Alfred commanded long ships to be built to oppose the "esks;" they were full-nigh twice as long as the others; some had sixty oars, and some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like... 
