 | 1847 - 788 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...Mersey. In the succeeding year, 897, the entire army of Hasten broke up in despair, some for East Auglia, some for North-humbria, and others fled across the...more efficient." This was the commencement of the Royal Navy of England. In the year 901 died Alfred, the son of Ethelwolf, six days before the mass... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1853 - 284 pàgines
...oppose the esks : they were full-nigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars, and some had more ; they were built swifter and slenderer, and...more efficient." This was the commencement of the Royal Navy of England. In the year 901 died Alfred, the son of Ethelwolf, six days before the mass... | |
 | 1853 - 434 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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,... | |
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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... 
