Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 292
, wiser, happierin all ways, than he found it. His industry in these efforts was quite astonish- 3. He is said to have translated large portions of the Bible intoAnglo-Saxon. Alfred the Great 265 ing. Every day he divided into certain portions,and in each portion devoted himself to a certain… … ALFRED ALLOWS THE CAKES TO BURN burnt down, he divided the day into notches almostas accurately as we now divide it into hours upon theclock. But when the candles were first invented,it was found that the wind and draughts of air,blowing into the palace through the doors and win-dows and through…
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