Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 116
eed, in those days when1 there were but few books, and when even princescould not write their own names. He was the best,the wisest, and the most learned king that theSaxons had ever had. He used to carry in his bosom memorandumleaves, in which he made collections from hisstudies, and this journal… … A SAXON LANTERN. there was no way to mark the time, for there wereno clocks nor watches then, and he could not keep asteady light, because the houses were so open thatthe wind came in from every quarter. He hadnoon-marks, but those amounted to nothing onrainy days ; and everybody knows what a…
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