THE

HISTORY

OF THE

ANGLO-SAXONS:

COMPRISING THE

History of England

FROM

THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE

NORMAN CONQUEST.

BY SHARON TURNER, F.A.S.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

THE FOURTH EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

HOPWYL.

LONDON:

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ALFRED's Translation of BOETIUS's Consolations of Philo-

sophy. ALFRED considered as a Moral Essayist.- His

Thoughts, Tales, and Dialogues on various Subjects.

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