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Alfred the Great [ˈælfrɪd] n
(Biographies / Alfred (the Great) (849-899) M, English, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 849-99, king of Wessex (871-99) and overlord of England, who defeated the Danes and encouraged learning and writing in English ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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That she looked at the candle she had left burning, and, measuring the time like King Alfred the Great, was confirmed by its wasted state in her belief that she had been asleep for some considerable period. --For example, that Henry of Navarre, when a Protestant baby, little thought of being a Catholic monarch; or that Alfred the Great, when he measured his laborious nights with burning candles, had no idea of future gentlemen measuring their idle days with watches. Who, but no less a prince than Alfred the Great, who, with his own royal pen, took down the words from Other, the Norwegian whale-hunter of those times |
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