 | Robert George Hobbes - 1895 - 626 ページ
...high tableland at Stourhead, near Frome, stands a lofty tower erected to the memory of Alfred, with the following inscription : ALFRED THE GREAT AD 879 on this summit Erected his standard against the Danish Invader. To him we owe the origin of Juries, The establishment of Militia, The creation... | |
 | Beatrice Adelaide Lees - 1915 - 614 ページ
...about 1722, near the probable site of " Egbert's Stone " Inscribed, under a statue of the king ; " Alfred the Great, AD 879, on this summit erected his standard against Danish invaders," etc. onum rex, Angul-Saxonum rex), the evidence for this is slight, and somewhat untrustworthy. Unlike... | |
 | Beatrice Adelaide Lees - 1915 - 622 ページ
...ahout 1722, near the probable site of " Egbert's Stone " Inscribed, under a statue of the king : " Alfred the Great, AD 879, on this summit erected his standard against Danish invaders," etc. onum rex, Angid-Saxonum rex), the evidence for this is slight, and somewhat untrustworthy. Unlike... | |
 | Michael Alexander - 2007 - 348 ページ
...Stourhead, Wiltshire, Hoare built Alfred's Tower (160 feet), completed in 1772. The inscription reads 'ALFRED THE GREAT/ AD 879 on this summit/ Erected his standard against the Danish Invaders/ To Him we owe/ The origin of Juries/ The Establishment of a Militia/ the Creation... | |
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Alfred the Great, AD 879, on this summit erected his standard against Danish invaders. To him we owe the origin of juries, the establishment of a militia, the creation of a naval force. Alfred, the light of a benighted age, was a philosopher and a Christian,... 
