 | Albert Stanburrough Cook, Chauncey Brewster Tinker - 1908 - Страниц: 312
...years before. Then King Alfred commanded long ships to be built to oppose the ' ashes.' They were full twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars,...steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shaped neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him they would be most efficient.... | |
 | 1909 - Страниц: 346
...built many years before. Then king Alfred commanded long ships to be built to meet these light boats ; they were fullnigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars, others more; they were both swifter and steadier and higher, too, than the others. They were shapen... | |
 | Joseph William Wilson Welsford - 1910 - Страниц: 398
...be built against them, which were full nigh twice as long as the others. Some had sixty oars, some more. They were both swifter and steadier and also higher than the others ; they were shapen neither as the Frisian nor as the Danish, but as it seemed to himself that they might be most useful." As the... | |
 | William Cunningham - 1910 - Страниц: 762
...art of shipbuilding. " He commanded long ships to be built to oppose the esks ; they were full nigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars and some had more ; they were 1 Glass had been manufactured in Britain in Boman times, but the art had died out; as it apparently... | |
 | Arthur Donald Innes - 1912 - Страниц: 398
...be built against them, which were full nigh twice as long as the others; some had sixty oars, some more; they were both swifter and steadier, and also...higher than the others ; they were shapen neither as the Frisian nor as the Danish, but as it seemed to himself that they might be most useful. Then... | |
 | J. Saxby Wryde - 1913 - Страниц: 462
...commanded," the English Chronicle relates, " long ships to be built to oppose the esks ; they were full nigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars...others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian British Lighthouses nor the Danish, but as it seemed to him they would be most efficient." In 882 Alfred,... | |
 | George Frederick Bosworth - 1914 - Страниц: 230
...oppose the Danish longships ; they were full nigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars, some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shaped neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but as it seemed to him they could be most useful."... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1853 - Страниц: 544
...had built many years before. " Then King Alfred commanded long ships to be built to oppose the esks : they were full-nigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars, and some had more ; they were built swifter and slenderer, and also higher than the others. They were shaped neither like the Frisian... | |
 | Robert Burns Morgan - 1923 - Страниц: 696
...against them [the Danes] which was full-nigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars, some more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also...higher than the others ; they were shapen neither as the Frisian nor the Danish, but as it seemed to himself that they might be most useful. 29. THE... | |
 | Derek Baker - 1995 - Страниц: 278
...to oppose the Danish warships. They were almost twice as long as the others. Some had 60 oars, some more. They were both swifter and steadier and also higher than the others. They were built neither on the Frisian nor the Danish pattern, but as it seemed to him himself that they could... | |
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