Athelstane

It has existed as an estate since the time of the early Saxon kings, and the record of the sale of Barn Elms in the time of King Athelstane is still extant.

Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897 1898

He was comely in countenance, bulky and strong in person, and in the flower of his age --- yet inanimate in expression, dull-eyed, heavy-browed, inactive and sluggish in all his motions, and so slow in resolution, that the soubriquet of one of his ancestors was conferred upon him, and he was very generally called Athelstane the

Ivanhoe 1892

This website is called Athelstane, after Alfred's grandson, so we were interested to transcribe this story.

The King's Sons George Manville Fenn 1870

He was comely in countenance, bulky and strong in person, and in the flower of his age -- - yet inanimate in expression, dull-eyed, heavy-browed, inactive and sluggish in all his motions, and so slow in resolution, that the soubriquet of one of his ancestors was conferred upon him, and he was very generally called Athelstane the Unready.

Ivanhoe. A Romance 1819

"Athelstane," she said presently, when we had stood gazing at each other like that for above a minute, "that detestable villain who is your kinsman has cruelly used me and betrayed me; but I believe you are a true man.

Athelstane Ford Allen Upward 1894

As mentioned by Athelstane, the Daybreak planet is the Earth we know - the same one shown at the end of Season 3, not the nuked one.

Open Thread: #422-423 Daybreak Part 2 2009

Athelstane: What I love best about that 417 clip is how it harkens back to Lee and Roslin during the miniseries.

Preview clip: #417 No Exit 2009

As they rode along the forest, they met Athelstane the Thane powdering along the road in the direction of Rotherwood on his great dray-horse of a charger.

Burlesques 2006

Athelstane had been slain by a cannon-ball, (and this time for good, and not to come to life again as he had done before,) and that the widow (if so the innocent bigamist may be called) was conducting the defence of Rotherwood herself with the greatest intrepidity, showing herself upon the walls with her little son,

Burlesques 2006

Athelstane burst into a loud laugh, when he heard it, at the last line, but Rowena would have had the fool whipped, had not the

Burlesques 2006