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With these he fought the Danes to the death, not always successfully, not always even holding his own; for the Danes at this early period of their history were a hardy race of sea-warriors, not less skilful than courageous. But to King Alfred, with his beaked, oared war-ships, is undoubtedly due the merit of having laid the foundation of England's maritime ascendency.
"Sir, this Rio is a charming harbour, and we poor mariners your trusty sea-warriors, valiant Captain! who, with you at their head, would board the Rock of Gibraltar itself, and carry it by storm we poor fellows, valiant Captain! have gazed round upon this ravishing landscape till we can gaze no more.
The city of Bergen is a famous and a strange old place. In ancient days it was a stronghold of the Vikings those notorious sea-warriors who were little better than pirates, and who issued from among the dark mountains of Norway in their great uncouth galleys and swept across the seas, landing on the coasts everywhere, to the terror of surrounding nations.
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