The History of the Anglo-Saxons, Band 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 - 499 Seiten |
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... ancient Saxons CHA P. II . p . 1 ' The Government and Laws of the more ancient Saxons P. 7 CHAP . III . The Religion of the Saxons in their Pagan State p . 12 CHAP . IV . On the Menology and Literature of the Pagan Saxons p . 24 BOOK ...
... ancient Saxons CHA P. II . p . 1 ' The Government and Laws of the more ancient Saxons P. 7 CHAP . III . The Religion of the Saxons in their Pagan State p . 12 CHAP . IV . On the Menology and Literature of the Pagan Saxons p . 24 BOOK ...
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... ancient Saxons . THE I. HE Anglo - Saxons came to England from the Germanic CHA P. continent ; and above a century had elapsed from their first settlements before they received those improvements and changes which followed the ...
... ancient Saxons . THE I. HE Anglo - Saxons came to England from the Germanic CHA P. continent ; and above a century had elapsed from their first settlements before they received those improvements and changes which followed the ...
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... ancient Saxons displayed the qualities of fearless , active , and successful pirates . It is not merely the Spanish churchman ' Orosius , who remarks them as dread- ful for their courage and agility , but the emperor Julian , who had ...
... ancient Saxons displayed the qualities of fearless , active , and successful pirates . It is not merely the Spanish churchman ' Orosius , who remarks them as dread- ful for their courage and agility , but the emperor Julian , who had ...
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... ancient Saxon law punished the man who seized another by the hair . " 37 In In their dress , their loose linen vests were adorned with trimming , woven in different colours . " Their external garment was the sagum , or cloak , " and ...
... ancient Saxon law punished the man who seized another by the hair . " 37 In In their dress , their loose linen vests were adorned with trimming , woven in different colours . " Their external garment was the sagum , or cloak , " and ...
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... ancient picture of a Saxon , a sword bent into a semilunar shape . " He adds , that their shields were suspended by chains , that their horsemen used iron sledge hammers , " and that their armour was heavy . I have not met with the ...
... ancient picture of a Saxon , a sword bent into a semilunar shape . " He adds , that their shields were suspended by chains , that their horsemen used iron sledge hammers , " and that their armour was heavy . I have not met with the ...
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abbot afterwards Aldhelm Alfred Alfred's ancestors ancient Anglo Anglo-Sax Anglo-Saxon appear archbishop Asser Bede Beowulf bishop Boniface BOOK VIII called century ceorl CHAP character Christianity church Claud clergy cniht coin Cotton Library council custom cyning dignity Diss Domesday Domesday-book Dugd ealdorman ecclesiastics Eddius Elfhelm England express fyrde Gale Script garments gave Gembl gemot gerefa gild gild-scipe give gold grants Heming Hickes hides Hist hundred Ibid idol Ingulf king king of Kent king's lady land Latin laws letters libras lord Malmsbury mentioned Mercia monastery monath monks nations noble Northumbria nouns Odin Orosius pagan passage pennies periphrasis person poetry pounds pund punishment Roman Saxon says sceat sceatta scyllinga shew shillings silver slaves Snorre sometimes sword Tacitus thee thegn tion twelve twenty shillings verb vikingr wife Wilk Wilkins witan witena-gemot word СНАР
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Seite 463 - TO be— or not to be — that is the question ; Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The stings and arrows of outrageous fortune — Or to take arms against a sea of troubles ; And, by opposing, end them...
Seite 467 - In the second century of the Christian Era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.
Seite 463 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams on herb, tree, fruit, and flower Glistering with dew, fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night With this her solemn bird and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Seite 373 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Seite 467 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more : for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs he has not better poems.
Seite 464 - And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? is he yet alive? And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive.
Seite 465 - Every man being conscious to himself that he thinks; and that which his mind is applied about whilst thinking being the IDEAS that are there, it is past doubt that men have in their minds several ideas, — such as are those expressed by the words whiteness, hardness, sweetness, thinking, motion, man, elephant, army, drunkenness, and others: it is in the first place then to be inquired, HOW HE COMES BY THEM?
Seite 465 - WAS yesterday, about sun-set, walking in the open fields, till the night insensibly fell upon me. I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven ; in proportion as they faded away and went out, several stars and planets appeared one after another, till the whole firmament was in a glow.
Seite 463 - With thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons and their change, all please alike : Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams...
Seite 464 - THESE, as they change, Almighty Father, these, Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of Thee. Forth in the pleasing Spring Thy beauty walks, Thy tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart, is joy.