The History of the Anglo-Saxons, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 - 499 páginas |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 70
Página iii
... BOOK VIII . On the Manners of the ANGLO - SAXONS after their Occupation of England . CHAP . I. On their Infancy , Childhood , and Names Their Education VOL . II . CHAP . II . A 2 p . 31 · p . 39 Their Food CHAP . III . P. 44 CHAP .
... BOOK VIII . On the Manners of the ANGLO - SAXONS after their Occupation of England . CHAP . I. On their Infancy , Childhood , and Names Their Education VOL . II . CHAP . II . A 2 p . 31 · p . 39 Their Food CHAP . III . P. 44 CHAP .
Página 1
... 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 introduction of the Christian system . These circumstances ...
... 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 introduction of the Christian system . These circumstances ...
Página 9
... England , they came under war - kings . The reigns of Hengist , and the founders of the dynasties of the Octarchy , were so many periods of continued warfare , and their immediate posterity were assailed with hostility from the natives ...
... England , they came under war - kings . The reigns of Hengist , and the founders of the dynasties of the Octarchy , were so many periods of continued warfare , and their immediate posterity were assailed with hostility from the natives ...
Página 10
... England , in a subsequent age , we may infer , that pecuniary compensation was their general mode of redressing personal injuries , and of punishing criminal offences . This feature certainly announces that the spirit of legislation ...
... England , in a subsequent age , we may infer , that pecuniary compensation was their general mode of redressing personal injuries , and of punishing criminal offences . This feature certainly announces that the spirit of legislation ...
Página 11
... England , we learn that their religious establishment was protected by penalties as terrible as those which guarded their chastity . " Whoever 66 " breaks into a temple , and takes away any of the sacred things , let him be led to the ...
... England , we learn that their religious establishment was protected by penalties as terrible as those which guarded their chastity . " Whoever 66 " breaks into a temple , and takes away any of the sacred things , let him be led to the ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Palavras e frases frequentes
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
Passagens conhecidas
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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?
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.