The History of the Anglo-Saxons: Comprising the History of England from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest, Volumes 1-2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown., 1823 |
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... lived , at least eight hundred years before the Christian æra . That he was acquainted with the position of the Kimmerians , in the north - eastern parts of Europe , is three times asserted by Strabo . * THAT the Kimmerians were ...
... lived , at least eight hundred years before the Christian æra . That he was acquainted with the position of the Kimmerians , in the north - eastern parts of Europe , is three times asserted by Strabo . * THAT the Kimmerians were ...
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... lived in the twelfth century . Breckfa was much later . 28 It may not be uninteresting to translate the whole triad . " Three names have been given to the isle of Britain since the beginning . Before it was inhabited , it was called ...
... lived in the twelfth century . Breckfa was much later . 28 It may not be uninteresting to translate the whole triad . " Three names have been given to the isle of Britain since the beginning . Before it was inhabited , it was called ...
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... lived in caves ; and Tacitus describes some of the ruder German tribes as dwelling under ground . The practice of several animals which burrow in the earth may have suggested the custom ; and it suits that savage state into which even ...
... lived in caves ; and Tacitus describes some of the ruder German tribes as dwelling under ground . The practice of several animals which burrow in the earth may have suggested the custom ; and it suits that savage state into which even ...
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... lived in the western parts of Europe , about Gaul and Spain . They are spoken of as being in the same places by later writers . 56 But the evidence of Cæsar is particularly interest- ing on this subject . In his time the German or ...
... lived in the western parts of Europe , about Gaul and Spain . They are spoken of as being in the same places by later writers . 56 But the evidence of Cæsar is particularly interest- ing on this subject . In his time the German or ...
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... lived at Marseilles , in preference to Athens ; and they diffused such a taste for Grecian customs around them , that the Gauls used Greek letters , and wrote their contracts in Greek . 82 The Keltic invaders of Greece must have also ...
... lived at Marseilles , in preference to Athens ; and they diffused such a taste for Grecian customs around them , that the Gauls used Greek letters , and wrote their contracts in Greek . 82 The Keltic invaders of Greece must have also ...
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æra afterwards Alaric ancestors ancient Angles Anglo-Saxons Armorica army Arthur attack authority barbarians barbaric bard battle became Bede BOOK Britain British Britons Cæsar called Carausius celebrated century Cerdic CHAP Chauci Cherusci chieftains Chron Chronicle chronology Cimbri civil civilisation civitates coast conquest Constantine Danube defeated deity depredations Ditmarsia Edda Elbe emperor enemies England Europe Francs and Saxons Gaul German Gibbon Gildas Gothic Goths Gwrtheyrn habits Hengist Hist Honorius human Ibid idol imperial inhabitants invaders invasion island Jeffry Jutes Keltic Kelts Kent Kimmerians king kingdom language maritime Mascou Maximus ment mentioned military nations natives Nennius northern numbers ocean Odin Orosius passage period Picts Pliny plunder Pontanus population provinces Ptolemy regions reign remarks Rhine Roman empire Rome Saxons says Scythian Sleswick Stilicho Strabo subdued success Tacitus Taliesin Theodosius tion triads tribes troops Urien victory Welsh Weser Zosimus
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Página 448 - 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.
Página 452 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates, the superiority must with some hesitation be allowed to Dryden.
Página 450 - How happy is the blameless vestal's lot ? The world forgetting, by the world forgot : Eternal sun-shine of the spotless mind ! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd ; Labour and rest, that equal periods keep ; ' Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep ;' Desires composed, affections ever even ; Tears that delight,' and sighs that waft to heav'n.
Página 451 - 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 448 - When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
Página 46 - O THOU, whose power o'er moving worlds presides ! Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides ! On darkling man, in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine.
Página 447 - 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 448 - And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
Página 447 - tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them ? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil...
Página 447 - 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...