The life of king Arthur [ed. by J. Frank.]. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 58
Página xxxi
... his kingdom and sceptre : for which reason it was never proved , that , since that time to this , ' an ' Englishman hath killed a crow . " ( Part I , chap . xiii . ) the mind , even by one sand - blind . PREFACE . xxxi.
... his kingdom and sceptre : for which reason it was never proved , that , since that time to this , ' an ' Englishman hath killed a crow . " ( Part I , chap . xiii . ) the mind , even by one sand - blind . PREFACE . xxxi.
Página 1
... , if possible , in a stronger degree , the singular propensity and perverseness of this extraordinary people , John Sheringham , p . 8 . Introduction to the history of England . THE LIFE OF KING ARTHUR . CHAP . I. Of PREFACE . xxxix.
... , if possible , in a stronger degree , the singular propensity and perverseness of this extraordinary people , John Sheringham , p . 8 . Introduction to the history of England . THE LIFE OF KING ARTHUR . CHAP . I. Of PREFACE . xxxix.
Página 3
... CHAP . I. Of the Britons . THE most ancient author , from whom we have any account of the Britons is , unquestionably , Julius Cesar , who , in the year of Rome 698 , be- ing the 55th before the vulgar æra , invaded Britain , for the ...
... CHAP . I. Of the Britons . THE most ancient author , from whom we have any account of the Britons is , unquestionably , Julius Cesar , who , in the year of Rome 698 , be- ing the 55th before the vulgar æra , invaded Britain , for the ...
Página 9
... island had been surrendered to him , he sent bouncing letters to Rome upon it " ) was any further attempt made till the reign of Claudius . * Suetonius , Caligula , c . 44 . WH 66 CHAP . II . Of Carádoc , a KING ARTHUR .
... island had been surrendered to him , he sent bouncing letters to Rome upon it " ) was any further attempt made till the reign of Claudius . * Suetonius , Caligula , c . 44 . WH 66 CHAP . II . Of Carádoc , a KING ARTHUR .
Página 10
... CHAP . II . Of Carádoc , a British king . HEN ( in the year of the vulgar æra 51 ) Osto- rius , the proprætor , fought a battle against the Britons , in which the latter were defeated . " This victory , ' according to Tacitus , " was ...
... CHAP . II . Of Carádoc , a British king . HEN ( in the year of the vulgar æra 51 ) Osto- rius , the proprætor , fought a battle against the Britons , in which the latter were defeated . " This victory , ' according to Tacitus , " was ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
abbot afterward Ambrosius Aurelianus ancient antiquaries antiquity appears archbishop archdeacon of Oxford asserts Aurelius Ambrosius battle Bede bishop and confessor bones Britannia British history Britons Britonum Cadoc Cæsar called Carádoc certainly CHAP children of Brochan copy Cornwall damsel daughter death died Dubricius edition enemies Engles epistle fables father folio forasmuch forgery Gale Gaul Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey's Gildas Girald Barry Glastonbury Gundlei hath Hengist Henry of Huntingdon Henry the second historian inserted INSULA interpolated intitled island king Arthur king of Britain king Vortigern kingdom knights Latin Lelands Collectanea Lelands Itinerary likewise lord manuscript martyr mentioned Merlin monastery monk Nennius never Norden poem prince queen region reign Romans saint David saint Patern saint Patrick Samuel says Scots Sir John Prise sixth century thee things thou tion translated truly twenty-four children Usher Vortigern Vortimer Wales Welshman whence William of Malmesbury words
Pasajes populares
Página 132 - Boileau: Thus one fool lolls his tongue out at another, And shakes his empty noddle at his brother.
Página 23 - The barbarians drive us to the sea ; the sea drives us back to the barbarians : between them we are exposed to two sorts of death ; we are either slain or drowned.
Página 20 - Jove fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave takes half his worth away.
Página 81 - ... Tor in the Parish of North-hill, which is in the same hundred as Callington, and within a short distance of it. Norden gives the following description of the spot. " It is a square Plott, about 60 foote long and about 35 foote broade situate in a playne Mountayne, wrowghte some 3 foote in the grounde and by reason of the depression of the place there standeth a otarige or poole of water, the place (being) sett round about with flat stones.
Página xi - ... unknown."* These prophecies, therefore, are inserted about the middle of the book, in which the history is afterward prosecuted. The last chapter is couched in these words : " The kings, however, of those who, from that time, succeeded in Wales, I permit, in matter of writing, to Caradoc of Llancarvan, my contemporary : the kings, truly, of the Saxons to William of Malmesbury and Henry of Huntingdon : whom I enjoin to hold their peace concerning the kings of the Britons, inasmuch as they have...
Página iii - Brutus ! there lies beyond the Gallic bounds An island which the western sea surrounds, By giants once possessed; now few remain To bar thy entrance, or obstruct thy reign. To reach that happy shore thy sails employ; There fate decrees to raise a second Troy, And found an empire in thy royal line, Which time shall ne'er destroy, nor bounds confine.
Página 56 - Grist, The infancy of Jesus Christ :" apparently, a childish book or book for children, like "Mother Goose's tales.
Página 55 - The Cambrian biography or historical notices of celebrated men among the ancient Britons [and modern Welsh] :" London, 1803, the author says, under the name of • S.
Página 153 - Be it known and without doubt unto you, that we all are, and every one of us, obedient and subjects to the church of God, and to the pope of Rome, and to every godly Christian, to love every one in his degree in perfect charity, and to help every one of them by word and deed to be the children of God ; and other obedience than this I do not know due to him whom you name to be pope, nor to be the father of fathers, to be claimed and to be demanded.
Página xxxi - ... England, in which are recorded the famous deeds of King Arthur, whom we in our popular Castilian invariably call King Artus, with regard to whom it is an ancient tradition, and commonly received all over that kingdom of Great Britain, that this king did not die, but was changed by magic art into a raven, and that in process of time he is to return to reign and recover his kingdom and sceptre; for which reason it cannot be proved that from that time to this any Englishman ever killed a raven?...