The Life of King Arthur: From Ancient Historians and Authentic DocumentsPayne and Foss, 1825 - 172 páginas |
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... appears to have been the best elegiac poet of that age . + The title varies in the different manuscripts and printed copies . There are three editions , in Latin , under these titles : " Britannie utriusque regum et principum origo et ...
... appears to have been the best elegiac poet of that age . + The title varies in the different manuscripts and printed copies . There are three editions , in Latin , under these titles : " Britannie utriusque regum et principum origo et ...
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... appears , also , that Archbishop Usher had said , when a young man , that he had seen an old book called " Ec- clesiae Britannicae Historia , autore Tyssillo filio Brochmaeli regis Powysii : " which book , however , had been lost , or ...
... appears , also , that Archbishop Usher had said , when a young man , that he had seen an old book called " Ec- clesiae Britannicae Historia , autore Tyssillo filio Brochmaeli regis Powysii : " which book , however , had been lost , or ...
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... appears to have sent , or he had himself procured , an early copy of the British history and * About the year 1100 , according to Warton , Walter , arch- deacon of Oxford procured in Armorica an ancient chronicle in the British or ...
... appears to have sent , or he had himself procured , an early copy of the British history and * About the year 1100 , according to Warton , Walter , arch- deacon of Oxford procured in Armorica an ancient chronicle in the British or ...
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... appears that Henry had actually published the first seven books of his history ( in some copies whereof the above letter is inserted be- tween the seventh and the eighth , in others at the end ) before the year 1139 , and , also ...
... appears that Henry had actually published the first seven books of his history ( in some copies whereof the above letter is inserted be- tween the seventh and the eighth , in others at the end ) before the year 1139 , and , also ...
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... the fables of Arthur , in Geoffrey's history were partly taken " ex priscis Britonum figmentis . " Nothing of this kind , however , appears to be now extant . Merlin , in fact , he fables to have been PREFACE . xxiii.
... the fables of Arthur , in Geoffrey's history were partly taken " ex priscis Britonum figmentis . " Nothing of this kind , however , appears to be now extant . Merlin , in fact , he fables to have been PREFACE . xxiii.
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abbot according 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 Brut Cadoc Cæsar called Carádoc certainly CHAP children of Brochan church Cornwall daughter death died Dubricius edition enemies Engles epistle fables father folio forgery Gale Gaul Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey's Gildas Girald Barry Glastonbury Gundlei 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 manuscript martyr mentioned Merlin monastery monk Nazaleod Nennius never Norden poem queen region reign Romans saint David saint Patern saint Patrick Samuel Saxon chronicle says Scots Sir John Prise sixth century thee things thou tion translated truly twenty-four children Usher Vortigern Vortimer Wales Welshman William of Malmesbury words
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Página 122 - ... other that is below him in point of understanding, and triumphs in the superiority of his genius, whilst he has such objects of derision before his eyes. Mr.
Página 16 - Jove fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave takes half his worth away.
Página xiv - ... we do not know, it may be urged with equal force, on the other hand, that all ova and spores, in so far as we know anything about them, are destroyed by prolonged boiling: therefore from analogy we are equally bound to infer that Vibrios...
Página 52 - Jews, having a harp, but, this is the first time, we have heard of the harp of the " mythological" king Arthur, " There are some very extraordinary things to be found," adds this perspicacious and far-sighted Welshman, "concerning the mythological Arthur, in the Mabinogion, and, particularly, in the story of Culhwch and Olwen, wherein we recognize adventures, which must have had a common origin with those of Hercules and the Argonautick voyage
Página vii - Llancarvan, my contemporary : the kings, truly, of the Saxons to William of Malmesbury and Henry of Huntingdon : whom I...
Página 49 - Cambrian biography or historical notices of celebrated men among the ancient Britons...
Página 143 - 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 74 - I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not in ; Taffy came to my house, and stole a silver pin : I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed, I took up a poker and flung it at his head.