The Life of King Arthur: From Ancient Historians and Authentic DocumentsPayne and Foss, 1825 - 172 páginas |
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... daughter of Carádoc ( Caractacus ) , [ prince of the Silures , inhabitants of present South - Wales , " whom , " the author says , many perilous and many prosperous things , had exalted so high , that he far ex- celled the other ...
... daughter of Carádoc ( Caractacus ) , [ prince of the Silures , inhabitants of present South - Wales , " whom , " the author says , many perilous and many prosperous things , had exalted so high , that he far ex- celled the other ...
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... daughter lastly he himself being presented . The supplications of the rest were degenerate , out of fear : but not Carádoc , either with a de- jected look or asking mercy with words . When he stood up to the tribunal , he spoke in this ...
... daughter lastly he himself being presented . The supplications of the rest were degenerate , out of fear : but not Carádoc , either with a de- jected look or asking mercy with words . When he stood up to the tribunal , he spoke in this ...
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... inscribed Cæsar and his two daughters his heir , thinking , by such obsequious- ness , his kingdom , and , likewise , his household , * Taciti Annales , L. 14 , § 29 . : 6 to be far from injury ; which turned 14 THE LIFE OF.
... inscribed Cæsar and his two daughters his heir , thinking , by such obsequious- ness , his kingdom , and , likewise , his household , * Taciti Annales , L. 14 , § 29 . : 6 to be far from injury ; which turned 14 THE LIFE OF.
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... daughters were violated and whosoever were the principal of the Icenians , as if they had received the whole region for a gift , they were stripped of their ancient possessions and their relations were held among the slaves of the king ...
... daughters were violated and whosoever were the principal of the Icenians , as if they had received the whole region for a gift , they were stripped of their ancient possessions and their relations were held among the slaves of the king ...
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... daughters violated : that the lusts of the Romans had proceeded so far , that not bodies nor , even , old - age or vir- ginity unpolluted , they should leave . Neverthe- less , that the gods of just vengeance were pre- sent that a ...
... daughters violated : that the lusts of the Romans had proceeded so far , that not bodies nor , even , old - age or vir- ginity unpolluted , they should leave . Neverthe- less , that the gods of just vengeance were pre- sent that a ...
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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...
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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.