The Life of King Arthur: From Ancient Historians and Authentic DocumentsPayne and Foss, 1825 - 172 páginas |
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... forgery , the most ex- travagant falsehood , and the most brazen faced impudence , is by no means a proof of those circumstances : as we never find him reviled by , or on the part of , any of these illustrious characters , for so gross ...
... forgery , the most ex- travagant falsehood , and the most brazen faced impudence , is by no means a proof of those circumstances : as we never find him reviled by , or on the part of , any of these illustrious characters , for so gross ...
Página xxi
... forgery by the story of Arthur . It spread rapidly , likewise , into foreign countries , * and was every were eagerly permitted to impreg- nate and pollute the genuine history of ancient times ; so that few , if any , writers are to be ...
... forgery by the story of Arthur . It spread rapidly , likewise , into foreign countries , * and was every were eagerly permitted to impreg- nate and pollute the genuine history of ancient times ; so that few , if any , writers are to be ...
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... forgeries of John Annius of Vi- terbo , a monk of the order of saint Dominick , edited at Rome in 1497 , folio ; which one might be well assured would be greedily swallowed by the Welsh antiquaries , among whom was Hum- phrey Llwyd , in ...
... forgeries of John Annius of Vi- terbo , a monk of the order of saint Dominick , edited at Rome in 1497 , folio ; which one might be well assured would be greedily swallowed by the Welsh antiquaries , among whom was Hum- phrey Llwyd , in ...
Página xli
... forgeries of Hector Bois , adopted by Buchanan and even introduced by Lewis , as affording suitable com- panions for his ante - Bruteian kings , are by the Scots . To return , however , to " the long - lost Arthur ; " who , after being ...
... forgeries of Hector Bois , adopted by Buchanan and even introduced by Lewis , as affording suitable com- panions for his ante - Bruteian kings , are by the Scots . To return , however , to " the long - lost Arthur ; " who , after being ...
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... forgeries and false- hoods , takes this Ambrosius Aurelianus for S [ ain ] t Ambrose . According to John of Tynemouth , in the life of Dubricius , that place is Ambrose's - mount , which is now vulgarly called Stan- henges ( Usher's ...
... forgeries and false- hoods , takes this Ambrosius Aurelianus for S [ ain ] t Ambrose . According to John of Tynemouth , in the life of Dubricius , that place is Ambrose's - mount , which is now vulgarly called Stan- henges ( Usher's ...
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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.