The Life of King Arthur: From Ancient Historians and Authentic DocumentsPayne and Foss, 1825 - 172 páginas |
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... mention of these twelve peers is a strong proof that the author of the British History had read the no less fabulous life of Charlemagne , by a Pseudo - Turpin , which also sug- with his nobility , who walked with so great an iv PREFACE .
... mention of these twelve peers is a strong proof that the author of the British History had read the no less fabulous life of Charlemagne , by a Pseudo - Turpin , which also sug- with his nobility , who walked with so great an iv PREFACE .
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... mentioned in Merlin's Prophecies , about 430 : accu- rate chronology ! Moreover , in the forged laws of Edward the confessor , it is said " that the law of folk - mote was ' founded ' by ARTHUR [ a British prince to make Saxon laws ] ...
... mentioned in Merlin's Prophecies , about 430 : accu- rate chronology ! Moreover , in the forged laws of Edward the confessor , it is said " that the law of folk - mote was ' founded ' by ARTHUR [ a British prince to make Saxon laws ] ...
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... mention which Gildas and Bede had made of them in a creditable trea- tise , I could find nothing of the kings who had inhabited Britain before the incarnation of Christ : nor , even , of Arthur and the many others who succeeded after ...
... mention which Gildas and Bede had made of them in a creditable trea- tise , I could find nothing of the kings who had inhabited Britain before the incarnation of Christ : nor , even , of Arthur and the many others who succeeded after ...
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... mentioned or alluded to by any writer or in any book , before the above æra . * That the Britons Henry of Huntingdon , it is true , has a " Coel rex Britan- nicus de Colecester " ( 306 ) , who , likewise , occurs in the British history ...
... mentioned or alluded to by any writer or in any book , before the above æra . * That the Britons Henry of Huntingdon , it is true , has a " Coel rex Britan- nicus de Colecester " ( 306 ) , who , likewise , occurs in the British history ...
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... mention of it . It may be possible , therefore , that Walter Calenius , archdeacon of Oxford , had actually brought some book , upon the subject of the proof , and a gross misrepresentation in fact . It is admitted that , after the ...
... mention of it . It may be possible , therefore , that Walter Calenius , archdeacon of Oxford , had actually brought some book , upon the subject of the proof , and a gross misrepresentation in fact . It is admitted that , after the ...
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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.