The Life of King Arthur: From Ancient Historians and Authentic DocumentsPayne and Foss, 1825 - 172 páginas |
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Página xii
... , already , referred to . Warin would seem to have , previously to his enquiry of the archdeacon , acquired something upon the story of Brutus by hear - say . Huntingdon thus addresses his friend : " Thou enquirest from xii PREFACE .
... , already , referred to . Warin would seem to have , previously to his enquiry of the archdeacon , acquired something upon the story of Brutus by hear - say . Huntingdon thus addresses his friend : " Thou enquirest from xii PREFACE .
Página xiii
... Thou enquirest from me , O Warin the Briton , man gentle and facetious , why , narrating the actions of our country , I have begun from the times of Julius Cesar , and omitted the most flourishing reigns , which were from Brutus unto ...
... Thou enquirest from me , O Warin the Briton , man gentle and facetious , why , narrating the actions of our country , I have begun from the times of Julius Cesar , and omitted the most flourishing reigns , which were from Brutus unto ...
Página xiv
... thou desirest more prolixity , thou must , dili- gently , enquire after the great book of Geoffrey ap Arthur , which I found at the monastery of Bec , where thou wilt find the aforesaid things treated with sufficient prolixity and ...
... thou desirest more prolixity , thou must , dili- gently , enquire after the great book of Geoffrey ap Arthur , which I found at the monastery of Bec , where thou wilt find the aforesaid things treated with sufficient prolixity and ...
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... thou shouldst preserve me safe , I shall be an everlasting example of thy clemency . " At these [ words ] Cæsar granted pardon both to himself and his wife and his brethren . ” * • Annals , B. xii , 36. It is , by no means probable that ...
... thou shouldst preserve me safe , I shall be an everlasting example of thy clemency . " At these [ words ] Cæsar granted pardon both to himself and his wife and his brethren . ” * • Annals , B. xii , 36. It is , by no means probable that ...
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... thou- sands , much less their assaults and hands would they endure . If they would consider with them- selves the forces of armed men , if the causes of war , it behoved to conquer or fall , in that battle . That is destined to a woman ...
... thou- sands , much less their assaults and hands would they endure . If they would consider with them- selves the forces of armed men , if the causes of war , it behoved to conquer or fall , in that battle . That is destined to a woman ...
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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.