The History of the Anglo-Saxons from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest, Volume 2Carey & Hart, 1841 - Anglo-Saxons |
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... give all the effect to the policy of his adherents which had been pro- jected . Dunstan retained his dignity , and at least his influence ; for what nation could be so depraved as to patronize a woman , who , at her own gate , had ...
... give all the effect to the policy of his adherents which had been pro- jected . Dunstan retained his dignity , and at least his influence ; for what nation could be so depraved as to patronize a woman , who , at her own gate , had ...
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... give them what they wanted . Ten thousand pounds were accordingly disgrace- fully granted as the price of their ... gives his portrait in a sentence : he was " a fine sleeping figure . " He might adorn a lady's cabinet ; he disgraced a ...
... give them what they wanted . Ten thousand pounds were accordingly disgrace- fully granted as the price of their ... gives his portrait in a sentence : he was " a fine sleeping figure . " He might adorn a lady's cabinet ; he disgraced a ...
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... give him two ships , but was told by his treasurer , that poets had always clothes , or swords , or gold rings . Gunnlaugr accordingly received fine garments and a gold ring , p . 103. In the Orkneys a poem procured him a silver axe , p ...
... give him two ships , but was told by his treasurer , that poets had always clothes , or swords , or gold rings . Gunnlaugr accordingly received fine garments and a gold ring , p . 103. In the Orkneys a poem procured him a silver axe , p ...
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... give the victory to Edmund . The Knytlinga Saga says , Canute conquered ; and adds , that the town was destroyed , p . 134 . i Flor . 387. Snorre mentions , that St. Olave fought at Canterbury ; and quotes Ottar the Swarthy upon it , p ...
... give the victory to Edmund . The Knytlinga Saga says , Canute conquered ; and adds , that the town was destroyed , p . 134 . i Flor . 387. Snorre mentions , that St. Olave fought at Canterbury ; and quotes Ottar the Swarthy upon it , p ...
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... give it in the words of the recording eye - witness . It occurred upon Canute's journey to Rome , at St. Ömer's . 66 ... gives a long specimen of the Drapa , p . 298 , 299 , and a specimen of the Flok , p . 303 . tin , myself beheld in ...
... give it in the words of the recording eye - witness . It occurred upon Canute's journey to Rome , at St. Ömer's . 66 ... gives a long specimen of the Drapa , p . 298 , 299 , and a specimen of the Flok , p . 303 . tin , myself beheld in ...
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Page 99 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew : fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild; then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Page 99 - And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake ? is he yet alive ? C And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive.
Page 99 - tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them ? To die to sleep No more and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To die to sleep To sleep perchance to dream ay there's the rub For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil Must give us pause.
Page 101 - How happy is the blameless vestal's lot ! The world forgetting, by the world forgot : Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind ! Each prayer accepted, and each wish resign'd ; Labour and rest, that equal periods keep ; Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep ; Desires compos'd, affections ever even ; Tears that delight, and sighs that waft to Heaven.
Page 100 - Then when Mary was come where JESUS was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying unto Him, LORD, if Thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. When JESUS therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, He groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said, Where have ye laid him ? They said unto Him, LORD, come and see.
Page 102 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates, the superiority must with some hesitation be allowed to Dryden.
Page 101 - ... the maggots are the best. It is a sackposset, wherein the deeper you go you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling we must value and consider because it is attended with an egg. But then lastly, it is a nut, which, unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth and pay you with nothing but a worm.
Page 274 - But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O GOD, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore GOD, even thy GOD, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Page 100 - WAS yesterday, about sun-set, walking in the open fields, till the night insensibly fell upon me. I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven ; in proportion as they faded away and went out, several stars and planets appeared one after another, till the whole firmament was in a glow.
Page 301 - ... we will cause to be summoned the Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Earls, and great Barons, individually by our letters. And besides, we will cause to be summoned in general by our Sheriffs and Bailiffs, all those who hold of us in chief...