The History of the Anglo-Saxons: Comprising the History of England from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest, Volumes 1-2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown., 1823 - Anglo-Saxons |
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... called perpetually into action ; and their uses were felt to be so important , that the fair sex ob- tained among all the tribes of ancient Germany a BOOK rank , an estimation , and an attachment , ANGLO - SAXONS . 15.
... called perpetually into action ; and their uses were felt to be so important , that the fair sex ob- tained among all the tribes of ancient Germany a BOOK rank , an estimation , and an attachment , ANGLO - SAXONS . 15.
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... called the Kimmerian , the Scythian , and the Sar- matian . Of these , the Welsh , the Gaelic , the Irish , the Cornish , the Armoric , the Manks , and the ancient Gaulish tongue , are the related lan- guages which have proceeded from ...
... called the Kimmerian , the Scythian , and the Sar- matian . Of these , the Welsh , the Gaelic , the Irish , the Cornish , the Armoric , the Manks , and the ancient Gaulish tongue , are the related lan- guages which have proceeded from ...
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... called Asia Minor , was by the more ancient Greeks usually denominated Asia ; but it is clear that their irruption was along the sea coast , and did not ex- tend beyond the maritime districts . " One of their chiefs who conducted it was ...
... called Asia Minor , was by the more ancient Greeks usually denominated Asia ; but it is clear that their irruption was along the sea coast , and did not ex- tend beyond the maritime districts . " One of their chiefs who conducted it was ...
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... called Kuμegions , the appellation of Kupa was applied in process of time , and by the corruption of language , lib . v . p . 309. Plutarch , in his life of Marius , also identifies the Kimbri with the Kimmerioi . He says , " from these ...
... called Kuμegions , the appellation of Kupa was applied in process of time , and by the corruption of language , lib . v . p . 309. Plutarch , in his life of Marius , also identifies the Kimbri with the Kimmerioi . He says , " from these ...
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... called Cymry ( pronounced Kumri ) : they are so named in all that remains of the ancient British literature . The Welsh , who are their descendants , have always called themselves Cymry ; and have 25 Tacitus de morib . Germ . Claudian ...
... called Cymry ( pronounced Kumri ) : they are so named in all that remains of the ancient British literature . The Welsh , who are their descendants , have always called themselves Cymry ; and have 25 Tacitus de morib . Germ . Claudian ...
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Page 448 - THESE, as they change, Almighty Father, these, Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of Thee. Forth in the pleasing Spring Thy beauty walks, Thy tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart, is joy.
Page 452 - 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 450 - How happy is the blameless vestal's lot ? The world forgetting, by the world forgot : Eternal sun-shine of the spotless mind ! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd ; Labour and rest, that equal periods keep ; ' Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep ;' Desires composed, affections ever even ; Tears that delight,' and sighs that waft to heav'n.
Page 451 - IN the second century of the Christian ^Era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.
Page 448 - 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 46 - O THOU, whose power o'er moving worlds presides ! Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides ! On darkling man, in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine.
Page 447 - 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 448 - And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
Page 447 - 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 wish'd. 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...
Page 447 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...