 No," answered William, as he rose, " I have taken seizin of the country," showing the clod of earth which he had grasped. One of his soldiers, with the quickness of a modern Frenchman, instantly followed up the idea ; he ran to a cottage and pulled out...  History of the Anglo-Saxons - Stran 312avtor: Sir Francis Palgrave - 1867 - 332 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1846 - 486 strani
...happy thought, by running to a cottage, and pulling out a bundle of reeds from the thatch, and begging him to receive that symbol, also, as the seizin of the realm with which he was invested. Sometimes, the symbols of possession were varied by the fancy of the granter. One Anglo-Saxon delivered... | |
 | Sir Francis Palgrave - 1864 - 704 strani
...quickness of a modern Frenchman, instantly followed up the idea — he ran to a cottage, and pulled out a bundle of reeds from the thatch, telling him to...Normans, and the alacrity by which the army was pervaded. § 10. Some fruitless attempts are said to have been made at negotiation. Harold despatched a monk... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - 1881 - 368 strani
...quickness of a modern Frenchman, instantly followed up the idea ; he ran to a cottage and pulled out a bundle of reeds from the thatch, telling him to...Some fruitless attempts are said to have been made 4 at negotiation. Harold dispatched a monk to the enemy's camp, who was to exhort William to abandon... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1881 - 856 strani
...up the idea; he ran to a cott-i^e. nnd pulled out a bnnd'e of геелЬ from the thntch, tellins: him to receive that symbol also, as the seizin of the realm with which be w»s Invest«!. These little anecilotus display th>; turn and temper of the Normana, and the alucrity... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - 1893 - 460 strani
...quickness of a modern Frenchman, instantly followed up the idea; he ran to a cottage and pulled out a bundle of reeds from the thatch, telling him to...pervaded. Some fruitless attempts are said to have been made4 at negotiation. Harold dispatched a monk to the enemy's camp, who was to exhort William to abandon... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 518 strani
...; he ran to a cottage, and pulled out a bundle of reeds from the thatch, telling him to receive the symbol also, as the seizin of the realm with which...Some fruitless attempts are said to have been made at negotiation. Harold despatched a monk to the enemy's camp, who was to exhort William to abandon his... | |
 | Sir Francis Palgrave - 1921 - 678 strani
...quickness of a modern Frenchman, instantly followed up the idea — he ran to a cottage, and pulled out a bundle of reeds from the thatch, telling him to...the realm with which he was invested. These little anecdotes1 display the turn and temper of the Normans, and the alacrity by which the army was pervaded.... | |
 | Sir Francis Palgrave - 1921 - 404 strani
...quickness of a modern Frenchman, instantly followed up the idea — he ran to a cottage, and pulled out a bundle of reeds from the thatch, telling him to receive that symbol also, as the seisin of the realm with which he was invested. These little anecdotes display the turn and temper... | |
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