History of the Anglo-Saxons

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Ward, Lock and Company, 1837 - 332 strani
 

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Stran 37 - Thy tower, proud Bamborough, mark'd they there, King Ida's castle, huge and square, From its tall rock look grimly down, And on the swelling ocean frown ; Then from the coast they bore away, And reach'd the Holy Island's bay.
Stran 326 - Englishman is lost in oblivion. Some other English Thanes are also praised, as having singly, and by their personal prowess, delayed the ruin of their countrymen and country. At one period of the battle, the Normans were nearly routed. The cry was raised, that the Duke was slain, and they began to fly in every direction. William threw off his helmet, and galloping through the squadrons, rallied his barons, though not without great difficulty. Harold, on his part, used every possible exertion, and...
Stran 55 - Here did it enter ; there, on hasty wing, Flies out, and passes on from cold to cold ; But whence it came we know not, nor behold Whither it goes. Even such, that transient Thing, The human Soul ; not utterly unknown While in the Body lodged, her warm abode ; But from what world She came, what woe or weal On her departure waits, no tongue hath shown ; This mystery if the Stranger can reveal, His be a welcome cordially bestowed...
Stran 126 - The clericus, or clerk, was synonymous with penman; and the laity, or people who were not clerks, did not feel any urgent necessity for the use of letters. The ancient use of the cross was therefore universal, alike by those who could and those who could not write: it was, indeed, the symbol of an oath, from its sacred associations, as well as the mark generally adopted. Hence the origin of the expression "God save the mark...
Stran 28 - Sleswig ; and they occupied Kent and the Isle of Wight, with that part of Hampshire which is opposite the island. Sir Francis Palgrave is of opinion that " the tribes by whom Britain was invaded appear principally to have proceeded from the country now called Friesland ; for of all the continental dialects the ancient Frisick is the one which approaches most nearly to the Anglo-Saxon of our ancestors.
Stran 328 - ... whom the lands of broad England were divided. But all this pomp and solemnity has passed away like a dream. The perpetual prayer has ceased for ever — the roll of Battle is rent. The shields of the Norman lineages are trodden in the dust. The abbey is levelled with the ground — and a dank and reedy pool fills the spot where the foundations of the quire have been uncovered, merely for the gaze of the idle visitor, or the instruction of the moping antiquary. The victor is now installed ; but...
Stran 305 - Harold prevailed upon, or compelled the prelates and nobles assembled at Westminster, to accept him as king. Some of our historians say, that he obtained the diadem by force. This is not to be understood as implying actual violence ; but simply, that the greater part of those who recognised him, acted against their wishes and will.
Stran 126 - ... to be entitled to all the products of the soil. And when the purchaser of a house received seizin or possession, the key of the door, or a bundle of thatch plucked from the roof, signified that the dwelling had been yielded up to him.

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