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... Saxon . Every- thing , therefore , about the Anglo - Saxons becomes inter- esting to us . We regard them as our first ancestors , and everything which shows their character , their de- velopment , or throws any light upon what they were ...
... Saxon . Every- thing , therefore , about the Anglo - Saxons becomes inter- esting to us . We regard them as our first ancestors , and everything which shows their character , their de- velopment , or throws any light upon what they were ...
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... Saxons ? A race of men . who lived in the North of Europe ; a wild , free , perhaps savage , but sincere race . Reared amidst marshes and in an inhospitable climate , nature presented herself to them in her sterner aspect , and their ...
... Saxons ? A race of men . who lived in the North of Europe ; a wild , free , perhaps savage , but sincere race . Reared amidst marshes and in an inhospitable climate , nature presented herself to them in her sterner aspect , and their ...
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... Saxons ranged the seas in their barks and , under the name of the Vikings , became the terror of all the neigh- boring nations . Their ships were called Dragons , from the figure they bore at the prow as an appropriate sym- bol of the ...
... Saxons ranged the seas in their barks and , under the name of the Vikings , became the terror of all the neigh- boring nations . Their ships were called Dragons , from the figure they bore at the prow as an appropriate sym- bol of the ...
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... Saxon mind , so Odin was god of war , although he had been at first thought of as simply the supreme being , the All - father . He still retained in the popular mind his preeminence , but he was god of war . He delighted in war and ...
... Saxon mind , so Odin was god of war , although he had been at first thought of as simply the supreme being , the All - father . He still retained in the popular mind his preeminence , but he was god of war . He delighted in war and ...
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... Saxon , must be sacrificed to the common good and man ? Manifestly to have the dis- putes which arise decided by the people , to let the nation , for whose sake a part of personal liberty is yielded , do justice amongst her children ...
... Saxon , must be sacrificed to the common good and man ? Manifestly to have the dis- putes which arise decided by the people , to let the nation , for whose sake a part of personal liberty is yielded , do justice amongst her children ...
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Seite 229 - Signior Antonio, many a time and oft, In the Rialto, you have rated me About my moneys and my usances : Still have I borne it with a patient shrug ; For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe...
Seite 229 - Shylock, we would have moneys : ' you say so ; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold : moneys is your suit. What should I say to you ? Should I not say ' Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats...
Seite 128 - If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come. — But, in these cases, We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor: This even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Seite 128 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, 'With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come...
Seite 122 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill, cannot be good : if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion...
Seite 133 - Avaunt ! and quit my sight ! let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold ; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with ! Lady M.
Seite 135 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Seite 136 - She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Seite 129 - Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking- off...
Seite 140 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.