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... lib . viii . ep . 9. Bede , lib . ii . c . 1. The expressions applied by Tacitus to all the German nations are , " truces , et cerulei oculi . " I. direful customs , their acquired passions , and barbarous 4 HISTORY OF THE.
... lib . viii . ep . 9. Bede , lib . ii . c . 1. The expressions applied by Tacitus to all the German nations are , " truces , et cerulei oculi . " I. direful customs , their acquired passions , and barbarous 4 HISTORY OF THE.
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... applied as a proper name instead of Vesta , ' it is not unlikely that they had a peculiar divinity so called . • The idol adored in Heligland , one of the islands originally occupied by the Saxons , was FOSETE , who was so celebrated ...
... applied as a proper name instead of Vesta , ' it is not unlikely that they had a peculiar divinity so called . • The idol adored in Heligland , one of the islands originally occupied by the Saxons , was FOSETE , who was so celebrated ...
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... applied themselves to divination and fortune - telling ; the men sacrificed , and often intermeddled with political affairs , as their sanction was thought to insure success . The priests of the Irminsula at Eresberg appointed the gow ...
... applied themselves to divination and fortune - telling ; the men sacrificed , and often intermeddled with political affairs , as their sanction was thought to insure success . The priests of the Irminsula at Eresberg appointed the gow ...
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... applied by Meginhard to the ancient Saxons . They were in- fatuated to believe that the voices and flights of birds were interpreters of the divine will . Horses were supposed to neigh from celestial inspiration , and they decided their ...
... applied by Meginhard to the ancient Saxons . They were in- fatuated to believe that the voices and flights of birds were interpreters of the divine will . Horses were supposed to neigh from celestial inspiration , and they decided their ...
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... divided the year into two principal parts , summer and winter . The six months of the longer days were applied to IV . the summer portion , the remainder to winter 11 24 HISTORY OF THE On the Menology and Literature of the Pagan Saxons p.
... divided the year into two principal parts , summer and winter . The six months of the longer days were applied to IV . the summer portion , the remainder to winter 11 24 HISTORY OF THE On the Menology and Literature of the Pagan Saxons p.
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Page 463 - TO be— or not to be — that is the question ; Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The stings and arrows of outrageous fortune — Or to take arms against a sea of troubles ; And, by opposing, end them...
Page 467 - 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 463 - 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 373 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 467 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more : for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs he has not better poems.
Page 464 - And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? is he yet alive? And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive.
Page 465 - Every man being conscious to himself that he thinks; and that which his mind is applied about whilst thinking being the IDEAS that are there, it is past doubt that men have in their minds several ideas, — such as are those expressed by the words whiteness, hardness, sweetness, thinking, motion, man, elephant, army, drunkenness, and others: it is in the first place then to be inquired, HOW HE COMES BY THEM?
Page 465 - 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 463 - 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 ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams...
Page 464 - 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.