| John Fry - 1825 - 642 pages
...infallibly overtake : when they are pursued, their escape is certain. They despise danger ; they are iuured to shipwreck; they are eager to purchase booty with...with an affectation of equity, and the impious vow is fulfilled1." Such was the introduction of the more numerous part of our ancestors to the knowledge... | |
| John Lingard - 1825 - 560 pages
...when they meditate " an attack. Before they quit their own shores, •" they devote to the altars jpf their gods, the ** tenth part of the principal captives..." are cast with an affectation of equity, and the u impious vow is fulfilled."10 The character which is thus given of them by Sidonius, is confirmed... | |
| John Lingard - 1827 - 328 pages
...language the terrors of the provincials and the ravages of the barbarians. " We have not," he says, " a more cruel and more dangerous enemy than the Saxons....affectation of equity, and the impious vow is fulfilled."* The character which is thus given of them by Sidonius, is confirmed by every ancient authority. Marcellinus... | |
| John Lingard - 1844 - 390 pages
...or a large ship. See Bede, l. l5. Alfred's Version, ibid. Chron. Sal. ll. Gildas, c. xxiii. " tion when they are pressed by the enemy, and a cover "for...affectation of equity, and the " impious vow is fulfilled *." The character which is thus given of them by Sidonius, is confirmed by every ancient authority.... | |
| John Lingard - 1849 - 550 pages
...Tempests, which to others are so dreadful, " to them are subjects of joy. The storm is their pro" tection when they are pressed by the enemy, and " a cover...the " point of returning, the lots are cast with an affec" tation of equity, and the impious vow is fulfilled." ' The character which is thus given of... | |
| Oliver Cromwell - 1853 - 406 pages
...lembo. — Apol. Pan. Ami. v. 370. " tj.on when they are pressed by the enemy, and a cover <4 fi\r their operations when they meditate an attack, " Before...affectation of equity, and the " impious vow is fulfilled*." The character which is thus given of them by Sidonius, is confirmed by every ancient authority. Marcellinus... | |
| John Lingard - 1854 - 342 pages
...language the terrors of the provinciate and the ravages of the barbarians. — "We have not," he says, "a more cruel and more dangerous enemy than the Saxons....with an affectation of equity, and the impious vow is fulfilled."i The character which is thus given of them by Sidonius, is confirmed by every ancient authority.... | |
| William Edward Flaherty - 1855 - 456 pages
...battle-axes, and their vessels, now denominated chiules, or war- ships, were of sufficient size to convey a body of several hundred men each. Such a...affectation of equity, and the impious vow is fulfilled." Icelandic Sagas, the nearest eotemporary accounts on the side of the ravagers that have come down to... | |
| Whellan T. and co - 1855 - 722 pages
...says, "We have not a more cruel and more dangerous enemy than the Saxons. They overcome all who have courage to oppose them. They surprise all who are...affectation of equity, and the impious vow is fulfilled." The Saxons, according to Lingard, were invited to Britain by Vortigern in the year 449. Ancient writers,... | |
| Whellan, William, & Co - 1855 - 1010 pages
...certain. They despise danger — they are inured to shipwreck — they are eager to purchase booty at the peril of their lives. Tempests, which to others...affectation of equity, and the impious vow is fulfilled." The character thus given of them, by Sidouius, is confirmed by every ancient authority. Such were the... | |
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