 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1844 - 830 pages
...once. King Olaf was a very merry, frolicsome man ; gay and social ; had great taste in everything ; was very generous ; was very finical in his dress,...On this account his friends. were attached to him warmly, and his enemies feared him greatly ; and thus he made such a fortunate advance in his undertakings,... | |
 | 1844 - 848 pages
...once. King Olaf was a very merry, frolicsome man ; gay and social ; had great taste in everything ; was very generous ; was very finical in his dress,...pieces by mad dogs ; some he had mutilated or cast (Iowa from high precipices. OB this account his friends were attached to him warmly, and his enemies... | |
 | 1864 - 872 pages
...once. King Olaf was a very merry, frolicsome man, gay and social ; had great taste in every thing ; was very generous ; was very finical in his dress...he was enraged, and tortured many of his enemies." The unfree men were those who had no land, nor any chance of any, but yet who were not thralls. Commonly... | |
 | Marie Adelaide Shipley - 1887 - 254 pages
...would either bring it to this, that all Norway should be Christian, or die." It is said of him that "he was distinguished for cruelty when he was enraged, and tortured many of his enemies " — of course all pagans were his enemies ; — " some he burnt in fire ; some he had torn in pieces... | |
 | Snorri Sturluson, Samuel Laing - 1889 - 460 pages
...remonstrances ; and all the Iceland men who were there were baptized. CHAPTER XCII. — Of King Ola/s Feats. King Olaf was more expert in all exercises...precipices. On this account his friends were attached to him •warmly, and his enemies feared him greatly ; and thus he made such a fortunate advance in his undertakings,... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 726 pages
...Bremanger. * [«6-1000 AD] was a very merry, frolicsome man; gay and social; had great taste in everything; was very generous; was very finical in his dress,...enraged, and tortured many of his enemies. Some he burned in fire; some he had torn in pieces by mad dogs; some he had mutilated, or cast down from high... | |
 | William Lee Richardson, Jesse M. Owen - 1922 - 544 pages
...once. King Olaf was a very merry, frolicsome man ; gay and social ; had great taste in everything ; was very generous ; was very finical in his dress, but in battle he exceeded all in bravery."2 Heroic is the last view of him, when, beset by his enemies in that last and greatest sea... | |
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Olaf was a very merry frolicsome man ; gay and social ; was very violent in all respects ; was very generous ; was very finical in his dress, but in battle he exceeded all in bravery. He was distinguished for cruelty when he was enraged, and tortured... 