 | John Fry - 1825 - 642 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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 - 440 sayfa
...confounded with their deity by the rude natives, grateful for some degree of civilization imparted. convey a body of several hundred men each. Such a...affectation of equity> and the impious vow is fulfilled." This picture, in which fear and hatred are alike apparent, might be suspected of exaggeration, but... | |
 | William E. Flaherty - 1855 - 448 sayfa
...confounded with their deity by the rude natives, grateful for some degree of civilization imparted. a convey a body of several hundred men each. Such a...affectation of equity ( and the impious vow is fulfilled." This picture, in which fear and hatred are alike apparent, might be suspected of exaggeration, but... | |
 | Whellan T. and co - 1855 - 722 sayfa
...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,... | |
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When they pursue, they infallibly overtake ; when they are pursued, their escape is certain. They despise danger ; they are inured to shipwreck ; they are eager to purchase booty with the peril of their lives. Tempests, which to others are so dreadful,... 
