Curious Myths of the Middle AgesHurst, 1889 - 272 pagina's |
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Pagina 16
... for him , as he rued the sins he had committed in ignorance . " During the period of his stay in Hamburg and Dantzig he was never seen to laugh . In whatever land he travelled he spoke its language , and when 16 The Wandering Jew .
... for him , as he rued the sins he had committed in ignorance . " During the period of his stay in Hamburg and Dantzig he was never seen to laugh . In whatever land he travelled he spoke its language , and when 16 The Wandering Jew .
Pagina 17
Sabine Baring-Gould. land he travelled he spoke its language , and when he spoke Saxon , it was like a native Saxon . Many people came from different places to Hamburg and Dantzig in order to see and hear this man , and were convinced ...
Sabine Baring-Gould. land he travelled he spoke its language , and when he spoke Saxon , it was like a native Saxon . Many people came from different places to Hamburg and Dantzig in order to see and hear this man , and were convinced ...
Pagina 33
... having proved unpropitious , and the severity of the climate having carried off many soldiers , he had been forced to retreat to his own land . This king belongs to the family of the Magi , mentioned 3 Prester John . 33.
... having proved unpropitious , and the severity of the climate having carried off many soldiers , he had been forced to retreat to his own land . This king belongs to the family of the Magi , mentioned 3 Prester John . 33.
Pagina 34
... land of l'aras † and Madai , ‡ of the exiles of Schomrom , the number of which people is as the * Otto , Ep . Frising . , lib . vii . c . 33. † Persia . + Media . sand of these some are still under the yoke of 34 Prester John .
... land of l'aras † and Madai , ‡ of the exiles of Schomrom , the number of which people is as the * Otto , Ep . Frising . , lib . vii . c . 33. † Persia . + Media . sand of these some are still under the yoke of 34 Prester John .
Pagina 37
... land subject to our sceptre , then hear and believe : - I , Presbyter Johannes , the Lord of Lords , surpass all under heaven in virtue , in riches , and in power ; seventy - two kings pay us tribute . . . . In the three Indies our ...
... land subject to our sceptre , then hear and believe : - I , Presbyter Johannes , the Lord of Lords , surpass all under heaven in virtue , in riches , and in power ; seventy - two kings pay us tribute . . . . In the three Indies our ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 311 - the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither : so that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron, heard in the house while it was in building
Pagina 195 - Cal. I have seen thee in her; and I do adore thee. My mistress showed me thee, and thy dog, and thy bush." The dog I have myself had pointed out to me by an old Devonshire crone. If popular superstition places a dog in the moon, it puts a lamb in
Pagina 402 - set them downe, and in one of their laps King Arthur laide his head. And then that queene said, ' Ah ! deer brother, why have ye tarried so long from me? Alas ! this wound on your head hath taken over much cold." And so then they rowed from the land, and Sir Bedivere
Pagina 225 - The odious stranger, disguising every circumstance of time and place, assumed the mask of a martyr, a saint, and a Christian hero ; and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been transformed into the renowned St. George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the Garter.
Pagina 401 - take the little bed on which I died For Lancelot's love, and deck it like the Queen's For richness, and me also like the Queen In all I have of rich, and lay me on it. And let there be prepared a chariot-bier To take me to the river, and a barge Be ready on the river, clothed in black.
Pagina 195 - Out o' th' moon, I do assure thee. I was the man in th' moon when time was. " Cal. I have seen thee in her; and I do adore thee. My mistress showed me thee, and thy dog, and thy bush.
Pagina 425 - If the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised ; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain. But now is Christ risen from the
Pagina 358 - so exemplary for her conjugal affection. Her husband, Sir Richard, and she chanced, during their abode in Ireland, to visit a friend, the head of a sept, who resided in an ancient baronial castle surrounded with a moat. At midnight she was awakened by a ghastly and supernatural scream, and
Pagina 311 - Thou shalt not build it of hewn stone, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it
Pagina 279 - is still used in Iceland as a magical sign in connection with storms of wind and rain. King Olaf, Longfellow tells us, when keeping Christmas at Drontheim — "O'er his drinking-horn, the sign He made of the Cross Divine, As he drank, and