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...This is a comprehensive collection of all the major and minor gods of Rome and Greece, with descriptions of festivals and retellings of major mythological stories. (Summary by Sibella)...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. How twelve aged ambassadors of Rome came to King Arthur to demand truage for Britain. When King Arthur had after long war rested, and held a royal feast and Table Round with his al lies of kings, princes, and noble knights all of the Round Table, there cam...

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... the Round Table Book Five BOOK V CHAPTER I How twelve aged ambassadors of Rome came to King Arthur to demand truage for Britain. W hen King Arthur ha... ...nd Table, there came into his hall, he sitting in his throne royal, twelve ancient men, bearing each of them a branch of olive, in token that they cam... ... which was called at that time, Dictator or Procuror of the Public Weal of Rome. Which said messengers, after their entering and coming into the prese... ...ble and worthy Julius Cesar, conqueror of this realm, and first Emperor of Rome. And if thou refuse his demand and commandment know thou for certain t... ...red, for the demand grieveth me sore, for truly I will never pay truage to Rome, wherefore I pray you to counsel me. I have under- stood that Belinus ... ...ne the son of Heleine, which is an open evidence that we owe no tribute to Rome but of right we that be descended of them have right to claim the titl...

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...Excerpt: Why Mrs. General Talboys first made up her mind to pass the winter of 1859 at Rome I never clearly understood. To myself she explained her purposes, soon after her arrival at the Eternal City, by declaring, in her own enthusiastic manner, that she was inspired by a burning desire to drink fresh at the ...

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... Mrs. General Talboys first made up her mind to pass the winter of 1859 at Rome I never clearly understood. To myself she explained her purposes, soon... ...e this as it may, in November, 1859, Mrs. Talboys came among us English at Rome, and soon succeeded in obtaining for herself a comfortable footing in ... ...onds whatever. The General’s honour was quite safe when he sent her off to Rome by herself; and he no doubt knew that it was so. Illi robur et aes tri... ...ll allowed them- selves to be enslaved. We had at that time a small set at Rome, consisting chiefly of English and Americans, who habitually met at ea... ...lattered by them also. If so, he should have been happy, for the ladies at Rome at that time made much of Conrad Mackinnon. Of Mrs. Mackinnon no one d... ...ertain bust, supposed by his admirers to be un- surpassed by any effort of ancient or modern genius. I am no judge of sculpture, and will not, therefo... ...might be united and Rome immortal. Here, standing on the Capitolium of the ancient city, I say that it shall be so; and thou, Mackinnon, who hearest m...

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...Excerpt: The author of these Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my ancient and intimate friend; there is likewise some relation between us on the mother?s side. About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curious people coming to him at his house in Redriff, made a ...

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...he original edition. The author of these Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my ancient and intimate friend; there is likewise some re lation between us... ...tion to my fortune. My hours of leisure I spent in reading the best authors, ancient and modern, being always provided with a good number of books; an... ... mounting on my body. At the place where the carriage stopped there stood an ancient temple, esteemed to be the largest in the whole kingdom; which, h... ...selves. It is alleged, indeed, that the high heels are most agreeable to our ancient consti tution; but, however this be, his majesty has deter mine... ...de all the sail I could, and in half an hour she spied me, then hung out her ancient, and discharged a gun. It is not easy to express the joy I was in... ...e. I saw the former, in his last great triumph. I desired that the senate of Rome might ap pear before me, in one large chamber, and an assembly of s... ...“that upon the confidence of some merit, the war being at an end, he went to Rome, and solicited at the court of Augustus to be preferred to a greater... ...e vice admiral; whereupon he retired to a poor farm at a great distance from Rome, and there ended his life.” I was so curious to know the truth of th...

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...Excerpt: In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the noble s...

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...CT of merry England which is wa- tered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hi... ...te battles during the Civil Wars of the Roses; and here also flourished in ancient times those bands of gallant outlaws, whose deeds have been rendere... ...e reduced to some degree of subjection to the crown, had now resumed their ancient license in its utmost extent; despising the feeble interference of ... ...ipping it over the head and shoulders, in the manner of a modern shirt, or ancient hauberk. Sandals, bound with thongs made of boars’ hide, protected ... ... apt to intrude *Negro Slaves. 16 Ivanhoe upon the halls and bowers of an ancient feudal castle. The Prior mingled in the sports of the field with mo... ...no bootless opposition—Thy hand is in the lion’s mouth.” “I will appeal to Rome against thee,” said the Grand Mas- ter, “for usurpation on the immunit... ...urch gave her full solemnities, graced with all the splendour which she of Rome knows how to apply with such brilliant effect. Gurth, gallantly appare...

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...Excerpt: ACT I. SCENE I. Rome. A street. [Enter a company of mutinous Citizens, with staves, clubs, and other weapons.] First Citizen: Before we proceed any further, hear me speak. All: Speak, speak. First Citizen: You are all resolved rather to die ...

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...Roman, Third Roman, Volsce, First Lord, Second Lord, and Third Lord) SCENE: Rome and the neighborhood; Corioli and the neighborhood; Antium. ACT I S... ...and the neighborhood; Corioli and the neighborhood; Antium. ACT I SCENE I: Rome. A street. [Enter a company of mutinous Citizens, with staves, club... ...Citizen : It was an answer: how apply you this? MENENIUS: The senators of Rome are this good belly, And you the mutinous members; for examine Their... ...’st first to win some vantage. But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs: Rome and her rats are at the point of battle; The one side must have bale... ... Doubt not The commoners, for whom we stand, but they Upon their ancient malice will forget With the least cause these his new honors, whi... ...arewell: the beast With many heads butts me away. Nay, mother, Where is your ancient courage? you were used To say extremity was the trier of spirits... ... Bid them home: Say their great enemy is gone, and they Stand in their ancient strength. BRUTUS: Dismiss them ho... ... also am Longer to live most weary, and present My throat to thee and to thy ancient malice; Which not to cut would show thee but a fool, Since I have... ...cius, Marcius! Each word thou hast spoke hath weeded from my heart A root of ancient envy. If Jupiter Should from yond cloud speak divine things, And...

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...Excerpt: The tower among the Apennines It was in June that the sculptor, Kenyon, arrived on horse back at the gate of an ancient country house (which, from some of its features, might almost be called a castle) situated in a part of Tuscany somewhat remote from the ordinary track of tourists. Thither we must now accompany him, and endeavor to m...

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...IN JUNE that the sculptor, Kenyon, arrived on horse back at the gate of an ancient country house (which, from some of its features, might almost be ca... ...ch is set in the grand frame- work of the Apennines. The sculptor had left Rome with the retreating tide of for- eign residents. For, as summer approa... ...d on whom depends much of whatever remnant of prosperity she still enjoys. Rome, at this season, is pervaded and overhung with atmospheric ter- rors, ... ...ense that this was not the young friend whom he had known so familiarly in Rome; not the sylvan and untutored youth, whom Miriam, Hilda, and himself h... ... rich, harmonious glow and variety of color. But the frescos were now very ancient. They had been rubbed and scrubbed by old Stein and many a predeces... ...ave any later intelligence than your- self,” answered Kenyon; “Miriam left Rome at about the time of your own departure. Within a day or two after our... ... in the hollow of a great tree, the pair spent a happy wedded life in that ancient neighborhood where now stood Donatello’s tower. From this union spr... ...t wilderness of a house, through some obscure passages, and came to a low, ancient doorway. It admitted them to a narrow turret stair which zigzagged ... ...and- ing in the doorway of this chamber. It must needs be the ghost of the ancient prisoner. Do you believe in ghosts?” “I can hardly tell,” replied K...

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... in whose fortunes we should be glad to interest the reader, happened to be standing in one of the saloons of the sculpture-gallery in the Capitol at Rome. It was that room (the first, after ascending the staircase) in the centre of which reclines the noble and most pathetic figure of the Dying Gladiator, just sinking into his death-swoon. Around the walls stand the Antino...

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... standing in one of the saloons of the sculpture-gallery in the Capitol at Rome. It was that room (the first, after ascending the stair- case) in the ... ...s- ing over a shapeless confusion of modern edifices, piled rudely up with ancient brick and stone, and over the domes of Chris- tian churches, built ... ...ing the reader into that state of feeling which is experienced oftenest at Rome. It is a vague sense of pon- derous remembrances; a perception of such... ...d lovely shapes, which have been dug up out of the deep grave in which old Rome lies buried. And still, the realization of the antique Faun, in the pe... ...od a figure such as may often be encountered in the streets and piazzas of Rome, and nowhere else. He looked as if he might just have stepped out of a... ...shed and stript away; except, indeed, that the low roofs of a few of these ancient sites of worship were cov- ered with dingy stucco, and frescoed wit... ...s to it, shall pass from its hereditary possessor, in ac- cordance with an ancient vow, and become the property of the Church. As Miriam approached, s... ... that finds a chink for itself, and a little earth to grow in, on whatever ancient wall its slender roots may fasten. Here she dwelt, in her tower, po... ...the rude and untrained landscapes of the Western world. The ilex-trees, so ancient and time-honored were they, seemed to have lived for ages undisturb...

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... in whose fortunes we should be glad to interest the reader, happened to be standing in one of the saloons of the sculpture-gallery in the Capitol at Rome. It was that room (the first, after ascending the staircase) in the centre of which reclines the noble and most pathetic figure of the Dying Gladiator, just sinking into his death-swoon. Around the walls stand the Antino...

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... standing in one of the saloons of the sculpture-gallery in the Capitol at Rome. It was that room (the first, after ascending the stair- case) in the ... ...s- ing over a shapeless confusion of modern edifices, piled rudely up with ancient brick and stone, and over the domes of Chris- tian churches, built ... ...ing the reader into that state of feeling which is experienced oftenest at Rome. It is a vague sense of pon- derous remembrances; a perception of such... ...d lovely shapes, which have been dug up out of the deep grave in which old Rome lies buried. And still, the realization of the antique Faun, in the pe... ...od a figure such as may often be encountered in the streets and piazzas of Rome, and nowhere else. He looked as if he might just have stepped out of a... ...shed and stript away; except, indeed, that the low roofs of a few of these ancient sites of worship were cov- ered with dingy stucco, and frescoed wit... ...s to it, shall pass from its hereditary possessor, in ac- cordance with an ancient vow, and become the property of the Church. As Miriam approached, s... ... that finds a chink for itself, and a little earth to grow in, on whatever ancient wall its slender roots may fasten. Here she dwelt, in her tower, po... ...the rude and untrained landscapes of the Western world. The ilex-trees, so ancient and time-honored were they, seemed to have lived for ages undisturb...

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...ch recounts the life of his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, an eminent Roman general. It also covers, briefly, the geography and ethnography of ancient Britain. As in the Germania, Tacitus favorably contrasts the liberty of the native Britons to the corruption and tyranny of the Empire; the book also contains eloquent and vicious polemics against the rapacity and gre...

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...ENTS OF THE LAY OF BRYNHILD ....................................................................................................... 161 THE SECOND OR ANCIENT LAY OF GUDRUN ................................................................................................ 166 THE SONG OF ATLI ........................................................................................

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........................................................... 161 THE SECOND OR ANCIENT LA Y OF GUDRUN ....................................................... ...ghts of Hafrsfirth or Sticklestead. The language and history of Greece and Rome, their laws and religions, have been always held part of the learning ... ... volume are part of the wonderful frag- ments which are all that remain of ancient Scandinavian po- etry. Every piece which survives has been garnered... ...he Songs of Edda; in chap. xxxii. the Sagaman has rendered into prose the “Ancient Lay of Gudrun”, except for the begin- ning, which gives again anoth... ...the king, and mighty, as all his seed was; even as has been long told from ancient days, and in tales of long ago, with the greatest fame of all men, ... ... the Branstock, and a slouched hat upon his head: huge he was, and seeming-ancient, and one-eyed. (2) So he drew his sword and smote it into the tree-...

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...erial majesty I had in charge at my depart for France, As procurator to your excellence, To marry Princess Margaret for your grace, So, in the famous ancient city, Tours, In presence of the Kings of France and Sicil, The Dukes of Orleans, Calaber, Bretagne and Alencon, Seven earls, twelve barons and twenty reverend bishops, I have perform?d my task and was espoused: And hu...

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...our excellence, To marry Princess Margaret for your grace, So, in the famous ancient city, Tours, In presence of the Kings of France and Sicil, The Du... ...ud prelate, in thy face I see thy fury: if I longer stay, We shall begin our ancient bickerings. Lordings, farewell; and say, when I am gone, I prophe... ...I would the college of the cardinals Would choose him pope, and carry him to Rome, And set the triple crown upon his head: That were a state fit for h... ... false witness to condemn me, Nor store of treasons to augment my guilt; The ancient proverb will be well effected: ‘A staff is quickly found to beat ... ...thought ye would never have given out these arms till you had recovered your ancient freedom: but you are all recreants and dastards, and delight to...

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...g this page illustrated by one of the most illustrious of Sarmatian names, that I am striving, as the goldsmiths do, to enhance a modern work with an ancient jewel,--a fancy of the fashions of the day,-- but you and a few others, dear count, will know that I am only seeking to pay my debt to Talent, Memory, and Friendship....

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...that I am striving, as the goldsmiths do, to enhance a modern work with an ancient jewel,—a fancy of the fashions of the day,— but you and a few other... .... In those days, in order to dissolve a marriage it was necessary to go to Rome; to obtain the help of certain cardinals, and to appear before the sov... ...m. “Notre Dame! with a sum like that what abso- lutions could be bought in Rome! And I might, Pasques- Dieu! bank the Loire, or, better still, conquer...

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...Contents CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS......................................................... 7 CHAPTER II ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS .................................. 18 CHAPTER III ENGLAND UNDER THE GOOD SAXON, ALFRE...

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...a State University is an equal opportunity University. Contents CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS................................................ ...MANS......................................................... 7 CHAPTER II ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS .................................. 1... ...arles Dickens 7 A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS IF YOU LOOK AT A M AP of the World, you ... ...rld knew nothing of them. It is supposed that the Phoenicians, who were an ancient people, famous for carrying on trade, came A Child’s Histroy of E... ... to the stem. The butt end was a rattle, to frighten an enemy’s horse. The ancient Britons, being di vided into as many as thirty or forty tribes, ea... ...base stepmother: and they car ried him, and all his family, in triumph to Rome. But a great man will be great in misfortune, great in prison, great i... ...red to freedom. No one knows whether his great heart broke, and he died in Rome, or whether he ever returned to his own dear country. English oaks hav... ...rius, when the Roman power all over the world was fast declining, and when Rome wanted all her soldiers at home, the Romans abandoned all hope of conq... ... believe. They were in such distress, in short, that they sent a letter to Rome entreating help—which Charles Dickens 19 they called the Groans of th...

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...ment is one of the oldest Christian documents outside the New Testament canon. The epistle was written by Clement, one of the elders of the church of Rome, to the church in Corinth, where it was read for centuries. Indeed, historians generally hold First Clement to be an authentic document dating from the first century. From the fifth century to the eighth century, many of...

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...s, churls, and sycophants, and Gomorrah would have been hinted at as their natal place. But the Author consents to spare them the flowery epithets of ancient criticism; he contents himself with wishing not to be in their skin, for he would be disgusted with himself, and esteem himself the vilest of scribblers thus to calumniate a poor little book which is not in the style ...

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...natal place. But the Author consents to spare them the flowery epithets of ancient criticism; he contents himself with wishing not to be in their skin... ... his cell, a sharp secretary, the Sieur de Fizes, was sent to the Court of Rome, with orders to beg of the pontiff a papal brief of special indulgence... ...ce of velvet and satin, embroidered with fine rib- bon, in the shape of an ancient vase, the lid of which exhaled a thousand superfine odours. Immedia... ...ary. Thinking of you, I wished to arrange with you a merry feast after the ancient method, when the Greeks and Romans said their Pater noster to Maste... ...aves. I know the legend of your ancestors, who were thought much of by the ancient Egyptians, who held them in great veneration, and adored them like ... ...Chaude. By him it was replied, that he was much astonished to see that the ancient inhabitants had for- gotten the great number of convents situated i...

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...eriall Majesty, I had in charge at my depart for France, As Procurator to your Excellence, To marry Princes Margaret for your Grace; So in the Famous Ancient City, Toures, In presence of the Kings of France, and Sicill, The Dukes of Orleance, Calaber, Britaigne, and Alanson, Seven Earles, twelve Barons, & twenty reverend Bishops I have perform?d my Taske, and was espous?d,...

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... To marry Princes Margaret for your Grace; 12 So in the Famous Ancient City, Toures, 13 In presence of the Kings of France, and S... ...ce 150 I see thy furie: If I longer stay, 151 We shall begin our ancient bickerings: 152 Lordings farewell, and say when I am gone, 15... ...Colledge of the Cardinalls 448 Would chuse him Pope, and carry him to Rome, 449 And set the Triple Crowne vpon his Head; 450 That were ... ...emne me, 1469 Nor store of Treasons, to augment my guilt: 1470 The ancient Prouerbe will be well effected, - 32 - The second Part of Henry th... ...would neuer haue giuen out these Armes til 2802 you had recouered your ancient Freedome. But you are 2803 all Recreants and Dastards, and deli...

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...their Masters Fools. “An Essay on Criticism” – Pope 5 Some on the Leaves of ancient Authors prey, Nor Time nor Moths e’er spoil’d so much as they: So... ...te away You then whose Judgment the right Course wou’d steer, Know well each ANCIENT’s proper Character, His Fable, Subject, Scope in ev’ry Page, ... ...e . When first young Maro in his boundless Mind A Work t’ outlast Immortal Rome design’d, Perhaps he seem’d above the Critick’s Law, And but from ... ...’d Work confine, As if the Stagyrite o’er looked each Line. Learn hence for Ancient Rules a just Esteem; To copy Nature is to copy Them. Some Beau... ...ommon Order rise, The shapeless Rock, or hanging Precipice. But tho’ the Ancients thus their Rules invade, (As Kings dispense with Laws Themselv... ...em, Nor is it Homer Nods , but We that Dream. Still green with Bays each ancient Altar stands, Above the reach of Sacrilegious Hands, Secure from... ...ew some well proportion’d Dome, The World’s just Wonder, and ev’n thine O Rome!) No single Parts unequally surprize; All comes united to th’ admir... ...eason on his Side? Such once were Criticks, such the Happy Few, Athens and Rome in better Ages knew. The mighty Stagyrite first left the Shore, Spr... ... justly reign’d, Licence repress’d, and useful Laws ordain’d; Learning and Rome alike in Empire grew, And Arts still follow’d where her Eagles fl...

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...R I A FULL AND TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE FOUGHT LAST FRIDAY BETWEEN THE ANCIENT AND THE MODERN BOOKS IN SAINT JAMES’S LIBRARY WHOEVER EXAMINES, W... ...ling from north to south, that is to say, from poverty to plenty. The most ancient and natural grounds of quarrels are lust and avarice; which, though... ..., been time out of mind in quiet possession of certain tenants, called the Ancients; and the other was held by the Moderns. But these disliking their ... ...But these disliking their present station, sent certain ambassadors to the Ancients, complaining of a great nuisance; how the height of that part of P... ... avoid a war, offered them the choice of this alternative, either that the Ancients would please to remove themselves and their ef fects down to the ... ... a lady—you know who; Mentioned a new Italian, come Either from Muscovy or Rome; Gave hints of who and who’s together; Then fell to talking of the wea...

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... yet more blood to cast away? 649 Say, shall the currant of our right rome on, 650 Whose passage vext with thy impediment, 651 Shall le... ...fe. 1107 Con. O lawfull let it be 1108 That I haue roome with Rome to curse a while, 1109 Good Father Cardinall, cry thou Amen 1110 ... ...ower of France vpon his head, 1122 Vnlesse he doe submit himselfe to Rome. 1123 Elea. Look’st thou pale France? do not let go thy hand.... ... John Shakespeare: First Folio 1134 Is purchase of a heauy curse from Rome, 1135 Or the light losse of England, for a friend: 1136 Forgo... ...friend: 1136 Forgoe the easier. 1137 Bla. That’s the curse of Rome. 1138 Con. O Lewis, stand fast, the deuill tempts thee heere ... .... But that your Royall pleasure must be done, 1735 This acte, is as an ancient tale new told, 1736 And, in the last repeating, troublesome, 1...