Northern Antiquities: Or, An Historical Account of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws, Maritime Expeditions and Discoveries, Language and Literature of the Ancient ScandinaviansH. G. Bohn, 1847 - 578 sider |
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Side 7
... means . The more men approach to a state of wild and uncivilized life , the greater resemblance they will have in manners , because savage nature , reduced almost to mere brutal instinct , is simple and uniform ; whereas art and ...
... means . The more men approach to a state of wild and uncivilized life , the greater resemblance they will have in manners , because savage nature , reduced almost to mere brutal instinct , is simple and uniform ; whereas art and ...
Side 9
... means of being in- formed than almost any of his countrymen ; Cæsar expressly assures us that the Celts or common inhabitants of Gaul differed in language , customs and laws " from the Belgæ . on the one hand , who were chiefly a ...
... means of being in- formed than almost any of his countrymen ; Cæsar expressly assures us that the Celts or common inhabitants of Gaul differed in language , customs and laws " from the Belgæ . on the one hand , who were chiefly a ...
Side 25
... means solve the problem of the origin of the human race ; for similar causes operating on two or more points of the globe , under similar circumstances , would necessarily produce similar results . Be this as it may , the varieties of ...
... means solve the problem of the origin of the human race ; for similar causes operating on two or more points of the globe , under similar circumstances , would necessarily produce similar results . Be this as it may , the varieties of ...
Side 26
... as Schlözer was by no means free from the erroneous ideas of the period , that the Ger- mans are generally half a century in advance of us . group the other varieties around them , such a many 26 REMARKS ON BISHOP PERCY'S PREFACE .
... as Schlözer was by no means free from the erroneous ideas of the period , that the Ger- mans are generally half a century in advance of us . group the other varieties around them , such a many 26 REMARKS ON BISHOP PERCY'S PREFACE .
Side 44
... means of the Latin language , with that Hellenic intellectuality which they had themselves appropriated as the most glorious prize of their conquest . The time at length arrived when , by the inevitable laws of nature , Roman freedom ...
... means of the Latin language , with that Hellenic intellectuality which they had themselves appropriated as the most glorious prize of their conquest . The time at length arrived when , by the inevitable laws of nature , Roman freedom ...
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abode Æsir afterwards ages Al-thing appear arms Arnkill Asgard Baldur Bersi Bolli Cæsar called celebrated Celtic Celts century character Christianity Cimbri coast Danish death deity Denmark derived divine doctrines earth Eddaic poems Eirek etym fact father Finn Magnusen Freyja Frigga Gangler Gauls German giant give gods Grágás Grimm Gudruna Harald heaven hence honour Hvergelmir Iceland inhabitants island Jarl Jomsburg Jötunheim king Kjartan Kormak land language laws Loki mallet manner Midgard Muspellheim mythology Njörd northern Northmen Norway Norwegian observed Odin Olaf Old Norse origin possession prob probably Prose Edda race Ragnarök regarded religion remarks rendered respect Romans Runic Saga Saxons sea-rovers serpent Skald Snorro sons Steingerda stones strophe Surtur sword Tacitus Teutonic nations thee thing Thor Thorkell Thorolf thou tion tribes Utgard-Loki Valhalla verse vessel Völuspá warriors wife word worship writers Yggdrasill Ymir