 | John Richard Green - 1875 - 912 sider
...glee with which they seized either sword or oar. " Foes are they," sang a Roman poet of the time, " fierce beyond other foes, and cunning as they are...school of war, and the storm their friend ; they are sea-wolves that live on the pillage of the world." To meet the league of Pict, Scot, and Englishman... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1875 - 380 sider
...The cutting of the nerves, or the destruction of the nerve centres, renders the muscles flaccid. 8. The sea is their school of war, and the storm their friend. 9. Each throb of his pulse, each thought of his heart, was directed towards the signal. 10. Neither... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1877 - 920 sider
...careless glee with which they seized sword or oar. " Foes are they," sang a Roman poet of the time, 'aerce beyond other foes, and cunning as they are fierce : the sea is •KIT school of war, and the storm their friend ; they are sea-wolves :tat live on the pillage of... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1878 - 622 sider
...glee with which they seized either sword or oar. " Foes are they," sang a Roman poet of the time, " fierce beyond other foes and cunning as they are fierce...school of war and the storm their friend ; they are sea-wolves that prey on the pillage of the world ! " Britain. Of the three English tribes the Saxons... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1878 - 878 sider
...glee with which they seized either sword or oar. "Foes arc they," sang a Roman poet of the time, " fierce beyond other foes, and cunning as they are fierce : the sea is their school of war, and the stornr their friend; they are sea-wolves that live on the pillage of the world." To meet the league... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1879 - 708 sider
...glee with which they seized either sword or oar. " Foes are they," sang a Roman poet of the time, " fierce beyond other foes and cunning as they are fierce...school of war and the storm their friend ; they are sea-wolves that prey on the pillage of the world I " II. THE ENGLISH CONQUEST OF BRITAIN. GIBBON. [These... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1879 - 216 sider
...glee with which they seized either sword or oar. " Foes are they," sang a Roman poet of the time, " fierce beyond other foes and cunning as they are fierce...school of war and the storm their friend ; they are sea-wolves that prey on the pillage of the world ! " II. THE ENGLISH CONQUEST OF BRITAIN. GIBBON. [These... | |
 | Charles Ives - 1880 - 432 sider
...careless glee with which they seized either sword or oar. 'Foes are they,' sang a Eoman poet of the time, 'fierce beyond other foes, and cunning as they are...their school of war, and the storm their friend; they arc sea-wolves that prey on the pillage of the world.' " The most violent of the sea-wolves that infested... | |
 | George Girling - 1882 - 168 sider
...skulls of people whom they had killed in battle. An old Roman poet says of them — " Foes are they fierce beyond other foes, and cunning as they are...school of war and the storm their friend; they are sea-wolves that live on the pillage of the world." 8. Such were the people that the Britons now asked... | |
 | John Horace Round, Colchester Castle - 1882 - 162 sider
...shore infested by the Saxon Pirates. " Foes are they," sang a Roman poet, "fierce beyond other foes ; they are sea- wolves that live on the pillage of the world." 2 But, with the departure of their defenders, fresh dangers beset the helpless Britons who dwelt behind... | |
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Foes are they," sang a Roman poet of the time, "fierce beyond other foes and cunning as they are fierce ; the sea is their school of war and the storm their friend ; they are sea-wolves that prey on the pillage of the world... 
