Vulgar words in Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete (Page 1)
This book at a glance
|
~ ~ ~ Sentence 84 ~ ~ ~
Not to refer such sceptics to graver authorities, historical and ecclesiastical, in order to justify my representations of that learning which, under William the Bastard, made the schools of Normandy the popular academies of Europe, a page or two in a book so accessible as Villemain's "Tableau du Moyen Age," will perhaps suffice to convince them of the hastiness of their censure, and the error of their impressions.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 539 ~ ~ ~
Knowest thou not that Duke William the dauntless at eight years old had the Comments of Julius Caesar by heart?--and that it is his saying, that 'a king without letters is a crowned ass?'
~ ~ ~ Sentence 540 ~ ~ ~
[58] When the king is an ass, asinine are his subjects.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 854 ~ ~ ~
William's most formidable enemy, the King of France, ceased to conspire against his new kinsman; and the neighbouring princes said, "The Bastard hath become one of us since he placed by his side the descendant of Charlemagne."
~ ~ ~ Sentence 6,207 ~ ~ ~
Ass indeed is he who pretends to warn others, nor sees an inch before his eyes what his own fate will be!
~ ~ ~ Sentence 7,570 ~ ~ ~
[193] The Council of Cloveshoe forbade the clergy to harbour poets, harpers, musicians, and buffoons.