 | 362 ページ
...tribute, and they ravage us daily. They devastate, and they burn ; they spoil, they plunder, and they carry off our property to their ships. Such is their...valour, that one of them will in battle put ten of ours to flight. Two or three will drive a troop of captive Christians through the country from sea... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1823 - 580 ページ
...perpetually pay them (the Danes-) tribute, and they ravage us daily. They ravage, burn, spoil, and plunder, and carry off our property to their ships....valour, that one of them will in battle put ten of ourmen to flight. Two or three will drive a troop of captive Christians through the country from sea... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1830 - 414 ページ
...a sermon by Lupus, a Saxon bishop. " Such is their valour, that one of them, •will put ten of us to flight : two or three will drive a troop of captive Christians from sea to sea. They seize the wives and daughters of our thanes, and violate them before the chieftain's... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1836 - 484 ページ
...from a sermon by Lnpus, a Saxon bishop. " Such is their valor, that one of them will put ten of us to flight: two or three will drive a troop of captive Christians from sea to sea. They seize the wives and daughters of our thanes, and violate them before the chieftain's... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - 1836 - 484 ページ
...a contemporary writer: — " Such is their (the Danes') valour, that one of them will put ten of us to flight ; two or three will drive a troop of captive Christians from sea to sea. The slave of yesterday becomes the master of his lord to-day. Soldiers, famine, flames,... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1845 - 284 ページ
...the Danes. The reader did not look up from his scroll, but continued, " They ravage, burn, spoil and plunder, and carry off our property to their ships....them will in battle put ten of our men to flight." " Nay — nay ! " cried the listeners. — Father Olaf continued with emphasis, " Two or three will... | |
 | Irish archaeological and Celtic society - 1850 - 612 ページ
...tribute, and they ravage us daily. They devastate and they burn ; they spoil, they plunder, and they carry off our property to their ships. Such is their...valour, that one of them will in battle put ten of our 's to flight. Two or three will drive a troop of captive Christians through the country from sea to... | |
 | Charles O'Kelly, John Cornelius O'Callaghan, Irish Archaeological Society - 1850 - 614 ページ
...tribute, and they ravage us daily. They devastate and they burn ; they spoil, they plunder, and they carry off our property to their ships. Such is their...valour, that one of them will in battle put ten of our's to flight. Two or three will drive a troop of captive Christians through the country from sea... | |
 | Irish archaeological and Celtic society - 1850 - 610 ページ
...tribute, and they ravage us daily. They devastate and they burn ; they spoil, they plunder, and they carry off our property to their ships. Such is their...valour, that one of them will in battle put ten of our's to flight. Two or three will drive a troop of captive Christians through the country from sea... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 530 ページ
...property to their ships. Such is tlieir successful valour, that one of them will in battle put ten of ours to flight. Two or three will drive a troop of captive Christians through the country from sea to sea. Nay, often they seize the wives and daughters of our thanes, and cruelly violate them before the brave... | |
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Such is their successful valour, that one of them will in battle put ten of ours to flight. Two or three will drive a troop of captive Christians through the country from sea to sea. Very often they seize the wives and daughters of our thanes, and cruelly... 
