They speedily raised their new language to a dignity and importance which it had never before possessed. They found it a barbarous jargon ; they fixed it in writing ; and they employed it in legislation, in poetry, and in romance. A compendium of English history - Página 30por Herbert Russell Clinton - 1874Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1849 - 840 páginas
...jargon; they fixed it in writing; and they employed it iu legislation, in poetry, and in romance. They renounced that brutal intemperance to which all the...neighbours, He loved to display his magnificence, not in hngc piles of food and hogsheads of strong drink, hut in large and stately edifice*, rich armour, gallant... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 páginas
...jargon; they fixed it in writing; and they employed it ia legislation, in poetry, and in romance. They renounced that brutal intemperance to which all the...neighbours. He loved to display his magnificence, not in iuge piles of food and hogsheads a strong drink, but in large and stately edifices, rich armour, gallant... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 664 páginas
...jargon ; they fixed it in writing ; and they employed it in legislation, in poetry, and in romance. They renounced that brutal intemperance to which all the...coarse voracity and drunkenness of his Saxon and Danish neighbors. He loved to display his magnificence, not in huge piles of food and hogsheads of strong... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 664 páginas
...• they fixed it in writing ; and they employed it in legislation, in poetry, and in romance. They renounced that brutal intemperance to which all the...the coarse voracity and drunkenness of his Saxon and I Danish neighbors. He loved to display his magnificence, I not in huge piles of food and hogsheads... | |
| 1849 - 858 páginas
...intemperance to which all other branchcsof the great Uerman family were too much inclined. Tho polito luxury of the Norman presented a striking contrast...coarse voracity and drunkenness of his Saxon and Danish neighboars. He loved to display his magnificence, not in huge piles of food and hogsheads of strong... | |
| 1852 - 416 páginas
...judicial codes, and in the poetry and romance which formed part of their literature. They renounced the brutal intemperance to which all the other branches...of the great German family were too much inclined. Their buildings, sacred and domestic, were substantial and elegant; they possessed that polish of courteous... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1855 - 556 páginas
...renounced that brutal mtemperance to which ah ihe other branches of the great German family were too mucn inclined. ^The polite luxury of the Norman presented...striking contrast to the coarse voracity and drunkenness ol .nis Saxon and Danish neighbors.x> He loved to display his magnificence^ not in huge piles of food... | |
| Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - 1858 - 362 páginas
...langne nationale. The French words 11 ib enfirent une langue ecrile. idiome and idiutisme, though akin, which all the other branches of the Great German family were too much inclined. The polite1 luxury of the Norman presented a striking contrast to2 the coarse voracity and drunkenness... | |
| Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 páginas
...Tour in Brittany." THE NOBMANS. The polite 5 luxury of the Norman presented a striking contrast to 6 the coarse voracity and drunkenness of his Saxon and...display his magnificence, not in huge piles of food 7 and hogsheads of strong drink, but in large and stately edifices, rich armour, gallant horses, choice... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 1052 páginas
...jargon : they fixed it in writing; and they employed it in legislation. in poetry, and in romance. They renounced that brutal intemperance to which all the...presented a striking contrast to the coarse voracity anil drunkenness of his Saxon and Banish neighbours. He loved to display his magnificence, not in huge... | |
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