 | John Britton, John Hodgson - 1812 - 1036 páginas
...had the name of honour ; but they were only a portion of those pirates who, in the ninth cen« tury, covered the ocean. Not only the children of the kings,...summer months. Hence all the habits, all the feelings, all the ideas of these people were ferocious, and the sea kings of the north were a set of beings whom... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1823 - 1256 páginas
...great were in action under military tutors. 13 Piracy was not only the most honourable occupation, and the best harvest of wealth, it was not only consecrated...public emulation by the illustrious who pursued it M, but no one was esteemed noble, no one was respected, who did not return in the winter to his home... | |
 | Thomas Walker Horsfield - 1824 - 496 páginas
...great were in action under military tutors. Piracy was not only the most honourable oecupation, and the best harvest of wealth, it was not only consecrated...one was respected, who did not return in the winter to his home with ships laden with booty. The spoil consisted of every necessary of life, clothes, domestic... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1852 - 580 páginas
...great were in action under military tutors.13 Piracy was not only the most honourable occupation, and the best harvest of wealth, it was not only consecrated...public emulation by the illustrious who pursued it u, but no one was esteemed 10 Saxo Gram. lib. vii. p. 142. 11 Snorre has recorded the sufferings of... | |
 | Norsemen - 1852 - 204 páginas
...plunder. This occupation was deemed so honourable among the Norsemen, that 'no one,' we are told, ' was esteemed noble, no one was respected, who did not return in the winter to his home laden with booty.' There was but little security to be enjoyed at home in those days, especially... | |
 | 1854 - 280 páginas
...plunder. This occupation was deemed so honorable among the Norsemen, that ' no one,' we arc told, ' was esteemed noble, no one was respected, who did not return in the winter to his home laden with booty.' There was but little security to be enjoyed at home in those days, especially... | |
 | Paul Rée - 2004 - 848 páginas
...im vol. I, book IV, chapter II, S. 438: „Piracy was not only the most honourable occupation, and the best harvest of wealth, it was not only consecrated...one was respected, who did not return in the winter to his home with ships laden with booty." [20] Turner/Angl.-S. II, p. 47, 51: 2. Band von Turner (wie... | |
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Piracy was not only the most honourable occupation, but the best harvest of wealth ; it was not only consecrated to public emulation, by the illustrious who pursued it, but no one was esteemed noble, no one was respected, who did not return in the winter... 