Thomas Bulfinch Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.”

“The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.”

“The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years.”

“It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity only among them.”

“ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government.”

“Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal.”

“We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of their own country, or near the coast of the Mediterranean.”