"Saxon" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... outward sense, Which no one of experience will deny: They hear, they smell, they see better than we. To come to speech, they have it questionless, Although we understand them not so well. They bark as good old Saxon as may be, And that in more variety than we. For they have one voice when they are in chase: Another when they wrangle for their meat: Another when we beat them out of doors. That they have reason, this I will allege; They ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VIII (4th edition) • Various
... The Anglo-Saxon was especially distinguished by his forcible images and epithets. In Rynerwulf we have 'night falls like a helmet, dark brown covers the mountains.' 'The sky is the fortress of the storm, the sun the torch of the world, the jewel of splendour.' 'Fire is eager, wild, blind, ...
— The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and - Modern Times • Alfred Biese
... There was no saying that the hon. Member, if dissatisfied with the reply, would not hurl the Mace at the CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, so as to ensure a properly dramatic exit. At last No. 45 was reached; but Mr. GINNELL was not there to put it. Once more the Saxon intellect had been too slow to keep up with the swift processes of the Celtic cerebellum. Mr. GINNELL has on more than one occasion made what his compatriots call a "holy show" of himself; but he refuses to do this sort of thing ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, July 25, 1917 • Various
... present difficulties. That it is the Providential way out, is shown by most striking evidence: the diversion of the anti-Catholic forces from the attack against authority to one against the most elementary principles of religion—God, conscience, and immortality; the drift of Anglo-Saxon and Teutonic minds of a religious cast towards the Church, calling for spiritual attractions in accordance with the independence of character peculiar to those races; the hopeless failure of the post-Reformation methods to meet the needs of the hour; and ...
— Life of Father Hecker • Walter Elliott
... Paul—nay, as the Messiah, or the last dread Judgment. Remember, our Alfred was a proficient himself, and spied the Danish forces in the character of a harper. What scope were here for gentle airs, and stirring Saxon songs! He harangues his patriot band, and a manly Phillips would personify with admirable taste the truly royal bard: he leaves Athel-switha his wife, and a fair flock of children in sanctuary, while he rushes to the battle-field: the churchmen might receive ...
— The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper • Martin Farquhar Tupper
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