 | Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 218 стор.
...Saxons,—says an old Irish poem, assigning the characteristics for which different nations are celebrated :— For acuteness and valour, the Greeks, For excessive pride, the Romans, For dulness, the creeping Saxons; For beauty and amorousness, the Gaedhils. We have seen in what sense,... | |
 | 1889 - 1032 стор.
...the Danes and Picts coming last because known to him by their colonies in Ireland and North Britain. For building the noble Jews are found, And for truly...And for firmness the Saracens ; For acuteness and valor the Greeks; For excessive pride the Romans ; For dullness the creeping Saxons ; For haughtiness... | |
 | Brother Azarias - 1879 - 226 стор.
...seriousness enough. It is fond of excitement ; it glories in appearances. " For acuteness and valor the Greeks ; For excessive pride the Romans ; For dullness the creeping Saxons ; For beauty and love the Gaedhils." 1 Distinguish between the sensuous and the sensual. The sensual refers... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 334 стор.
...Saxons,—says an old Irish poem, assigning the characteristics for which different nations are celebrated :— For acuteness and valour, the Greeks, For excessive pride, the Romans, For dulness, the creeping Saxons ; For beauty and amorousness, the Gaedhils. We have seen in what sense,... | |
 | James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast - 1894 - 928 стор.
...fierce envy ; For si/^e the guileless Armenians; And for firmness the Saracens; For acuteness and valor the Greeks; For excessive pride the Romans ; For dullness...creeping Saxons ; For haughtiness the Spaniards; For covelousness and revenge the French; And for anger the liritons. Such is the true knowledge of the... | |
 | Bertram Coghill Alan Windle, Sir Bertram Coghill Alan Windle - 1897 - 272 стор.
...the Brython with equal accuracy. Describing the characteristics of different races the bard exclaims: For acuteness and valour, the Greeks, For excessive pride, the Romans, For dulness, the creeping Saxons, For beauty and amourousness, the Gaedhils. The most valuable data to... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 460 стор.
...says an old Irish 15 poem, assigning the characteristics for which different nations are celebrated : For acuteness and valour, the Greeks, For excessive pride, the Romans, For dulness, the creeping Saxons ; SO For beauty and amorousness, the Gaedhils. We have seen in what sense,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1903 - 364 стор.
...says an old Irish poem, assigning the characteristics for which different nations are celebrated : — For acuteness and valour, the Greeks, For excessive pride, the Romans, For dulness, the creeping Saxons ; For beauty and amorousness, the Gaedhils. We have seen in what sense,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1905 - 184 стор.
...Prussia and Austria. poem, assigning the characteristics for which different nations are celebrated : — For acuteness and valour, the Greeks, For excessive pride, the Romans, For dulness, the creeping Saxons ; For beauty and amorousness, the Gaedhils. We have seen in what sense,... | |
 | Jewish Historical Society of England - 1908 - 422 стор.
...Irish History," by Eugene O'Curry, MRIA, Prof, of Irish History, *c. Dublin, 1861, pp. 215, 224, 580. " For building the noble Jews are found, And for truly...Armenians, And for firmness the Saracens, For acuteness and valor the Greeks, For excessive pride the Romans, For dullness the creeping Saxons, For haughtiness... | |
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Irish poem, assigning the characteristics for which different nations are celebrated : — For acuteness and valour, the Greeks, For excessive pride, the Romans, For dulness, the creeping Saxons; For beauty and amorousness, the Gaedhils. 
