The Quarterly Review, Volume 111John Murray, 1862 |
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Page 118
... Althing of the year 1000 . We shall give our readers a sufficient idea of the Saga , and intro- duce them to some of its most picturesque passages , if we sketch as clearly as possible the history of this change in Iceland , avail- ing ...
... Althing of the year 1000 . We shall give our readers a sufficient idea of the Saga , and intro- duce them to some of its most picturesque passages , if we sketch as clearly as possible the history of this change in Iceland , avail- ing ...
Page 120
... , thoroughly illustrated in the history and constitution of the Althing , of which Mr. Dasent gives us an admirable account ( vol . i . p . cxxiii . ) , supplied the direct . • direct method by which the change of faith was 120 Iceland-
... , thoroughly illustrated in the history and constitution of the Althing , of which Mr. Dasent gives us an admirable account ( vol . i . p . cxxiii . ) , supplied the direct . • direct method by which the change of faith was 120 Iceland-
Page 124
... Althing , he wooed the fair Hallgerda in a brief and bold fashion well fitting the lady , who had already disposed of two husbands who did not suit her : - ' She spoke up boldly to him , and bade him tell her of his voyages ; but he ...
... Althing , he wooed the fair Hallgerda in a brief and bold fashion well fitting the lady , who had already disposed of two husbands who did not suit her : - ' She spoke up boldly to him , and bade him tell her of his voyages ; but he ...
Page 125
... Althing atonement for this loss of life was decreed ; and Gunnar was ordered into exile for three years . But his heart yearned to his home , and he disobeyed the sentence . C Njal , the far - seer , ' had predicted that if Gunnar broke ...
... Althing atonement for this loss of life was decreed ; and Gunnar was ordered into exile for three years . But his heart yearned to his home , and he disobeyed the sentence . C Njal , the far - seer , ' had predicted that if Gunnar broke ...
Page 128
... Althing , and that Thor- wald , with the bishop at his side , addressed the people from that famous Logberg ' - the hill of the law - which still rises , in the midst of its lava rifts , at the head of the lake of Thingvalla . As before ...
... Althing , and that Thor- wald , with the bishop at his side , addressed the people from that famous Logberg ' - the hill of the law - which still rises , in the midst of its lava rifts , at the head of the lake of Thingvalla . As before ...
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