27 Quotes by Thomas Bulfinch

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.

The Welsh language is one of the oldest in Europe. It possesses poems the origin of which is referred with probability to the sixth century.

THE earliest inhabitants of Britain are supposed to have been a branch of that great family known in history by the designation of Celts.

The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy

The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy.

The word “Chivalry” is derived from the French Cheval, a horse.

There is another deity who is described as the calumniator of the gods and the contriver of all fraud and mischief. His name is Loki. He is handsome and well made, but of a very fickle mood and most evil disposition. He is of the giant race, but forced himself into the company of the gods, and seems to take pleasure in bringing them into difficulties, and in extricating them out of the danger by his cunning, wit, and skill.

The reader will, we apprehend, by this time have had enough of absurdities.

The word Chivalry is derived from the French cheval, a horse.