Latest quotes | Random quotes | Latest comments | Submit quote

Thomas Bulfinch

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.

quote by Thomas BulfinchReport problemRelated quotes
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Share

If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.

quote by Thomas BulfinchReport problemRelated quotes
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Share

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.

quote by Thomas BulfinchReport problemRelated quotes
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Share

Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work the charm of a story-book, yet by means of it to impart a knowledge of an important branch of education.

quote by Thomas BulfinchReport problemRelated quotes
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Share

Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body.

quote by Thomas BulfinchReport problemRelated quotes
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Share

Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns.

quote by Thomas BulfinchReport problemRelated quotes
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Share

The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the vassals of their more opulent neighbors, whose power was necessary for their protection.

quote by Thomas BulfinchReport problemRelated quotes
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Share
 

<< < Page / 2 > >>

If you know another quote, please submit it.

Search


Recent searches | Top searches