Leechdoms Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England Vol. 2: Being a Collection of Documents for the Most Part Never Before Printed Illustrating the History of Science in This Country Before the Norman Conquest (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Leechdoms Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England Vol. 2: Being a Collection of Documents for the Most Part Never Before Printed Illustrating the History of Science in This Country Before the Norman Conquest<br><br>NO historical records are complete without the usual chapter on Manners and Customs; and the true scholar never feels himself well in possession of the requisite knowledge of the past age till he has so learnt its time honoured tale as to apprehend in a human and practical sense those feelings which made its super stitions plausible its heathenism social its public institutions tend in the end to the general welfare.<br><br>The Saxons have not been more fortunate than others in their appreciation by us self satisfied moderns. They have been and still are I believe commonly regarded as mangy dogs whose success against the Keltic race in this country was owing chie?y to their starved condition and ravening hunger. The children protest that positively as they know from their most reliable handbooks these roving savages stuffed their bellies with acorns and the enlightened literati and dfilettcmt''i begrudge them any feeling of respect for their queens and ladies or any arts such as befit our Albion''s glorious isle under an English king.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.