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12 LECTURE I.
became Goths, a name under which Pinkerton
fought many a fierce and bloody battle on their
behalf. Then they suddenly became Anglo-
Saxons, and from that they are passing into
Teutons. What they will be before all is over
it is hard to say. Who knows but our good
friends may become Celts ; and that after all our
battles, we may have to shake hands with them
as a kindred race. And if they do find a difficulty
in fitting themselves with a name, it is no won-
der, for they find considerable difficulty in fit-
ting themselves with an origin. Who are these
Anglo-Saxons, and whence came they ? The
fact is, nobody knows. What is said is, that
about the year 449 a.c, two buccaneers, of the
names of Hengist and Horsa (if ever such men
did exist), made their appearance from the op-
posite continent on the shores of England.
They called themselves, or were called, Saxons ;
and yet it is hardly possible that they came from
what is now called Saxony, a country lying in
the very heart of Europe, and separated by a
wide expanse of territory from the shores of the
German Ocean. It may be that the name Sax-
ony then extended over the country now called
Belgium and Holland, and gave these invaders,
or marauders, or adventurers, or whatever we
choose to call them, their name. These men
became Goths, a name under which Pinkerton
fought many a fierce and bloody battle on their
behalf. Then they suddenly became Anglo-
Saxons, and from that they are passing into
Teutons. What they will be before all is over
it is hard to say. Who knows but our good
friends may become Celts ; and that after all our
battles, we may have to shake hands with them
as a kindred race. And if they do find a difficulty
in fitting themselves with a name, it is no won-
der, for they find considerable difficulty in fit-
ting themselves with an origin. Who are these
Anglo-Saxons, and whence came they ? The
fact is, nobody knows. What is said is, that
about the year 449 a.c, two buccaneers, of the
names of Hengist and Horsa (if ever such men
did exist), made their appearance from the op-
posite continent on the shores of England.
They called themselves, or were called, Saxons ;
and yet it is hardly possible that they came from
what is now called Saxony, a country lying in
the very heart of Europe, and separated by a
wide expanse of territory from the shores of the
German Ocean. It may be that the name Sax-
ony then extended over the country now called
Belgium and Holland, and gave these invaders,
or marauders, or adventurers, or whatever we
choose to call them, their name. These men
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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