Book Quote by Thomas Bulfinch

It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity…

— Thomas Bulfinch

“(wonderful to relate)”

— Thomas Bulfinch

ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national…

— Thomas Bulfinch

“Alas! For shame," said Sir Launcelot, "that ever one knight should betray another! But it is an old saw, a good man is never…

— Thomas Bulfinch

The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the…

— Thomas Bulfinch

Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces…

— Thomas Bulfinch

The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of…

— 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…

— Thomas Bulfinch

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

— Thomas Bulfinch

If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society,…

— Thomas Bulfinch

The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy

— Thomas Bulfinch

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by…

— Thomas Bulfinch