"Northman" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... resolutely done, Northman, to steer like that—only that you did, you'd have passed the ...
— The Pilot and his Wife • Jonas Lie
... hardly learned the facts of the case and thought of a truce, when the passionate Northman sent a round-shot whistling over my head. Another and another followed in its wake, but they aimed too high for damage. At twenty-four our blood is not so diplomatically pacific as in later years, and this second aggression rekindled the lava in my Italian veins. ...
— Captain Canot - or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver • Brantz Mayer
... six hundred feet to the apex of the headland that mounts guard over the grand curve—the famous Symond's Yat. On the top are the remains of an ancient British fort, and rocks, woods, fields, and meadows slope down to the river on almost every side, making a bewitching scene. It was here that the Northman Vikings in 911 fortified themselves after they landed on the Severn and penetrated through the Forest of Dean. They were led by Eric in quest of plunder, and captured a bishop, who was afterwards ransomed for two hundred dollars. Their foray ...
— England, Picturesque and Descriptive - A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel • Joel Cook |
