Northern Antiquities, Vol. 1 of 2 Or a Description of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws of the Ancient Danes, and Other Northern Nations; Including Those of Our Own Saxon Ancestors; With a Translation of the Edda, or System of Runic Mythology, and

Excerpt from Northern Antiquities, Vol. 1 of 2: Or a Description of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws of the Ancient Danes, and Other Northern Nations; Including Those of Our Own Saxon Ancestors; With a Translation of the Edda, or System of Runic Mythology, and Other Pieces, From the Ancient Isla
Superior to the mean and felfifh jealoufy of thofe, who, confcious of their own want of dignity or worth, confign to oblivion the illuftrious dead, and wifh to blot out all remembrance of them from the earth; you, my Lord, have, with a more than filial piety, been employed for many years in reftoring and reviving every memorial of the percy name.
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