The Conversion of England 英格兰的皈依 NOTICING some fair-haired children in the slave market one morning, Pope Gregory, the memorable Pope, said (in Latin), ‘What are those? ’ and on being told that they were Angels, made the memorable joke ‘Non Angli, sed Angeli’ (‘not Angels but Anglicans’) and commanded one of his Saints called St Augustine to go and convert the rest. ...
Britain Conquered Again 不列颠又被征服了 THE withdrawal of the Roman legions to take part in Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (due to a clamour among the Romans for pompous amusements such as bread and circumstances) left Britain defenceless and subjected Europe to that long succession of Waves of which History is chiefly composed. While the Roman Empire was overrun by waves not only of Ostrogoths, Vizigoths, and even Goths, but also of Vandals (who destroyed works of art) and Huns (who destroyed everything and everybody, including Goths, Ostrogoths, Vizigoths, and even Vandals), Britain was attacked by waves of Picts (and, of course, Scots) who had recently learnt how to climb the wall, and of Angles, Saxons, and Jutes who, landing at Thanet, soon overran the country with fire (and, of course, the sword). ...
Caesar Invades Britain 凯撒入侵不列颠 THE first date* in English History is 55 B.C ., in which year Julius Caesar (the memorable Roman Emperor) landed, like all other successful invaders of these islands, at Thanet. This was in the Olden Days, when the Romans were top nation on account of their classical education, etc. 公元前 55 年，是英国载入史册的第一个日期。那一年，尤里乌斯·凯撒（一位令人难忘的罗马皇帝）像其他所有成功入侵这些岛屿1的人一样，在塞内特（Thanet）2登陆。这是一个古老的时代，罗马人在古典教育的熏陶下，成为了顶级民族。 ...