Famous quotes containing the words unknown, battle and/or brunanburh:
“gone before
To that unknown and silent shore,”
—Charles Lamb (1775–1834)
“For WAR, consisteth not in Battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the Will to content by Battle is sufficiently known.... So the nature of War, consisteth not in actual fighting; but in the known disposition thereto, during all the time there is no assurance to the contrary. All other time is PEACE.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)
“Slew with the sword-edge”
—Unknown. Battle of Brunanburh (l. 9)