# Historical Lectures and Essays

Author: Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1360

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Historical+Lectures+and+Essays+Kingsley&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

"Bjarne Grimolfson was blown with his ship into the Irish Ocean; and there came worms and the ship began to sink under them. They had a boat which they had payed with seals' blubber, for that the sea-worms will not hurt. But when they got into the boat they saw that it would not hold them all. Then said Bjarne, 'As the boat will only hold the half of us, my advice is that we should draw lots who shall go in her; for that will not be unworthy of our manhood.' This advice seemed so good that none gainsaid it; and they drew lots. And the lot fell to Bjarne that he should go in the boat with half his crew. But as he got into the boat, there spake an Icelander who was in the ship and had follo...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-lectures-and-essays-1360/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-lectures-and-essays-1360/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-lectures-and-essays-1360/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-lectures-and-essays-1360/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-lectures-and-essays-1360/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-lectures-and-essays-1360/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-lectures-and-essays-1360/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-lectures-and-essays-1360/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-lectures-and-essays-1360/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-lectures-and-essays-1360/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-lectures-and-essays-1360/chapters/10/index.md)