acquirens

Updated: October 18, 2025

No man of rank among the old northern pirates was deemed honourable if not a pirate, gloriam sibi acquirens, as the Vatzdaela hath it. Most probably more than one prince. Greece has three well accredited pretenders to the name and attributes even of the Grecian Hercules.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete