 | Robert Henry - 1789 - 644 pages
...under the oak, both for ** the fncrifice and the banquet which they make on this " great feftival, they begin by tying two white bulls to ** it by the...mounts the tree, and with a knife of gold « cuts the mifletoe, which is received in a white fagum. " This done, they proceed to their facrifices and feaft•<... | |
 | Robert Henry - 1805 - 412 pages
...readinefs under " the oak, both for the facrifice and the banquet " which they make on this great feftival, they ** begin by tying two white bulls to it by the...mounts the tree, and with a knife of " gold cuts the mifletoe, which is received in a " white fagum. This done, they proceed to their " facrifices and feaftings88."... | |
 | Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - 1812 - 528 pages
...They go with great pomp and ceremony on a " certain day to gather it. When they have got " every thing in readiness under the oak, both for " the sacrifice...mounts the tree, and with a " knife of gold cuts the misletoe, which is received " in a white sagum. This done, they proceed to " their sacrifices and feastings."... | |
 | Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - 1812 - 524 pages
...They go with great pomp and ceremony on a " certain day to gather it. When they have got " every thing in readiness under the oak, both for " the sacrifice...mounts the tree, and with a " knife of gold cuts the misletoe, which is received " in a white sagum. This done, they proceed to " their sacrifices and feastings."... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 280 pages
...recollection of their ancient freedom. Warriors, whose locks are whitened by age, shed tears every thing in readiness under the oak, both for the sacrifice...banquet which they make on this great festival, they ueglh by tying- two \vt.:tc bull; to it £7 the hem;, thcsofie of tu? Druids, clothed in white, mounts... | |
 | Robert Henry - 1814 - 444 pages
...readinefs under " the oak, both for the facrifice and the banquet " which they make on this great feftival, they " begin by tying two white bulls to it by the...mounts the tree, and with a knife of " gold cuts the mifletoe, which is received in a " white fagum. This done, they proceed to their " facrifices and feaftings... | |
 | J. Criswick - 1820 - 178 pages
...they go with great pomp and ceremony on a certain day to gather it. When they have got every thing in readiness under the oak, both for the sacrifice and the banquet which they make on this grand * Vide page 56. — Tradition informs us, that the Priests exacted certain annual dues from all... | |
 | Eneas Mackenzie - 1825 - 538 pages
...they go with great pomp and ceremony on a certain day to gather it. When they have got every thing in readiness under the oak, both for the sacrifice...mounts the tree, and with a knife of gold cuts the misletoe, which is received in a white sagum ; this done, they proceed to their sacrificing and feasting."... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1827 - 312 pages
...Every thing being prepared for the sacrifice, and the banquet under the oak, they began the ceremony by tying two white bulls to it by the horns. Then one of the Druids, cloathed in white garments, ascended the tree, and with a golden hook, cut off the misletoe ; which... | |
 | William Jones - 1831 - 570 pages
...they go with great pomp and ceremony on a certain day to gather it. When they have got every thing in readiness under the oak, both for the sacrifice...the horns. Then one of the Druids, clothed in white, ascends the tree, and with a knife of gold cuts the misletoe, which is received in a white sagum (sheet... | |
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... they begin by tying two white bulls to it by the horns ; then one of the Druids, clothed in white, mounts the tree, and with a knife of gold cuts the misletoe, which is received in a white sagum ; this done, they proceed to their sacrificing and feasting. 
