Origins of English HistoryB. Quaritch, 1882 - 458 pages |
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... travellers - Artemidorus - Posidonius the Stoic- His travels in Western Europe - Condition of the Celts in Britain - Difficulty of framing general rules - Division of population into three stocks - British Gauls— Insular Britons - Præ ...
... travellers - Artemidorus - Posidonius the Stoic- His travels in Western Europe - Condition of the Celts in Britain - Difficulty of framing general rules - Division of population into three stocks - British Gauls— Insular Britons - Præ ...
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... scholars , from the Greek travellers who first explored the wonders of the northern world to the Welsh scribe who might have seen King Arthur ; and from them to the B masters of comparative history who have lately traced the origin.
... scholars , from the Greek travellers who first explored the wonders of the northern world to the Welsh scribe who might have seen King Arthur ; and from them to the B masters of comparative history who have lately traced the origin.
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... travellers ' descrip- tions of the ritual of a solar worship and the brightness of an arctic summer but we will pass at once to a detailed 1 Hyperboreans . - There are two distinct sets of Hyperborean legends , that appear to be ...
... travellers ' descrip- tions of the ritual of a solar worship and the brightness of an arctic summer but we will pass at once to a detailed 1 Hyperboreans . - There are two distinct sets of Hyperborean legends , that appear to be ...
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... travellers , and from the Romans who inherited the riches of Spain , when the power of Tyre and the careless magnificence of Carthage had passed away , and before the mineral deposits had been very sensibly diminished . At the time ...
... travellers , and from the Romans who inherited the riches of Spain , when the power of Tyre and the careless magnificence of Carthage had passed away , and before the mineral deposits had been very sensibly diminished . At the time ...
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... travellers from all parts of the world , the temple of Hercules received offerings and me- morials , belonging rather to the Grecian than the Phoenician god . It Estrymnis , or Cape St. Vincent , took no less 16 Origins of English History .
... travellers from all parts of the world , the temple of Hercules received offerings and me- morials , belonging rather to the Grecian than the Phoenician god . It Estrymnis , or Cape St. Vincent , took no less 16 Origins of English History .
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Page 82 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast, and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process; And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Page 12 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Page 295 - This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses ; this to thee, preserve thou my sheep; and so on.' After that, they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals : ' This I give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs; this to thee, O hooded crow ! this to thee, 0 eagle !' When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle...
Page 294 - On that, every one takes a cake of oatmeal, upon which are raised nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and, flinging it over his shoulder, says, " This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses : this to thee, preserve thou my sheep ;
Page 294 - The rites begin with spilling some of the caudle on the ground, by way of libation: on that, every one takes a cake of oatmeal, upon which are raised nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them: each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his shoulders, says, This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses; this to thee, preserve thou my...
Page 137 - ... and every man drives in three for each wife that he marries. Now the men have all many wives apiece; and this is the way in which they live. Each has his own hut, wherein he dwells, upon one of the platforms, and each has also a trap-door giving access to the lake beneath...
Page 394 - ... carrying it up and down the town in great jollity on Midsummer Eve, to which they added the picture of a giant, was in all likelihood first instituted.4 BURFORD, Co.
Page 81 - And that is the reason why the sea in those parts is impassable and impenetrable, because there is such a quantity of shallow mud in the way; and this was caused by the subsidence of the island.
Page 425 - Ac fuit antea tempus, cum Germanos Galli virtute superarent, ultro bella inferrent, propter hominum multitudinem agrique inopiam trans Rhenum colonias mitterent.
Page 33 - A Woman sitting down, takes a handful of Corn, holding it by the Stalks in her left hand, and then sets fire to the Ears, which are presently in a flame ; she has a Stick in her right hand, which she manages very dexterously, beating off the Grain at the very Instant, when the Husk is quite burnt, for if she miss of that, she must use the Kiln ; but Experience has taught them this Art to perfection. The Corn may be so dressed, winowed, ground, and baked within an Hour after reaping from the Ground.