Memoirs of the Celts Or GaulsPayne and Foss, 1827 - 369 pages |
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Page 336 - OF CAMBRIA, NOW CALLED WALES : A part of the most famous Yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish language aboue two hundreth yeares past ; translated into English by H. Lhoyd Gentleman ; Corrected, augmented and continued out of Records and best approoued Authors, by David Powel, Doctor in diuinitie.
Page 342 - ROWLANDS (Henry) Mona Antiqua Restaurata : An Archaeological Discourse on the Antiquities, Natural and Historical, of the Isle of Anglesey, the antient seat of the British Druids.
Page 67 - Thrice happy they beneath their northern skies, Who that worst fear — the fear of death — despise Hence they no cares for this frail being feel, But rush undaunted on the pointed steel; Provoke approaching fate, and bravely scorn To spare that life which must so soon return.
Page 93 - Fame tells) the earth in sounds of woe Is heard to groan from hollow depths below; The baleful yew, though dead, has oft been seen To rise from earth, and spring with dusky green: With sparkling flames the trees unburning shine, And round their boles prodigious serpents twine. The pious worshippers approach not near, But shun their gods, and kneel with distant fear...
Page 354 - Historical memoirs of the irish bards, interspersed with anecdotes of, and occasional observations on. the music of Ireland. Also, an historical and descriptive account of the musical instruments of the ancient Irish, and an appendix containing several biographical and other papers, with select irish melodies.
Page 233 - When lo! we reach'd old Ocean's utmost bounds, Where rocks control his waves with ever-during mounds. "There in a lonely land, and gloomy cells, The dusky nation of Cimmeria dwells; The sun ne'er views the uncomfortable seats, When radiant he advances, or retreats: Unhappy race! whom endless night invades, Clouds the dull air, and wraps them round in shades.
Page 172 - Their way of fighting with their chariots is this : First they drive their chariots on all sides, and throw their darts, insomuch that, by the very terror of the horses and noise of the wheels, they often break the ranks of the enemy. When they have forced their way into the midst of the cavalry, they quit their chariots, and fight on foot : meantime the drivers retire a little from the combat, and...
Page 362 - A GALICK AND ENGLISH VOCABULARY, with an Appendix of the terms of Divinity in the said Language. Written for the use of the Charity Schools, founded and endowed in the Highlands of Scotland: by the Honourable the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge.
Page 335 - The title of the old translation is as follows: " The Epistle of Gildas the most ancient British Author : who flourished in the yeere of our Lord, 546. And who by his great erudition, sanctitie, and wisdome, acquired the name of Sapiens. Faithfully translated out of the originall Latine.
Page 336 - The British History, translated into English from the Latin of Jeffrey of Monmouth. With a large Preface concerning the Authority of the History. By Aaron Thompson, late of Queen's College, Oxon.