Taliesin, Or, The Bards and Druids of Britain: A Translation of the Remains of the Earliest Welsh Bards, and an Examination of the Bardic Mysteries

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J.R. Smith, 1858 - History - 344 pages

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Page 181 - So they took the blossoms of the oak, and the blossoms of the broom, and the blossoms of the meadow-sweet, and produced from them a maiden, the fairest and most graceful that man ever saw.
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Page 266 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
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Page 213 - And seven score knobs in his collar. And when we went with Arthur of mournful memory, Except seven, none returned from Caer Vandwy (or the inclosure resting on the height).
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