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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... obtained, and that they probably did not contain the mythological jargon extracted from them by Mr. Davies. The admirable Essay of Mr. Stephens on the Literature of the Kymry, and Mr. Williams ab Ithel's critical translation of the ...
... obtained, and that they probably did not contain the mythological jargon extracted from them by Mr. Davies. The admirable Essay of Mr. Stephens on the Literature of the Kymry, and Mr. Williams ab Ithel's critical translation of the ...
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... obtain some insight into the early history of Britain , found that a great store of information on that sub- ject was supposed to be contained in the works of the old British poets of the sixth and following centuries , contem-
... obtain some insight into the early history of Britain , found that a great store of information on that sub- ject was supposed to be contained in the works of the old British poets of the sixth and following centuries , contem-
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... obtained , and that they probably did not contain the mythological jargon extracted from them by Mr. Davies . The admirable Essay of Mr. Stephens on the Literature of the Kymry , and Mr. Williams ab Ithel's critical translation of the ...
... obtained , and that they probably did not contain the mythological jargon extracted from them by Mr. Davies . The admirable Essay of Mr. Stephens on the Literature of the Kymry , and Mr. Williams ab Ithel's critical translation of the ...
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... obtained and flourished in Britain , from the time it was first colonized , down to the period of its first subjugation by the Romans , fifty - four years before the advent of Christ . " " The following epitome of the religious ...
... obtained and flourished in Britain , from the time it was first colonized , down to the period of its first subjugation by the Romans , fifty - four years before the advent of Christ . " " The following epitome of the religious ...
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... obtained , an estimate was formed of his principles and abi- lities . " " An Awennydd wore a plaid dress of the Bardic colours , blue , green , and white . " " The candidate who had passed the ordeal was not immediately invested with ...
... obtained , an estimate was formed of his principles and abi- lities . " " An Awennydd wore a plaid dress of the Bardic colours , blue , green , and white . " " The candidate who had passed the ordeal was not immediately invested with ...
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