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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... present form in the sixth or even in the tenth century, and that there could be no great difficulty in their translation to any one who could read the Welsh version of the Bible. The Mabinogion, so admirably translated by Lady Charlotte ...
... present form in the sixth or even in the tenth century, and that there could be no great difficulty in their translation to any one who could read the Welsh version of the Bible. The Mabinogion, so admirably translated by Lady Charlotte ...
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... present form in the sixth or even in the tenth century , and that there could be no great difficulty in their translation to any one who could read the Welsh version of the Bible . The Mabinogion , so admirably translated by Lady ...
... present form in the sixth or even in the tenth century , and that there could be no great difficulty in their translation to any one who could read the Welsh version of the Bible . The Mabinogion , so admirably translated by Lady ...
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... present resting - place , where they still call themselves Cymry , and give their country a similar name . Their history , clear , concise , and authentic , ascends to a high antiquity ; their language was embodied in verse , long ...
... present resting - place , where they still call themselves Cymry , and give their country a similar name . Their history , clear , concise , and authentic , ascends to a high antiquity ; their language was embodied in verse , long ...
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... presents , as it were , a debateable ground between history and romance . It comprises the almost un- known history of the struggles of the wealthy and civilized Roman and Romano - British inhabitants of the great cities and fortified ...
... presents , as it were , a debateable ground between history and romance . It comprises the almost un- known history of the struggles of the wealthy and civilized Roman and Romano - British inhabitants of the great cities and fortified ...
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... present themselves in horrid profusion . " It might be supposed that these views of the Rev. Edward Davies , published as long ago as 1809 , had passed , under the influence of increased sources of knowledge , into oblivion ; so far ...
... present themselves in horrid profusion . " It might be supposed that these views of the Rev. Edward Davies , published as long ago as 1809 , had passed , under the influence of increased sources of knowledge , into oblivion ; so far ...
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