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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... says Sir Francis Palgrave , 1 " is derived from the most obscure and 1 Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth , pp . 389-483 . unsatisfactory evidence . The early Cymric chronicles scarcely even furnish EARLY BRITISH HISTORY . 3.
... says Sir Francis Palgrave , 1 " is derived from the most obscure and 1 Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth , pp . 389-483 . unsatisfactory evidence . The early Cymric chronicles scarcely even furnish EARLY BRITISH HISTORY . 3.
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... says the Rev. Archdeacon Williams , 1 " how has it come to pass , if great events marked the epoch between the departure of the Romans and the death of Bede , that the whole history is so obscure , and that no literary docu- ments ...
... says the Rev. Archdeacon Williams , 1 " how has it come to pass , if great events marked the epoch between the departure of the Romans and the death of Bede , that the whole history is so obscure , and that no literary docu- ments ...
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... says ( with reference to these poems ) , " of the opinions and customs of the old Britons , have been pre- served , though long concealed by the shades of a difficult and obscure language . " " The mystic lore of the Druids , and those ...
... says ( with reference to these poems ) , " of the opinions and customs of the old Britons , have been pre- served , though long concealed by the shades of a difficult and obscure language . " " The mystic lore of the Druids , and those ...
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... says Mr. Davies , " they 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 ...
... says Mr. Davies , " they 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 ...
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... says the Archdeacon of Cardigan , " that the heathen Druids of Gaul and Britain were , when historically known , practically less corrupt than their brethren in other nations . They however , when struck down and bitterly persecuted by ...
... says the Archdeacon of Cardigan , " that the heathen Druids of Gaul and Britain were , when historically known , practically less corrupt than their brethren in other nations . They however , when struck down and bitterly persecuted by ...
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