Taliesin; or, The bards and druids of Britain. A tr. of the remains of the earliest Welsh bards, and an examination of the bardic mysteries, by D.W. Nash, Page 511858 |
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... give their country a similar name . Their history , clear , concise , and authentic , ascends to a high antiquity ; their language was embodied in verse , long before the languages now spoken rose into notice ; and their literature ...
... give their country a similar name . Their history , clear , concise , and authentic , ascends to a high antiquity ; their language was embodied in verse , long before the languages now spoken rose into notice ; and their literature ...
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... give us the meaning of the titles affixed to several of the pieces in the Myvyrian Archæology . Several of the poems ascribed to Taliesin are called Cadair ; Cadair 1 Jones , Hist . Account of the Welsh Bards . 2 Lit. of the Kymry , p ...
... give us the meaning of the titles affixed to several of the pieces in the Myvyrian Archæology . Several of the poems ascribed to Taliesin are called Cadair ; Cadair 1 Jones , Hist . Account of the Welsh Bards . 2 Lit. of the Kymry , p ...
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... gives as its meaning , - " The teachers or learned men of the Druidic order , who , under the primitive Bardic system , were by pri- vilege employed in going periodical circuits to instruct the people , answering the purpose of a ...
... gives as its meaning , - " The teachers or learned men of the Druidic order , who , under the primitive Bardic system , were by pri- vilege employed in going periodical circuits to instruct the people , answering the purpose of a ...
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... give great probability . The name Tal - iesin , " shining fore- head " is connected with the romance history of the Bard , and was given to him on his miraculous appearance at the fishing weir of Gwyddno Garanhir . It is more probable ...
... give great probability . The name Tal - iesin , " shining fore- head " is connected with the romance history of the Bard , and was given to him on his miraculous appearance at the fishing weir of Gwyddno Garanhir . It is more probable ...
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... give thee lands in free tenure . ' The terms were accepted ; and for several suc- cessive years , he spent his time between the courts of Urien Rheged and Gwyddno , called Gwyddno Garanhir , Lord of the Lowland Cantred : but after the ...
... give thee lands in free tenure . ' The terms were accepted ; and for several suc- cessive years , he spent his time between the courts of Urien Rheged and Gwyddno , called Gwyddno Garanhir , Lord of the Lowland Cantred : but after the ...
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