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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... hundred years after the proscription of the Druidic priesthood in Gaul , and the destruction of their stronghold in Anglesey by Suetonius Pau- linus . This absurd fable is taken from the Welsh Triads . 1 Welsh Sketches , by E. S. ...
... hundred years after the proscription of the Druidic priesthood in Gaul , and the destruction of their stronghold in Anglesey by Suetonius Pau- linus . This absurd fable is taken from the Welsh Triads . 1 Welsh Sketches , by E. S. ...
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... hundred years be- tween the time at which they are supposed to have been com- posed , and the earliest MS . in which they are found . There is , however , one MS . which is said to be as old as the seventh century . This is the fragment ...
... hundred years be- tween the time at which they are supposed to have been com- posed , and the earliest MS . in which they are found . There is , however , one MS . which is said to be as old as the seventh century . This is the fragment ...
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... for five hundred years , and awoke again in the eleventh century . The times in which these Bards flourished have been matter of great anxiety to antiquarians , who have informed the world , OPINIONS OF WELSH SCHOLARS . 55.
... for five hundred years , and awoke again in the eleventh century . The times in which these Bards flourished have been matter of great anxiety to antiquarians , who have informed the world , OPINIONS OF WELSH SCHOLARS . 55.
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... hundred years before the building could have been erected . The oldest Welsh MSS . do not recur further than the twelfth century . Merddin treats of the orchard , which had no existence in Wales before the Conquest ; Aneurin , Llywarch ...
... hundred years before the building could have been erected . The oldest Welsh MSS . do not recur further than the twelfth century . Merddin treats of the orchard , which had no existence in Wales before the Conquest ; Aneurin , Llywarch ...
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... of Italy , they sing extempore verses , and a person conversant in this art readily produces a pennill opposite to the last that was sung . Many have their memories stored with several hundreds , perhaps 10 THE CYFF CLER . 73.
... of Italy , they sing extempore verses , and a person conversant in this art readily produces a pennill opposite to the last that was sung . Many have their memories stored with several hundreds , perhaps 10 THE CYFF CLER . 73.
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