Origins of English HistoryB. Quaritch, 1882 - 458 sider |
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Side vi
... Britain at the time of the Roman invasions - usually classed as Celts - are divided into the Gaulish stock , which is first described as far as materials exist , and the Celts or Gaels of an earlier migration , whose colonies were found ...
... Britain at the time of the Roman invasions - usually classed as Celts - are divided into the Gaulish stock , which is first described as far as materials exist , and the Celts or Gaels of an earlier migration , whose colonies were found ...
Side vii
... Britain , and an account of the English Conquest down to the period when Christianity was established . In conclusion the writer desires to express his obli- gations to the many kind friends who have assisted him during the progress of ...
... Britain , and an account of the English Conquest down to the period when Christianity was established . In conclusion the writer desires to express his obli- gations to the many kind friends who have assisted him during the progress of ...
Side ix
... Britain - Fragments of his writings - Marseilles in the age of Alexander the Great - Her commerce- Rivalry with ... Britain - Albion and Ierne - Pytheas travels in Britain - His obser- tations - Erroneous measurements - Ancient ideas of ...
... Britain - Fragments of his writings - Marseilles in the age of Alexander the Great - Her commerce- Rivalry with ... Britain - Albion and Ierne - Pytheas travels in Britain - His obser- tations - Erroneous measurements - Ancient ideas of ...
Side x
... Britain - The legend of Saturn and Briareus - Demetrius the Grammarian - Story preserved by Procopius - Island of Brittia - The conductors of the dead - The communism of Thule - The King of the Hebrides - His legend - Modern variations ...
... Britain - The legend of Saturn and Briareus - Demetrius the Grammarian - Story preserved by Procopius - Island of Brittia - The conductors of the dead - The communism of Thule - The King of the Hebrides - His legend - Modern variations ...
Side xi
... Britain - Remains of Palæolithic Age- Britons of the Later Stone Age - Tombs of the kings - Cromlechs - Rites and superstitions connected with them - Examples - Stories of Wayland's Smithy- Trous des Nutons - Classification of barrows ...
... Britain - Remains of Palæolithic Age- Britons of the Later Stone Age - Tombs of the kings - Cromlechs - Rites and superstitions connected with them - Examples - Stories of Wayland's Smithy- Trous des Nutons - Classification of barrows ...
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afterwards amber ancient Antiqu appears Archæol atque Avienus barrows Bede Borough-English Brit Britain Britannia British Britons bronze Cæsar called Cambr Cassiterides Celtic Celts century A.D. chieftains Chronicle Cimbri circa coast Compare conquest Cornwall custom descended described districts Druids Eccl eldest English Ermin Street forest Gaul Gaulish German gods Greek Grimm Hist ibid inhabitants inscriptions Ireland Irish island Isle Julius Cæsar Kemble Kent kind King kingdom land legend Mabinogion Mythol nations Nennius northern Olaus Magnus origin passage Picts Pliny Posidonius province Pytheas quæ quam quod race region Revue Celtique Roman round Saxons Scotland seems Septent shore Solinus stone story Strabo sunt Tacitus temple Thule traced travellers tribes voyage Wales wall Welsh West wild worship youngest γὰρ δὲ διὰ ἐν καὶ κατὰ μὲν περὶ τὰ τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τῶν
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Side 82 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast, and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process; And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Side 128 - To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, In caves of the earth, and in the rocks. Among the bushes they brayed ; Under the nettles they were gathered together.
Side 12 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Side 295 - This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses ; this to thee, preserve thou my sheep; and so on.' After that, they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals : ' This I give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs; this to thee, O hooded crow ! this to thee, 0 eagle !' When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle...
Side 182 - ... of maple, full of beer (which he was to drink up), and sixpence in money : in consideration whereof he took upon him, ipso facto, all the sins of the defunct, and freed him or her from walking after they were dead.
Side 294 - On that, every one takes a cake of oatmeal, upon which are raised nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and, flinging it over his shoulder, says, " This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses : this to thee, preserve thou my sheep ;
Side 424 - Uxores habent deni duodenique inter se communes, et maxime fratres cum fratribus parentesque cum liberis ; sed, si qui sunt ex his nati, eorum habentur liberi, quo primum virgo quaeque deducta est.
Side 294 - The rites begin with spilling some of the caudle on the ground, by way of libation: on that, every one takes a cake of oatmeal, upon which are raised nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them: each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his shoulders, says, This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses; this to thee, preserve thou my...
Side 425 - Ac fuit antea tempus, cum Germanos Galli virtute superarent, ultro bella inferrent, propter hominum multitudinem agrique inopiam trans Rhenum colonias mitterent.
Side 424 - Solem et Vulcanum et Lunam, reliquos ne fama quidem acceperunt. Vita omnis in venationibus atque in studiis rei militaris consistit: ab parvulis labori ac duritiae student.