Origins of English HistoryB. Quaritch, 1882 - 458 sider |
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Side vii
... known to the Romans , and by an account of the ancient Celtic Religions of which traces have remained in France as well as in the British Islands . The work ends with a concise history of the Roman Province of Britain , and an account ...
... known to the Romans , and by an account of the ancient Celtic Religions of which traces have remained in France as well as in the British Islands . The work ends with a concise history of the Roman Province of Britain , and an account ...
Side 3
... known in the Roman circus , the beavers ' colonies were remembered in Wales and York- shire , and the wolf and wild boar lingered until the end of the 17th century in the more remote recesses of the island.1 66 1 The Scotch bear is ...
... known in the Roman circus , the beavers ' colonies were remembered in Wales and York- shire , and the wolf and wild boar lingered until the end of the 17th century in the more remote recesses of the island.1 66 1 The Scotch bear is ...
Side 6
... known also as the treatise " De Urbibus , " which has several times been published . This may be a convenient place for saying that , to save the reader from the trouble of looking up names in the biographical dictionaries , a short ...
... known also as the treatise " De Urbibus , " which has several times been published . This may be a convenient place for saying that , to save the reader from the trouble of looking up names in the biographical dictionaries , a short ...
Side 10
... known to be found there . With regard to the north - western provinces of the peninsula , there can be no doubt that tin anciently abounded in them . Posidonius , quoted by Strabo , says that in the land of the Artabrians , the most ...
... known to be found there . With regard to the north - western provinces of the peninsula , there can be no doubt that tin anciently abounded in them . Posidonius , quoted by Strabo , says that in the land of the Artabrians , the most ...
Side 12
... known regions of the world in seeking for the precious ore . " Who are these , " said the sacred poet , " that fly as a cloud , and as the doves to their windows ? " ( Is . lx . 8. ) The seas were covered with their sails , and the ...
... known regions of the world in seeking for the precious ore . " Who are these , " said the sacred poet , " that fly as a cloud , and as the doves to their windows ? " ( Is . lx . 8. ) The seas were covered with their sails , and the ...
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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.