Origins of English HistoryB. Quaritch, 1882 - 458 sider |
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... of man . According to the authors of the earliest Triads , the swarms of wild bees in the woods gave its first name to the " Isle of Honey " : and the first settlers were supposed to marvel at the 2 Origins of English History .
... of man . According to the authors of the earliest Triads , the swarms of wild bees in the woods gave its first name to the " Isle of Honey " : and the first settlers were supposed to marvel at the 2 Origins of English History .
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... wild beasts : even late in the historical period the Scottish bears were 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 ...
... wild beasts : even late in the historical period the Scottish bears were 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 ...
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... wild cattle still remain at Chillingham , and in several other parks . The beaver was common in Wales , and has left its name at Beverley , and Nant - y - ffrangon , near Snowdon . " The beaver ( says Prof. Boyd Dawkins ) was hunted for ...
... wild cattle still remain at Chillingham , and in several other parks . The beaver was common in Wales , and has left its name at Beverley , and Nant - y - ffrangon , near Snowdon . " The beaver ( says Prof. Boyd Dawkins ) was hunted for ...
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... wild asses in a land of perpetual sun- shine , where the swans sung like nightingales , and life was an unending banquet . We need not pause very long over the consideration of the origin of these fancies , which acquired a fresh ...
... wild asses in a land of perpetual sun- shine , where the swans sung like nightingales , and life was an unending banquet . We need not pause very long over the consideration of the origin of these fancies , which acquired a fresh ...
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... wild in their own way as any which are ascribed to Pytheas . We may now leave these barren calculations , and con- Isider the few details of a more valuable kind which are all that remain of the description of Britain by Pytheas . He ...
... wild in their own way as any which are ascribed to Pytheas . We may now leave these barren calculations , and con- Isider the few details of a more valuable kind which are all that remain of the description of Britain by Pytheas . He ...
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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 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 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 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 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 137 - ... and every man drives in three for each wife that he marries. Now the men have all many wives apiece; and this is the way in which they live. Each has his own hut, wherein he dwells, upon one of the platforms, and each has also a trap-door giving access to the lake beneath...
Side 394 - ... carrying it up and down the town in great jollity on Midsummer Eve, to which they added the picture of a giant, was in all likelihood first instituted.4 BURFORD, Co.
Side 81 - And that is the reason why the sea in those parts is impassable and impenetrable, because there is such a quantity of shallow mud in the way; and this was caused by the subsidence of the island.
Side 425 - Ac fuit antea tempus, cum Germanos Galli virtute superarent, ultro bella inferrent, propter hominum multitudinem agrique inopiam trans Rhenum colonias mitterent.
Side 33 - A Woman sitting down, takes a handful of Corn, holding it by the Stalks in her left hand, and then sets fire to the Ears, which are presently in a flame ; she has a Stick in her right hand, which she manages very dexterously, beating off the Grain at the very Instant, when the Husk is quite burnt, for if she miss of that, she must use the Kiln ; but Experience has taught them this Art to perfection. The Corn may be so dressed, winowed, ground, and baked within an Hour after reaping from the Ground.