The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain, Volum 4

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For the honourable Society of cymmrodorion, by C. J. Clark, 1913
 

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Side 396 - and many others, and each of them received his sight the same night through the merits of the self-same Confessor, with the help of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who with God the Father and the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth God for ever and ever. Amen. But do Thou,
Side 12 - influenced by youthful feelings, he would not listen to the petitions which his subjects made to him for help in their necessities, or for relief from oppressors ; but repulsed them and paid no heed to their requests. This gave much annoyance to the
Side 330 - was very willing to execute his orders, and summoned together the daughters of the nobles from all provinces to the number of eleven thousand; but of the meaner sort sixty thousand ; and commanded them all to appear together in the city of London. He likewise ordered ships to be brought from all shores, to transport them to
Side 395 - detail the object of their journey and arrival there. But he, being incredibly astonished, says, " How can this be, that you claim me as Bishop-elect, since I have hardly the elements of learning nor any knowledge of letters ? " In reply they said, " It is the will of God that it should be so.
Side 299 - Tyrnog was not a common name in Wales. " Pair Dyrnog Gawr " was one of " the Thirteen Royal Treasures of Britain," of which it is said, " The Cauldron of Tyrnog the Giant : if meat were put into it to boil for a coward it would never be boiled, but if meat for a
Side 66 - It may seem incredible that there should have been several similarly named, working in Ireland ; but the name Patricius was a title equivalent to " gentleman," and was very extensively adopted. Gibbon says that at this very period, " the meanest subjects of the Roman empire assumed the illustrious name of Patricius.
Side 330 - had committed the government whilst he was employed abroad in his affairs. He had also a daughter of wonderful beauty, named Ursula, with whom Conan (Prince of the Armorican Britons) was most passionately in love." Dianotus, having received a message from Conan that he and his young men were in want of wives, and desired a consignment from
Side 12 - and who often foretold to him that he would suffer great adversity on this account ; but Alfred neither attended to the reproof of the man of God, nor gave heed to his prediction.
Side 296 - There is in this Island (Anglesey) the church of S. Tevredaucus, into which Hugh, earl of Shrewsbury, on a certain night put some dogs, which on the following morning were found mad, and he himself died within a month," in 1098, being killed by a Norse pirate. He ascribes the calamity to the
Side 339 - et Isidi sacrificat. Unde causa et origo peregrine sacro, parum comperi, nisi quod signum ipsum in modum liburnae figuratum, docet advectam religionem.

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