The Cambrian Journal, 3. köideJ. R. Smith, 1860 |
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Page 12
... probably might for his private amusement , but this will prove ( in the language of Paddy ) nothing at all at all . If a bard , in the viola- tion of this law , practised music , he was degraded , deprived of the power of exercising his ...
... probably might for his private amusement , but this will prove ( in the language of Paddy ) nothing at all at all . If a bard , in the viola- tion of this law , practised music , he was degraded , deprived of the power of exercising his ...
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... probably peopled from the former ; West Britain from the latter . This opinion appears to have the authority of Tacitus , who remarks , " The ruddy hair and lusty limbs of the Caledonians indicate a German extraction . That the Silures ...
... probably peopled from the former ; West Britain from the latter . This opinion appears to have the authority of Tacitus , who remarks , " The ruddy hair and lusty limbs of the Caledonians indicate a German extraction . That the Silures ...
Page 82
... probably Avebury , the most magnificent as well as central of " the three principal gorsedds of the bards of the Isle of Britain . " The inference is therefore clear , not only that the harp was then in use , but , what might have been ...
... probably Avebury , the most magnificent as well as central of " the three principal gorsedds of the bards of the Isle of Britain . " The inference is therefore clear , not only that the harp was then in use , but , what might have been ...
Page 84
... probably draw- ing two fingers along the strings in thirds or sixes ; " single scrape ; " " half scrape ; " " throw of the finger ; ' " double shake ; " " shake of the bee ; " " trill of the thumb ; " " double choak , " probably the ...
... probably draw- ing two fingers along the strings in thirds or sixes ; " single scrape ; " " half scrape ; " " throw of the finger ; ' " double shake ; " " shake of the bee ; " " trill of the thumb ; " " double choak , " probably the ...
Page 125
... Probably the same root is found in Alpes Lomond , Ben Nevis . Penn - inac . Benbulben ( recte Ben - gulban ) , a moun- tain in the north of co . Sligo . Benn , or Beann , a mountain ; and Gulban , a proper name , known in Irish history ...
... Probably the same root is found in Alpes Lomond , Ben Nevis . Penn - inac . Benbulben ( recte Ben - gulban ) , a moun- tain in the north of co . Sligo . Benn , or Beann , a mountain ; and Gulban , a proper name , known in Irish history ...
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Page 166 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 198 - The Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone. Wherefore the sacrifices of Masses, in the which it was commonly said, that the Priest did offer Christ for the quick and the dead, to have remission of pain or guilt, were blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits.
Page 266 - And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Page 103 - Be it known and without doubt unto you, that we all are, and every one of us, obedient and subjects to the church of God, and to the pope of Rome, and to every godly Christian, to love every one in his degree in perfect charity, and to help every one of them by word and deed to be the children of God ; and other obedience than this I do not know due to him whom you name to be pope, nor to be the father of fathers, to be claimed and to be demanded.
Page 306 - They appear to me only resolvable on the supposition that crystalline or polar forces acted upon the whole mass simultaneously in one direction and with adequate force.
Page 176 - EPITAPH ON AN INFANT. ERE Sin could blight or Sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care ; The opening bud to Heaven conveyed And bade it blossom there.
Page 271 - For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow...
Page 272 - I will shew thee, hear me ; and that which I have seen I will declare ; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it : 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
Page 191 - The barbarians drive us to the sea ; the sea drives us back to the barbarians : between them we are exposed to two sorts of death; we are either slain or drowned.
Page 116 - Brutus ! there lies beyond the Gallic bounds An island which the western sea surrounds, By giants once possessed; now few remain To bar thy entrance, or obstruct thy reign. To reach that happy shore thy sails employ; There fate decrees to raise a second Troy, And found an empire in thy royal line, Which time shall ne'er destroy, nor bounds confine.