Stonehenge; Or, The Romans in Britain: A Romance Or the Days of Nero, المجلد 1 |
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... give great value to the present work . I had commenced a series of notes explanatory of the rites and history of Druidism ; but upon more mature reflection , I determined to collect all the information which I had to communicate on that ...
... give great value to the present work . I had commenced a series of notes explanatory of the rites and history of Druidism ; but upon more mature reflection , I determined to collect all the information which I had to communicate on that ...
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... give , although with extreme re- luctance , when , as Providence had happily or- dered it , he was interrupted by the inauspicious lowing of the sacred heifer . The Arch Druid did not fail to take advan- tage of this circumstance , to ...
... give , although with extreme re- luctance , when , as Providence had happily or- dered it , he was interrupted by the inauspicious lowing of the sacred heifer . The Arch Druid did not fail to take advan- tage of this circumstance , to ...
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... give it to one of his disciples to administer , while he lingered a little while in solitude to recover his self - pos- session . When the wound was dressed he returned , and taking his seat opposite Pudens , thus ad- dressed him : " I ...
... give it to one of his disciples to administer , while he lingered a little while in solitude to recover his self - pos- session . When the wound was dressed he returned , and taking his seat opposite Pudens , thus ad- dressed him : " I ...
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... give a slight sketch of that of the Arch Druid in this place . The Arch Druid was a younger son of a former King of the Hædui . His British name was Rhuddlwm Gawr , by which he is immor- talized in the Welsh Triads as being one of the ...
... give a slight sketch of that of the Arch Druid in this place . The Arch Druid was a younger son of a former King of the Hædui . His British name was Rhuddlwm Gawr , by which he is immor- talized in the Welsh Triads as being one of the ...
الصفحة 51
... give as much éclat to the ceremony as possible . To add to their embarrassment , such was the decay of astrono- mical science among them , that no one present , except their visitor , was able to instruct them how to dispose the stones ...
... give as much éclat to the ceremony as possible . To add to their embarrassment , such was the decay of astrono- mical science among them , that no one present , except their visitor , was able to instruct them how to dispose the stones ...
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Aaron and Julius ADDER STONE altar answered appeared Arch Druid arms Arviragus Aulus Plautius bard battle began beheld Bran Brennus Britain British Britons brother Cæsar called companions conversation countenance crana Cymbeline daughter death Druidical Druidism Durotriges endeavoured eyes fate father favourite feelings felt fire flames foes forest formed Frothall Gaul gods grove Guiderius hand hare harp hast hath head heart heaven honour horse javelin King King's light Linus listened Logan lord Luath ment mistletoe murder mysteries narrative Nennius noble old Ana old Morgan Old Sarum Ovate person present priest Pudens Pudens's reader replied Pudens robes Rome Roscrana round royal Ryno sacred scene scythed chariot seat seemed singular slain slumber soon soul sound stone Stonehenge storm Suetonius sword Taranis tears tell thee thou thought thunder tion Uchelwyr voice widow's wounded young chief youth
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الصفحة 228 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
الصفحة 125 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i' the imminent deadly breach...
الصفحة 110 - In these two princely boys ! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head : and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchaf 'd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine And make him stoop to the vale.
الصفحة vii - A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason ; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
الصفحة 125 - And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake; She loved me for the dangers I had passed, And I loved her that she did pity them.
الصفحة 279 - Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
الصفحة 296 - Evandale, Whose limbs a thousand years have worn, What sullen roar comes down the gale, And drowns the hunter's pealing horn ? Mightiest of all the beasts of chase, That roam in woody Caledon, Crashing the forest in his race, The Mountain Bull comes thundering on. Fierce, on the hunter's quiver'd band, He rolls his eyes of swarthy glow, Spurns, with black hoof and horn, the sand, And tosses high his mane of snow.
الصفحة 175 - Scarce images of life, one here, one there, Lay vast and edgeways ; like a dismal cirque Of Druid stones, upon a forlorn moor, When the chill rain begins at shut of eve, In dull November, and their chancel vault, The Heaven itself, is blinded throughout night.
الصفحة 283 - Then eager caught an axe, and aim'da blow. Deep sunk within a violated oak The wounding edge, and thus the warrior spoke— ' Now let no doubting hand the task decline; Cut you the wood, and let the guilt be mine.
الصفحة 222 - Death's self could change not, mark the dreadful path Of the outsallying victors ; far behind Black ashes note where their proud city stood. Within yon forest is a gloomy glen — Each tree which guards its darkness from the day, Waves o'er a warrior's tomb.