Archaeologia CambrensisW. Pickering, 1865 |
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Alice ancient appears ARCH Archæological argent Arthur Bishop Cadoc called CAMB Carew Castle Castle Celtic Celtic languages century chapel church Cowbridge cromlech cross daughter of Sir David dialects died Dinas district Dwnn dywawt Earl Edward Elizabeth existed feet Gaelic Galaath Gododin Griffith ground gules Gwyddyl Haroldstone Haverfordwest heir Henry Henry of Huntingdon Herefordshire hynny Invers Ireland Irish Jane John Wise Jones king kistvaen knight Kymric Lancelot land language lawnslot letter Llancadle Llancarvan Lord Deputy Maen Magdalen College manor marriage married mentioned mound Nennius Northleigh Owen Oxford parish Pembroke Pembrokeshire Pictish Pictish Chronicle Picts poem present probably race remains Rhys Richard river road Robert Perrot Scotland Scotsborough seems shew side Sir John Perrot Sir Thomas Perrot stone Tenby tion tumulus Wales wall Walterston Welsh wife William Perrot Wogan words yo'r
Populaire passages
Pagina 97 - On the same spot there are the " decayed trunks of a preceding generation or generations of trees " that have arrived at maturity, and fallen down from old age.' " According to the same writer, in a communication made to the " American Association, at the Montreal meeting in 1857, these " ancient works extend over a track from 100 to 150 miles in length, " along the southern shore of the lake.
Pagina 321 - Inveraray to one a little north of Aberdeen, we shall find that (with very few exceptions) the Invers lie to the north of the line and the Abers to the south of it. This line nearly coincides with the present southern limit of the Gaelic tongue, and probably also with the ancient division between the Picts and the Scots.
Pagina 72 - To rise at five, to dine at nine, To sup at five, to sleep at nine. The famous king Petosiris's magic was different...
Pagina 316 - ... may indicate emigrations, immigrations, the commingling of races by war and conquest, or by the peaceful processes of commerce. The name of a district or of a town may speak to us of events which written history has failed to commemorate.
Pagina 321 - Scotland the invers and abers are distributed in a curious and instructive manner. If we draw a line across the map from a point a little south of Inverary to one a little north of Aberdeen, we shall find that, with very few exceptions, the invers lie to the north-west of the line, and the abers to the south-east of it.
Pagina 321 - To establish the point, that the Picts, or the nation, whatever was its name, that held central Scotland was Cymric, not Gaelic, we may refer to the distinction already mentioned between ben and pen. Ben is confined to the west and north ; pen to the east and south. Inver and abcr are also useful test-words in discriminating between the two branches of the Celts.
Pagina 315 - Hank closing up on rank I see, Six by six, and three by three, Spear-points by thousands glinting free. " 'Now rank on rank, twos front they go, Behind a flag which to and fro Sways, as the winds of death do blow ! "
Pagina 97 - Subsequent observation brought to light ancient excavations of great extent, frequently from twenty-five to thirty feet deep, and scattered over an area of several miles. The rubbish taken from these is piled up in mounds alongside ; while the trenches have been gradually refilled with the soil and decaying...
Pagina 72 - Lever a cinq, diner a neuf, Souper a cinq, coucher a neuf, Fait vivre d'ans nonante et neuf.
Pagina 227 - Roman, pitched there ;) yet those old and inborn names of successive kings, never any to have been real persons, or done in their lives at least some part of what so long hath been remembered, cannot be thought without too strict an incredulity.