 The noble motto for all the proceedings of the old Welsh bards, — " In the face of the sun, and in the eye of light," was one completely after her own heart, and in perfect accordance with the transparent guilelessness of a character to which the conventional...  The Works of Mrs. Hemans: With a Memoir of Her Life - Pagina 43door Mrs. Hemans - 1857Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Church congress - 1891 - 438 pagina’s
...content to take the second place in the markets of the world. " Yn gwyneb haul a llygaid goleuni " ("in the face of the sun and in the eye of light ") ; " Nid gwaeth y cywir er ei chlirlio" (" the honest is none the worse for being examined "), are... | |
 | Powys-land Club - 1893 - 446 pagina’s
...would be in accordance with the practice of the people who held their Gorsedd in a conspicuous place, " in the face of the sun and in the eye of light," it being unlawful to hold such meetings under cover of darkness ; and may it not be reasonable to expect,... | |
 | Sir Owen Morgan Edwards - 1896 - 684 pagina’s
...of the Isle of Britain in the refulgence of their presence. One day the bards got into a pretty mess in the face of the sun and in the eye of light, on the Eisteddfod platform. It was on the eve of the impressive scone of the coronation of the bard... | |
 | 1897 - 176 pagina’s
...of a temple, and every year at each solstice and equinox performed the rites of the ancient Druids "in the face of the sun and in the eye of light." It was near Pontypridd that the eccentric, but talented, Dr. Price performed an experiment in cremation... | |
 | Owen Rhoscomyl - 1907 - 318 pagina’s
...looked round again before he ended. " But you have won ! Ina, it was you that won, not I ; and so, here in the face of the sun and in the eye of light, as the oath of the bard is, I tell you that from this time forward you may trust me. I was never trustworthy... | |
 | 1922 - 512 pagina’s
...Federation ' — demarcated by a ring of standing-stones. It must be in an entirely public situation, ' in the face of the sun and in the eye of light.' There was a ' throne ' for the president, and the lesser members were seated in a circle around the... | |
 | Arthur Hadrian Allcroft - 1927 - 400 pagina’s
...Federation ' — demarcated by a ring of standing-stones. It must be in an entirely public situation, ' in the face of the sun and in the eye of light.' There was a ' throne ' for the president, and the lesser members were seated in a circle around the... | |
 | Colin Murray, Liz Murray - 1988 - 132 pagina’s
...present tradition of free speech stems from the Druid practice of holding all meetings in the open, "in the Face of the Sun and in the Eye of Light". Such gatherings were held for both ritual purposes and the giving and receiving of law and judgment.... | |
 | 1882 - 990 pagina’s
...assent by subsequent proclamation. The Gorseddau, or meetings, were always held in the open air, and in the face of the sun and in the eye of light. The place was set apart by forming a circle of stones round the Macn Gorsedd." [The stone of Assembly... | |
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