Archaeologia Cambrensis

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W. Pickering, 1850 - Electronic journals
 

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Page 105 - Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Page 11 - And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A Spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the Palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till Ages are its dower.
Page 97 - Beneath a similar mound is extended Cadvan, sad that it should enclose the praise of the earth. May he rest without blemish.
Page 106 - Fabliaux, has the following remarks upon horseblocks, which are mentioned in a vast number of the old Romances : " They were frequently placed on the roads and in the forests, and were almost numberless in the towns. Many of them still remain in Paris, where they were used by the magistrates in order to mount their mules, on which they rode to the courts of justice. On these blocks, or on the tree which was generally planted near them, were usually suspended the shields of those Knights who wished...
Page 103 - There is a vast unwrought stone, probably about twenty tons weight, supported by six or seven others that are not above four feet high, and these are set in a circle, some on end and some edgewise or sidelong, to bear the great one up. The great one is much diminished of what it has been in bulk, as having five tons or more, by report, broken off it to make mill stones : So that I guess the stone originally to have been between twenty-five and thirty tons in weight. The common people call it Arthur's...
Page 8 - And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Page 140 - I say, well versed in commerce and woollen manufacture ; a people anxious to seek gain by sea or land, in defiance of fatigue and danger ; a hardy race, equally fitted for the plough or for the sword ; a people brave and happy...
Page 4 - The announcement of the Divine name is the first event traditionally preserved, and it occurred as follows : — " God, in vocalizing His name, said...
Page 5 - Einigan Gawr saw three rays of light, on which were inscribed all knowledge and science. And he took three rods of mountain ash, and inscribed all the sciences upon them, as it should seem in imitation of the three rays of light.

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