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... seems to be an account of an expedition of the Ottadini against the town of Cataracton , now Catterick . Aneurin was held in great esti- mation by his contemporaries . TALIESIN . ( Circa 500. ) 66 Although both Taliesin and Aneurin have ...
... seems to be an account of an expedition of the Ottadini against the town of Cataracton , now Catterick . Aneurin was held in great esti- mation by his contemporaries . TALIESIN . ( Circa 500. ) 66 Although both Taliesin and Aneurin have ...
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... seems , on the other hand , to speak of our bard and diviner as being a sort of harm- less maniac at the court of Rhydderch - Hoel . ST . COLUMBANUS . ( Circa 542-615 . ) Columbanus , born in the province of Leinster in Ireland , about ...
... seems , on the other hand , to speak of our bard and diviner as being a sort of harm- less maniac at the court of Rhydderch - Hoel . ST . COLUMBANUS . ( Circa 542-615 . ) Columbanus , born in the province of Leinster in Ireland , about ...
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... seems to have thought would be longer re- tained in their memory if expressed in metre . " The prose writings of St. Columbanus - for despite his heterodoxy concerning Easter , our poet received canonisation - have also been frequently ...
... seems to have thought would be longer re- tained in their memory if expressed in metre . " The prose writings of St. Columbanus - for despite his heterodoxy concerning Easter , our poet received canonisation - have also been frequently ...
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... seems to have been brought up from his earliest youth in the profession of arms . In 1144 he went into North Wales with his brother ; and , after defeating the Flemings , laid siege to Carmarthen Castle , which they took from the ...
... seems to have been brought up from his earliest youth in the profession of arms . In 1144 he went into North Wales with his brother ; and , after defeating the Flemings , laid siege to Carmarthen Castle , which they took from the ...
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... seems to have taken an active part in the military and political affairs of his day . Upon the death of his father , his elder brother succeeded to the so- vereignty , and he was busily engaged in the affairs of his district . He was in ...
... seems to have taken an active part in the military and political affairs of his day . Upon the death of his father , his elder brother succeeded to the so- vereignty , and he was busily engaged in the affairs of his district . He was in ...
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Page 212 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtile flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Page 192 - The reluctant pangs of abdicating royalty in Edward furnished hints which Shakspeare scarcely improved in his Richard the Second; and the death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror beyond any scene ancient or modern with which I am acquainted.
Page 185 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing, engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford.
Page 187 - He was wont to go to his native country once a year. I think I have been told that he left 200?.
Page 311 - Waller, though confessedly," says Clarendon, " the most guilty, with incredible dissimulation affected such a remorse of conscience, that his trial was put off, out of Christian compassion, till he might recover his understanding.
Page 194 - Next Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave translunary things That the first poets had ; his raptures were All air and fire, which made his verses clear ; For that fine madness still he did retain Which rightly should possess a poet's brain.
Page 186 - Yes, trust them not, for there is an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes Factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 60 - For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life; through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand portraying. Though perchance From Blenheim's towers...
Page 288 - His chiefest recreation was Musick, in which heavenly Art he was a most excellent Master, and did himself compose many divine Hymns and Anthems, which he set and sung to his Lute or Viol...
Page 322 - Orpheus' lyre : If she sit down, with tops all tow'rds her bow'd, They round about her into arbours crowd : Or if she walks, in even ranks they stand, Like some well-marshal'd and obsequious band.