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abred according Aedd Mawr Alban alien ancient Annals Annwn Annyn apud Iolo MSS Avarwy bardic Beirdd Beli Beli Mawr British Britons Brutus Brython called Caradog Caswallawn Ceraint Ceugant chair CHAPTER character chief of kindred Cimbric circle Coelbren Coranians country and kindred court Cylch Cymru Cymry Diodorus Siculus divine Druids Dyvnwal Moelmud Einigan existence five free acres free acres Gaul genius gorsedd Gwyddon Gwyddoniaid Gwyddyl Gwynedd gwynvyd Hu Gadarn Ibid Iestyn ab Gwrgant innate Cymro Island of Britain Isle of Britain judgment Julius Cæsar king knowledge land language Laws of Dyvnwal letters Lloegrwys Llyr Locrinus lord memory Menw nation Nennius One-ten original ovate Plennydd poetic primitive bard prince privileges and usages Prydain record reference respect Roll of Tradition Romans sciences Silurian stones Strabo supposed territory Third Series Three things Triad truth Tydain vocal song Voice Conventional Welsh Laws whilst wisdom word
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Page 187 - 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 13 - Britanniae pars interior ab iis incolitur, quos natos in insula ipsa memoria proditum dicunt : maritima pars ab iis, qui praedae ac belli inferendi causa ex Belgis transierant...
Page 170 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil : and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Page 29 - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Page 13 - Witness the triad of the Three Awful Events of the Island of Britain.9 First, the bursting of the lake of waters, and the overwhelming of the face of all lands; so that all mankind were drowned, excepting Dwyvan and Dwyvach, who escaped in a naked vessel (without sails) and of them the Island of Britain was re-peopled.
Page 158 - Three things evince what God has done, and will do : infinite Power, infinite Wisdom, and infinite Love: for there is nothing that these attributes want of power, of knowledge, or of will to perform.
Page 52 - And pales of glittering tin the' enclosure grace. To this, one pathway gently winding -leads, Where march a train with baskets on their heads, ( Fair maids and blooming youths) that smiling bear The purple product of the
Page 158 - There are three primeval unities, and more than one of each cannot exist : one God ; one truth ; and one point of liberty, and this is where all opposites equiponderate.
Page 127 - It is an institutional usage to form a conventional circle of stones on the summit of some conspicuous ground, so as to enclose any requisite area of greensward, the stones being so placed as to allow sufficient space for a man to stand between each two of them, except that the two stones of the circle, which most directly confront the eastern sun, should be sufficiently apart to allow at least ample space for three men between them, thus affording an easy ingress into the circle.
Page 29 - There were three names given to the Isle of Britain from the beginning: Before it was inhabited it was called the Sea-girt green spot.