 | William White - 1832 - 714 pages
...bodies and their motion, the size of tke heaven and the earth, the nature of things, and the intlnrnri- and power of the immortal gods," The British Druids...fired with equal resentment, determined to secure themselve* by exterminating the Druidic order, consequently its priests were sacrificed to this inhuman... | |
 | William White - Norfolk (England) - 1836 - 832 pages
...his " Commentarii de Bello Gallico," says the Druids, (as the Gauls call their magicians or wise men) inculcated the immortality and transmigration of the...equal resentment, determined to secure themselves by exterminating the Druidic Order, which, after many massacres and the defeat of Queen Boadicea, rapidly... | |
 | William White - Norfolk (England) - 1836 - 870 pages
...or wise men) inculcated the immortality and transmigration of the soul, and discoursed " with vouth much about the heavenly bodies, and their motion ;...equal resentment, determined to secure themselves by exterminating the Druidic Order, which, after many massacres and the defeat of Queen Boadicea, rapidly... | |
 | William White - 1846 - 728 pages
...nations, and their religion, which formed part of their free monarchial government, was druidical. The British Druids exercised their utmost authority...equal resentment, determined to secure themselves by exterminating the Druidic Order. The most powerful nations among the Ancient Britons were the Brigantines,... | |
 | Samuel Bagshaw (of Sheffield.) - 1846 - 716 pages
...immortality and transmigration of ti.e soul, and discoursed " with the youth about the heavenly bodies, their motion, the size of the heaven and the earth,...the influence and power of the immortal Gods." The mislvtoe was their chief specific in medicine, and nothing was held so sacred as the misletoe of the... | |
 | White, Francis, & co - Warwickshire (England) - 1850 - 996 pages
...and " discoursed with the youth about the heavenly bodies ; their motion, the size of the heaven and earth; the nature of things, and the influence and power of the immortal Gods." The misletoe was their chief specific in medicine; and nothing was held so sacred as the misletoe of the... | |
 | Whellan T. and co - 1855 - 722 pages
...of all civil and religious benefits until they sincerely repented. • History of Beverley, p. 10. The British Druids exercised their utmost authority...opposing the usurpation of the Roman invaders, who, inflamed with resentment, determined on the utter extermination of the Druidic order, consequently... | |
 | Whellan T. and co - 1857 - 798 pages
...from public worship, and deprived of all civil and religious benefits until they sincerely repented. The British Druids exercised their utmost authority...opposing the usurpation of the Roman invaders, who, inflamed with resentment, determined on the utter extermination of the Druidic order, consequently... | |
 | White Francis and co - 1864 - 812 pages
...discoursed "with youth much about the heavenly bodies and their motions, the size of the heaven and earth, the nature of things, and the influence and power of the immortal gods." They studied medicine and the virtues of plants, of which the mistletoe was their chief specific; and... | |
 | Lewis Gidley - Druids and Druidism - 1873 - 92 pages
...respecting the stars and their motions, and respecting the magnitude of the earth and the world ; concerning the nature of things, and the influence and power of the immortal gods ; and teach their doctrines to the young men. The whole nation of the Gauls is very much given to religious... | |
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Gallico," says the Druids, (as the Gauls call their magicians or wisemen) inculcated the immortality and transmigration of the soul, and discoursed " with youth much about the heavenly bodies and their motion, the size of the heaven and the earth, the... 
