The Cambrian Journal, Volume 4J. R. Smith, 1857 - Wales |
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abred according ae kant Aedd Mawr Alban ancient Annwn authority bardic bardism bards Brennus Britain British Britons brother Brutus Brython Caer Cæsar called Cambrian Cambrian Journal Caractacus Caradoc Castle Celtic century ceugant chair Christian church Cyfrinach Cylch Cymry Dosparth druidical Druids Dyvnvarth Earl Edward eisteddvod existence favour genealogies Glamorgan Glyndwr gorsedd Gronwy Gwilym Gwynedd gwynvyd Henry Herbert honour Hu Gadarn Ievan Iolo Morganwg Iolo MSS island Isle of Britain John the Red king Kywyd language Law of Dyvnwal Llewelyn Lord Lucy Lloyd Mabinogion Morgan Morganwg North Wales oedd original ovate Owain Owen pedigree Pembroke person phob plural poem primitive bard prince privilege Prydain Rhys Roman Saxon says Sir David song South Wales stones Taliesin Tenby thou Three things tradition Triads usage Voice Conventional Welsh Welsh language William words writers
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Page 106 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Page 247 - Brutus ! there lies beyond the Gallic bounds An island which the western sea surrounds, By giants once possess'dj now few remain To bar thy entrance, or obstruct thy reign. To reach that happy shore thy sails employ ; There fate decrees to raise a second Troy, And found an empire in thy royal line, Which time shall ne'er destroy, nor bounds confine.
Page 67 - Oh, Sir ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket.
Page 59 - Life's little stage is a small eminence, Inch-high the grave above ; that home of man, Where dwells the multitude : We gaze around ; We read their monuments ; we sigh ; and while We sigh, we sink; and are what we deplor'd; Lamenting, or lamented, all our lot ! Is Death at distance ? No : he has been on thee, And giv'n sure earnest of his final blow.
Page 218 - 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 163 - Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts, This pretty lad will prove our country's bliss. His looks are full of peaceful majesty ; His head by nature fram'd to wear a crown, His hand to wield a sceptre ; and himself 9 Likely in time to bless a regal throne.
Page 8 - 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 to the circle. This larger space...
Page 148 - England," published by Rodd in 1840, collected together several circumstances which show that he is to be regarded as the first original writer on arithmetic in English ; the first on geometry; the first person who introduced the knowledge of algebra into England; the first writer on astronomy in English; the first person in this country who adopted the Copernican system; the inventor of the present method of extracting the square root; the inventor of the sign of equality; and the inventor of the...
Page 218 - 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 77 - There is no part of English history since the Conquest so obscure, so uncertain, so little authentic or consistent, as that of the wars between the two roses...