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... Roman government . Then , however , he had to go back to Rome , and nothing more was done . Nearly a hundred years ... Romans set to work in earnest to conquer Britain , and from this time we begin to hear something trustworthy . 6. Our ...
... Roman government . Then , however , he had to go back to Rome , and nothing more was done . Nearly a hundred years ... Romans set to work in earnest to conquer Britain , and from this time we begin to hear something trustworthy . 6. Our ...
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... Roman conquest . The Romans had heard of the fame of the British priests before they landed . The Gauls , who were of the same religion , spoke about them with great veneration , and told how those who wished to be thoroughly instructed ...
... Roman conquest . The Romans had heard of the fame of the British priests before they landed . The Gauls , who were of the same religion , spoke about them with great veneration , and told how those who wished to be thoroughly instructed ...
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... Roman power which had been pushing onwards , year by year , so slowly yet so irresistibly , through Gaul and Germany , and was now claiming Britain also for its own . Besides , the Druids knew that the victory of the Roman power would ...
... Roman power which had been pushing onwards , year by year , so slowly yet so irresistibly , through Gaul and Germany , and was now claiming Britain also for its own . Besides , the Druids knew that the victory of the Roman power would ...
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... Roman prisoners . 15. From this time the power of the Druids was broken . Much of Druidism , however , long survived ... Romans , and Danes had overwhelmed Saxons , there was so much of the old Druid superstition still sur- viving that ...
... Roman prisoners . 15. From this time the power of the Druids was broken . Much of Druidism , however , long survived ... Romans , and Danes had overwhelmed Saxons , there was so much of the old Druid superstition still sur- viving that ...
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... Romans came to Britain . And every spray of mis- tletoe that is hung up at Christmas is really an uncon- scious memorial of that oldest religion of our land . Brooke Herford . ADDRESS TO THE INDOLENT . 1. Is not the field , with lively ...
... Romans came to Britain . And every spray of mis- tletoe that is hung up at Christmas is really an uncon- scious memorial of that oldest religion of our land . Brooke Herford . ADDRESS TO THE INDOLENT . 1. Is not the field , with lively ...
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Page 354 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Page 282 - And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part ; why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined, So obvious and so easy to be quench'd?
Page 75 - There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them; who, in love and truth, Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth : Glad Hearts! without reproach or blot Who do thy work, and know it not: Oh!
Page 275 - ... resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party inflamed with just resentment, the hall where Charles had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame.
Page 77 - Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give ; And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live ! 1805.
Page 311 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 201 - neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus, with the host of heaven, came, And lo ! creation widened in man's view.
Page 76 - The task, in smoother walks to stray; But thee I now would serve more strictly, if I may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong compunction in me wrought, I supplicate for thy control; But in the quietness of thought: Me this unchartered freedom tires; I feel the weight of chance desires: My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same.
Page 201 - Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And lo, Creation widened in man's view.
Page 76 - Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through thee, Are fresh and strong.