The Christian remembrancer; or, The Churchman's Biblical, ecclesiastical & literary miscellany, Volume 241852 |
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... character and religion of a new and wild people . Many of these authors have minutely portrayed the Druidic system in Gaul ' as well as in Britain ; they have dwelt with graphic horror upon the fierce rites and incantations , the forest ...
... character and religion of a new and wild people . Many of these authors have minutely portrayed the Druidic system in Gaul ' as well as in Britain ; they have dwelt with graphic horror upon the fierce rites and incantations , the forest ...
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... character and the ante - Roman existence of these monuments . Others , who seem to have felt the weight of such evidence , have not put forward their doubts in so distinct a shape . Dr. Lingard , in his remarks upon the Druid religion ...
... character and the ante - Roman existence of these monuments . Others , who seem to have felt the weight of such evidence , have not put forward their doubts in so distinct a shape . Dr. Lingard , in his remarks upon the Druid religion ...
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... character which the works assumed . For where , argues he , a certain style of architecture wants the indicia belonging to a progressive course of art , where it does not hinge upon inven- tions improving the capacity , but upon motives ...
... character which the works assumed . For where , argues he , a certain style of architecture wants the indicia belonging to a progressive course of art , where it does not hinge upon inven- tions improving the capacity , but upon motives ...
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... character , we find such as the walls of the Eternal , the melo- dious quaternion of Peter ' ( the rock or stone of the Church , as Mr. Herbert interprets it , p . 88 ) . What have we here but an embodiment of the combined majesty of ...
... character , we find such as the walls of the Eternal , the melo- dious quaternion of Peter ' ( the rock or stone of the Church , as Mr. Herbert interprets it , p . 88 ) . What have we here but an embodiment of the combined majesty of ...
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... character . This may serve for imperfect illustration .'- P. 85 . 2 The advocates of the Druidic theory seem not to have considered that there is any inconsistency between the character of the people to whom they ascribe the erection of ...
... character . This may serve for imperfect illustration .'- P. 85 . 2 The advocates of the Druidic theory seem not to have considered that there is any inconsistency between the character of the people to whom they ascribe the erection of ...
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Page 321 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Page 22 - It is no wonder,' said the lords, ' She is more beautiful than day.' As shines the moon in clouded skies, She in her poor attire was seen : One praised her ankles, one her eyes, One her dark hair and lovesome mien.
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