On the Study of Celtic LiteratureSmith, Elder, 1867 - 181 sider |
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Side x
... of the earth the better . " And I need hardly say , that I myself , as so often happens to me at the hands of my own countrymen , was cruelly judged by the Times , and most severely treated . What I said to Mr. Owen about the ( x )
... of the earth the better . " And I need hardly say , that I myself , as so often happens to me at the hands of my own countrymen , was cruelly judged by the Times , and most severely treated . What I said to Mr. Owen about the ( x )
Side xv
... hand , actually repair the breaches made by oppressive deeds of the Government , and create , among populations joined with France as the Welsh and Irish are joined with England , a sense of liking and attachment towards the French ...
... hand , actually repair the breaches made by oppressive deeds of the Government , and create , among populations joined with France as the Welsh and Irish are joined with England , a sense of liking and attachment towards the French ...
Side 8
... hands ; so we sought the shelter of the Eisteddfod building . The sight inside was not lively . The president and his supporters mustered strong on the platform . On the floor the one or two front benches were pretty well filled , but ...
... hands ; so we sought the shelter of the Eisteddfod building . The sight inside was not lively . The president and his supporters mustered strong on the platform . On the floor the one or two front benches were pretty well filled , but ...
Side 17
... hand at the dawn of comparative philological inquiry , the tendency was , for all practical results , to separate ... hands by un- critical or perversé native commentators and writers , whose grammars and dictionaries teemed with ...
... hand at the dawn of comparative philological inquiry , the tendency was , for all practical results , to separate ... hands by un- critical or perversé native commentators and writers , whose grammars and dictionaries teemed with ...
Side 19
... hand , and , on the other hand , of a Semitic unity and of a Mon- But • golian unity , separated by profound distinguishing marks from 2 2 ( 19 )
... hand , and , on the other hand , of a Semitic unity and of a Mon- But • golian unity , separated by profound distinguishing marks from 2 2 ( 19 )
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admirable antiquity arkite bards basis beauty Book Brithi Britons called Celt Celt-haters Celt-lover Celt's Celtic element Celtic genius Celtic literature Celtic nature Celtic race Celtism Ceridwen charm civilisation clear criticism Cymri doubt Eisteddfod emotion England English nature Englishman Eugene O'Curry feeling French Gael genuine German nature German poetry give Goethe Greek Gwydion handling nature Indo-European Ireland land Latin Latinised literary Llandudno Llywarch Llywarch Hen look Lord Strangford Mabinogion manuscripts matter mediæval ment modern Nash Nash's nation natural magic Neustria Norman Ossian passion perception Philistinism philology plastic arts poem poet poetical power of style prose quick quoted rhetoric Roman Saxon seems Semitic sense and sturdy sentiment Shakspeare's sixth century speech spirit story Strangford sturdy morality Taliesin temperament Teutonic things tion Titanism traces tradition twelfth Wales Welsh and Irish Welsh language Welsh literature Welsh poetry word Zeuss
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Side 168 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Side 157 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Side 167 - I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine...
Side 168 - These are the forgeries of jealousy: And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain or by rushy brook, Or in the beached margent of the sea, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport.
Side 156 - My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone! The fire that on my bosom preys, Is lone as some volcanic isle; No torch is kindled at its blaze — A funeral pile!
Side 168 - In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew, And saw the lion's shadow ere himself, And ran dismay'd away. LOR. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love To come again to Carthage.
Side 104 - The Celt has not produced great poetical works, he has only produced poetry with an air of greatness investing it all, and sometimes giving, moreover, to short pieces, or to passages, lines, and snatches of long pieces, singular beauty and power.
Side 160 - More yellow was her head than the flower of the broom, and her skin was whiter than the foam of the wave, and fairer were her hands and her fingers than the blossoms of the wood anemone amidst the spray of the meadow fountain.
Side 56 - And the Salmon took Arthur's messengers on his shoulders up to the wall of the prison in Gloucester, and they delivered Mabon. Nothing could better give that sense of primitive and...
Side 136 - Es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, Sich ein Character in dem Strom der Welt.