 | 1815 - 200 pages
...Christian asra, and died at the age of 140. Mr. Wa!polc informs us, " in the days of King Arthur, St. David won a great victory over the Saxons, having ordered...soldiers to place a Leek in his cap, for the sake of distinction; in memory whereof, the Welsh to this day wear a leek on the first of March." " I tike... | |
 | 1823 - 494 pages
...Walpole, in his British Traveller, tells us : " in the clays of King Arthur. St. David won a groat victory over the Saxons, having ordered every one...soldiers to place a leek in his cap, for the sake of distinction ; in memory whereof the Welsh to this day wear a leek on the 1st of March." Mr. Jones,... | |
 | Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 pages
...vegetable. So Mr. Walpole, in his British Traveller, tells us : " in the days of King Arthur, St. David won a great victory over the Saxons, having ordered every one of his soldiers to place a leek in hii cap, for the sake of distinction ; in memory whereof the Welsh to this day weiir a leek on the... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1841 - 586 pages
...David's, in the year 519. This prelate, on the day that king Arthur won a great victory over the Saxons, ordered every one of his soldiers to place a leek in his cap, for the sake of distinction ; in memory of which the Welch wear the leek on the 1st of March. LEGACIES. The bequests... | |
 | Mrs. Matthew Hall - 1843 - 480 pages
...this epoch. In the days of King Arthur, St. David [uncle of Arthur — he was Archbishop of Menevia] won a great victory over the Saxons, having ordered every one of his soldiers to place a leek in his cup, for the sake of distinction ; in memory whereof, the Welsh to this day wear a leek on the first... | |
 | John Brand - 1849 - 574 pages
...vegetable. So, Walpole, in Ms British Traveller, tells us : "in the days of King Arthur, St. David won a great victory over the Saxons, having ordered...soldiers to place a Leek in his cap, for the sake of distinction : in memory whereof the Welsh to this day wear a Leek on the first of March." The following... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - 1851 - 700 pages
...David's, in the year 519. This prelate, on the day that king Arthur won a great victory over the Saxons, ordered every one of his soldiers to place a leek in his cap, for the sake of distinction ; in memory of which the Welsh wear the leek on the 1st of March. LEGACIES. The bequests... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - 1853 - 738 pages
...David's, in the year 51!). Tliis prelate »n the day that king Arthur won a great victory over the Saxons, ordered every one of his soldiers to place a leek in his cap, for the sake of distinction ; in memory of which the Welsh wear the leek on the 1st of March. LEGACIES. The bequests... | |
 | Mrs. Matthew Hall - 1854 - 464 pages
...emblem, the leek, is said to have been first used at this epoch. In the days of King Arthur, St. David * won a great victory over the Saxons, having ordered...soldiers to place a leek in his cap, for the sake of distinction ; in memory whereof, the Welsh to this day wear a leek on the first of March." — Walpole.... | |
 | Mrs. Matthew Hall - 1854 - 524 pages
...this epoch. In the days of King Arthur, St. David [uncle of Arthur — he was Archbishop of Menevia] won a great victory over the Saxons, having ordered...soldiers to place a leek in his cap, for the sake of distinction ; in memory whereof, the Welsh to this day wear a leek on the first of March." — Walpole.... | |
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In the days of King Arthur, St David won a great victory over the Saxons, having ordered every one of his soldiers to place a Leek in his cap, for the sake of distinction ; in memory whereof the Welsh to this day wear a Leek on the first of March. 
