Archaeologia CambrensisW. Pickering, 1915 |
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Page 299 - Words convey the mental treasures of one period to the generations that follow ; and laden with this, their precious freight, they sail safely across gulfs of time in which empires have suffered shipwreck, and the languages of common life have sunk into oblivion.
Page 352 - Windsor, thou didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, to marry me and make me my lady thy wife. Canst thou deny it,'' Did not goodwife Keech, the butcher's wife, come in then and call me gossip Quickly.
Page 194 - English admiral, which was the distinguishing character of that plain gallant man, he is represented on his tomb by the figure of a beau, dressed in a long periwig, and reposing himself upon velvet cushions, under a canopy of state.
Page 11 - Daye februarie in the yeares of the Raigne of our Soveraigne lord CHARLES by the grace of god of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland kinge Defender of the faith &c Anno Dom.
Page 236 - ... there in precedent ages have been set on work in spinning, carding, weaving, fulling, cottoning and shearing, whereby they (having free liberty to sell them to whom and where they would) not only relieved and maintained themselves and their families in good sort, but also grew to such wealth and means of living as they were thereby enabled to pay and discharge all duties, mizes, charges, subsidies and taxations which were upon them imposed or rated in their several counties, parishes and places...
Page 94 - Devon, the seat of the Bastard family, is a small volume, about four inches square, illustrated with little woodcuts. Inside the book is this note : — " Original Presentation Copy of ' Mother Hubbard,' written at Kitley by Sarah Catherine Martin, and dedicated to John Pollexfen Bastard, MP Mother Hubbard was, as is believed, the housekeeper at Kitley at that time.
Page 213 - On the other hand, certain archeologists have the contrary tendency, namely, to derive from the north of our continent for the south of Europe a specified form of quadrangular house, the " Megaron type," so termed from the poems of Homer as well as after the ruins of Troy, Tirynth, and Mycena?.
Page 212 - ... quadrangular structures ; but by the side of these the circular building is never absent. In the region of Heilbrunn the quadrangular houses of Grossgartach were succeeded by the round huts of the Bronze Age, and these were again followed by quadrangular houses. Most of the dwellings of the preRoinan Period still show circular foundations of varied depth.
Page 209 - ... this applies with still greater reason to the dwelling in hollow trees, for from what we know about savage peoples of to-day trees never constitute permanent homes, but at the most are but a passing shelter. An analogous, if not identical, fact is pointed out in favor of troglodytism (cave dwelling). This might have been a primitive form of habitation, for nature has here united all the elements of a substantial and clean residence. There is a floor, roof, walls, often also interior divisions,...
Page 95 - Wales, from whom the Rules and List of Members of the Association may be obtained. Formal Notice, given six months previous to the first day of the following year, is required from any Member wishing to withdraw from the Association, and at the same time all arrears must be paid. Members...