History of Christian Names, Том 2Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1863 |
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ancient Anglo-Saxon Aodh Arthur bard battle became bishop Bran Bran the Blessed Brennus Breton Britain British Brittany Cæsar called Caradwg century Ceridwen chief Christian name church common Congal Cornwall Cosmo Innes Cunobelinus Cymric Danish daughter Davies death descended Diarmaid divine Domesday Domesday Book doubt Earl England English Erin Erse father favourite feminine Finn Fionn France Frank French Gadhaelic Gael Gaelic Gaul Geoffrey Geoffrey of Monmouth German Giolla Gothic Greek hero Highlands honour Ireland Irish Isle Italian Kelts killed king knight lady Landnama-bok Latin legend likewise Mabinogion Macpherson married meaning Munch myth namesakes Norman North northern O'Donovan Odin origin Ossianic perhaps Picts poem prince probably queen race reigned Roman Rome Saxon Scota Scotland Scots Scottish SECTION stone story supposed surname Taliessin Teutonic thence tongues tradition translated Triads tribe Ulster Villemarqué Wales warrior Welsh whence wife wolf word
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Стр. 136 - You drank of the Well I warrant betimes ? " He to the Cornishman said. But the Cornishman smiled as the stranger spake And sheepishly shook his head. " I hastened as soon as the Wedding was done And left my wife in the porch. But i' faith she had been wiser than me, For she took a bottle to Church ! " ' An interesting variation from the usual run of Wishing Wells is to be found in Denbighshire.
Стр. 225 - Ne'er again his likeness see; Long her strains in sorrow steep, Strains of immortality! Horror covers all the heath, Clouds of carnage blot the sun: Sisters! weave the web of death: Sisters! cease; the work is done.
Стр. 362 - O for a blast of that dread horn, On Fontarabian echoes borne, That to King Charles did come, When Rowland brave, and Olivier, And every paladin and peer, On Roncesvalles died...
Стр. 176 - Not only we, the latest seed of Time, New men, that in the flying of a wheel Cry down the past, not only we, that prate Of rights and wrongs, 'have loved the people well, And loathed to see them...
Стр. 49 - They are gone, those heroes of royal birth Who plundered no churches, and broke no trust, "Tis weary for me to be living on earth When they, oh, Kincora, lie low in the dust!
Стр. 258 - Lusignan, near Poictiers ; and to this day, at the fairs of that city, gingerbread cakes are sold, with human head and serpent tail, and called melusines. A eri de Melusine is, likewise, a proverbial expression for a sudden scream, recalling that with which the unfortunate fairy discovered the indiscretion of her lord.
Стр. 296 - HUMPHREY alludes to the report that he was starved to death, or to the Elizabethan habit for poor gentility to beguile the dinner hour by a promenade near his tomb in old St. Paul's — YONGE.
Стр. 333 - Sooner had he battle fought with thousands in the field, Striking dints with falchions keen on his glittering shield. Half the night against the ghosts he waged the battle fierce ; But the empty air he struck when he weened their breasts to pierce. Little recked they for his blows : with his terror and his woe, Ere half the night was past his hair was white as snow. And when the monks to matins sped, they found him pale and cold. There the ghosts in deadly swoon had left the champion bold.
Стр. 385 - Moreover, he has eaten of the fruit of the trees of the sun and moon, and...
Стр. 66 - Bride was their Queen of Song, and unto her They prayed with fire-touched lips. Great were their deeds, their passions and their sports ; With clay and stone They piled on strath and shore those mystic forts, Not yet o'erthrown ; On cairn-crowned hills they held their councilcourts ; While youths alone, With giant dogs, explored the elk resorts, And brought them down.