Britannia Antiquissima ; Or, a Key to the Philology of History (sacred and Profane)H.T. Dwight, 1860 - 216 страници |
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... druidical astronomical attainments , as described by the classics of Greece and Rome , insinuates that " no European nation in that latitude understood astronomy in those early days . " Such an assertion is easily made , and then he ...
... druidical astronomical attainments , as described by the classics of Greece and Rome , insinuates that " no European nation in that latitude understood astronomy in those early days . " Such an assertion is easily made , and then he ...
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... Druidical Castalius Fons of Corycos Unknown exit of Cimmerians to Deffrobani Mount Tor .. The Primitive Inhabitants overcome by the Medes , & c . Thence across the Moryntir to Ynys Prydain Crossing the Beisfor ; Occupation of Egean ...
... Druidical Castalius Fons of Corycos Unknown exit of Cimmerians to Deffrobani Mount Tor .. The Primitive Inhabitants overcome by the Medes , & c . Thence across the Moryntir to Ynys Prydain Crossing the Beisfor ; Occupation of Egean ...
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... Druidism . Bards Ovates Druids Metempsychosis Constellation of Pleiades Orion Dolphin , Draco , & c . Druidical Instruction Saronides .. Cimmerian Astronomers Cimmerian Theogony of the Hellenes Hyperborean Celtic Druids Greek and Roman ...
... Druidism . Bards Ovates Druids Metempsychosis Constellation of Pleiades Orion Dolphin , Draco , & c . Druidical Instruction Saronides .. Cimmerian Astronomers Cimmerian Theogony of the Hellenes Hyperborean Celtic Druids Greek and Roman ...
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... druidical records of my country , rather than on the terrified imagination of a reconnoi- terer , or on the speculative idealities of a crude and credulous posterity , relying on the ' fallacia mendacia ' of a former period , to ooze ...
... druidical records of my country , rather than on the terrified imagination of a reconnoi- terer , or on the speculative idealities of a crude and credulous posterity , relying on the ' fallacia mendacia ' of a former period , to ooze ...
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... Druidical temples , now known under the name of Inkerman caverns , and excavated from the solid rock , together with sundry subterranean passages , leading from one to the other , could not be attributed otherwise , than to the enduring ...
... Druidical temples , now known under the name of Inkerman caverns , and excavated from the solid rock , together with sundry subterranean passages , leading from one to the other , could not be attributed otherwise , than to the enduring ...
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