The Parish Church; Or, Religion in BritainLongman&Company, 1825 - 411 pages |
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... persons of high rank , when they were afflicted with a dangerous disease . By such acts of cruelty , the ancient Britons endeavoured to avert the displeasure , and procure the approbation of their gods . Augustus and Tiberius , it is ...
... persons of high rank , when they were afflicted with a dangerous disease . By such acts of cruelty , the ancient Britons endeavoured to avert the displeasure , and procure the approbation of their gods . Augustus and Tiberius , it is ...
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... persons . Lucan has described one of these groves in the following manner : - " Not far away , for ages past had stood An old unviolated sacred wood : Whose gloomy boughs thick interwoven made A chilly chearless everlasting shade ...
... persons . Lucan has described one of these groves in the following manner : - " Not far away , for ages past had stood An old unviolated sacred wood : Whose gloomy boughs thick interwoven made A chilly chearless everlasting shade ...
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... with their teachers , and were strictly forbidden to converse with any persons not belonging to their society , till they were regularly dismissed . The authority of the Druids was very considerable . They ANCIENT BRITONS 43.
... with their teachers , and were strictly forbidden to converse with any persons not belonging to their society , till they were regularly dismissed . The authority of the Druids was very considerable . They ANCIENT BRITONS 43.
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... person pertinaciously refused to submit to their authority , he did thereby render him- self liable to excommunication and outlawry ; and from hence he was ranked among debased culprits , and shunned by the whole community , as a person ...
... person pertinaciously refused to submit to their authority , he did thereby render him- self liable to excommunication and outlawry ; and from hence he was ranked among debased culprits , and shunned by the whole community , as a person ...
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... persons of the Druids.b The British Druids were in the zenith of their power and glory , at the time the Romans , under Julius Cæsar , invaded this country , before Christ 55. The Romans , knowing that they could not establish their own ...
... persons of the Druids.b The British Druids were in the zenith of their power and glory , at the time the Romans , under Julius Cæsar , invaded this country , before Christ 55. The Romans , knowing that they could not establish their own ...
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