The History of the Parish of Llangurig, by E. Hamer and H.W. Lloyd
Author : Edward Hamer
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Release : 2023-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781021271532
Author : Edward Hamer
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File Size : 37,10 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781021271532
Author : Edward Hamer
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 29,68 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230149028
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ...Of no vile or base extraction is thine ancestor. If thine ancient blood be stirred up, No better blood exists in distant lands, Than that which a sweet significance Bespeaks in thy delicate features. The blood of Rhys is a rampart, with his vast forest' yonder, To prosper together with the Blood of Llawdden. A wide-spread forest is the Blood of Trevor.2 Pure are thy degrees of affinity wherever the language is spoken.8 Mighty Mathavarn, with its men, Is a portion of the fruit of the ancient warriors.-# From Urien came a privileged line of descent, Degengl, a scion of branches many and illustrious; Gwaithvoed, a stag whose work is of excellent fashion, Came--together with thy kindred that loved thee--Came from Rhys. Good are thy roots: The veins of Gethin's roots are one with theirs. This does not touch The sixth part there of what is yours; On you, as on Ivor,4 hath God bestowed The greatest store of wealth; How true is it that, with a brave heart, By wealth is gained the world! Who doth not love thee, thou Chief over the multitude, Thou Falcon yonder, circling round the cultivated land? Thy Spouse--worthy of praise is she--Llewelin's Lily, bright as the moon, A Gwenhwyvar, a second Avarwedd. In many virtues is she perfected, Savoury messes are in her pantries. Rampart of thy Tribe! may Mary uphold it! Thou art one to distribute--thy fame shall endure, Like that of the hero Bran, in the Upland of Curig. With this poem we do not yet lose sight of the Four Brothers. The Llyfr Ceniarth contains others addressed 1 A forest, in Welsh poetry, often means a host of kindred or clansmen. 2 Tudor Trevor. 3 Literally, "throughout the language." 4 Ivor Hael. respectively to three of their number, as far as may be gathered from internal...
Author : Edward Hamer
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Page : 400 pages
File Size : 23,34 MB
Release : 1875
Category : Llangurig (Montgomeryshire)
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Author : George Hope Lloyd-Verney
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Page : 96 pages
File Size : 45,16 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Llangurig, Wales (Parish).
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Author : Edward Hamer
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 39,17 MB
Release : 2023-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3385225817
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author : Edward Hamer
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 23,79 MB
Release : 2023-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3385225825
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author : George William Marshall
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Page : 908 pages
File Size : 12,5 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Genealogy
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Author : Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Page : 980 pages
File Size : 50,27 MB
Release : 1906
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Author : Brian P. Levack
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 16,88 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Demoniac possession
ISBN : 9780815310266
First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Edward HAMER (and LLOYD (H. W.))
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,15 MB
Release : 1875
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