... encroached upon them, gradually receded to take a last refuge in the island of Mona. There were associated with them a class of female Druids who were supposed to possess the arts of magic. Their worship consisted of frantic nocturnal dances, or more... The History of France: (Ancient Gaul) - Page 47by Parke Godwin - 1860 - 495 pagesFull view - About this book
| Methodist Church - 1861 - 716 pages
...consisted of frantic nocturnal dances, or more abandoned rites, recalling the Samothracian orgies : The Gallic mariner, as he skirted by night the wild...melodies, mingling with the wail of the winds and the deep meanings of the waves. On the summit of the misty crags he saw red phantoms gliding, with streaming... | |
| Edward Isidore Sears, David Allyn Gorton, Charles H. Woodman - Periodicals - 1860 - 606 pages
...their own Bacchantes and the orgies of Samothrace renewed. The Gallic mariner, as he skirted by i.ight the wild reefs of the Armorican seas, often fancied...the waves. On the summit of the misty crags he saw rod phantoms gliding-, with streaming hair and burning torches, whose llatnes made the lightnings.... | |
| Methodist Church - 1861 - 716 pages
...consisted of frantic nocturnal dances, or more abandoned rites, recalling the Saniotliracian orgies : The Gallic mariner, as he skirted by night the wild...summit of the misty crags he saw red phantoms gliding, witli streaming hair arid burning torches, whose flames made the lightnings. Those were the Druidesses... | |
| English periodicals - 1875 - 706 pages
...strange cries and chants and wild melodies mingling with the wails of the wind and the eternal moan of the waves. On the summit of the misty crags he...gliding, with streaming hair, and burning torches whose flashes were like lightning.' We climb and climb, under a blazing sun and at some peril of life and... | |
| Methodist Church - 1861 - 712 pages
...consisted of frantic nocturnal dances, or more abandoned rites, recalling the Samothracian orgies : The Gallic mariner, as he skirted by night the wild...melodies, mingling with the wail of the winds and the deep meanings of the waves. On the summit of the misty crags he saw red phantoms gliding, with streaming... | |
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