Y Cymmrodor, Embodying the Transactions of the Cymmrodorion Societ Y of LondonThe Society, 1877 - Wales |
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... chair - day under the presidency of Sir W. W. Wynn , it formed a scene of almost overwhelming grandeur . Something , it was felt , was wanting in the proportions of the structure . It was not so graceful as that of the previous year at ...
... chair - day under the presidency of Sir W. W. Wynn , it formed a scene of almost overwhelming grandeur . Something , it was felt , was wanting in the proportions of the structure . It was not so graceful as that of the previous year at ...
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... chair at the same opening hour as on previous days ; and Dr. Williams read and presented him with the address . After which , and when the loud plaudits had ceased , Sir Watkin spoke as follows : - Dr. Williams , Ladies and Gentlemen ...
... chair at the same opening hour as on previous days ; and Dr. Williams read and presented him with the address . After which , and when the loud plaudits had ceased , Sir Watkin spoke as follows : - Dr. Williams , Ladies and Gentlemen ...
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... chair prize was awarded this morning , and the follow- ing interesting scene took place . It was adjudicated to the person bearing the feigned name of " Eusebius . " Mynnyddog came forward , and asked whether " Eusebius " was present ...
... chair prize was awarded this morning , and the follow- ing interesting scene took place . It was adjudicated to the person bearing the feigned name of " Eusebius . " Mynnyddog came forward , and asked whether " Eusebius " was present ...
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... chair , which during their absence had been covered with a pall . Having done that , the whole re - assumed their positions around the chair , and Gwalchmai came to the front saying he had been requested to recite the following ...
... chair , which during their absence had been covered with a pall . Having done that , the whole re - assumed their positions around the chair , and Gwalchmai came to the front saying he had been requested to recite the following ...
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... chair . The address was read and presented by the Town Clerk , Mr. John James , amid considerable applause . Mr. Kenyon said in reply : - Mr. Town Clerk , Ladies and Gentlemen . Let me first of all thank you very sincerely for the ...
... chair . The address was read and presented by the Town Clerk , Mr. John James , amid considerable applause . Mr. Kenyon said in reply : - Mr. Town Clerk , Ladies and Gentlemen . Let me first of all thank you very sincerely for the ...
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Aberystwith ancient Anglesey antiquities Applause bards beautiful Bishop British copy called Cawr Celtic century Chair Chairman Cheers chwi collection College of Wales Council Cymmrodor Cymmrodorion Society Cymric Cymru Cywydd David Davies Dictionary dydd Eisteddfod English eraill Evans Galfrid Gawr give Goronwy Owen Gorsedd harp hear honour Hugh Hugh Morris hynny Iaith Institution Iolo Goch Irish John Latin letter LEWIS MORRIS literature London Lord Machynlleth mawr meeting Members mewn Morgan museum natural oedd Owen Parry particles Penbryn poem poet poetry present President princes prize rhai Rhys Richard Thomas Rotherhithe Salesbury's Scotland Sir Julius Benedict song Street thing tion translation verb W. W. Wynn Wedgwood Welsh language Welshmen William Salesbury word Wrexham write wrth
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Page 97 - Tis now a seraph bold, with touch of fire, 'Tis now the brush of Fairy's frolic wing. Receding now, the dying numbers ring Fainter and fainter down the rugged dell, And now the mountain breezes scarcely bring A wandering witch-note of the distant spell — And now, 'tis silent all ! — Enchantress, fare thee well...
Page 117 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country'].
Page 54 - ... of English literature cannot be disconnected from the lively Celtic wit in which it has one of its sources. The Celts do not form an utterly distinct part of our mixed population.
Page xxvii - Each member shall pay in advance to the Treasurer the annual sum of one guinea. If any member's subscription shall be in arrear for two years, and he shall neglect to pay his subscription after...
Page 40 - And met its barks and billows high, But not what thou hast lost." Ye clouds, that gorgeously repose Around the setting sun, Answer ! have ye a home for those Whose earthly race is run ? The bright clouds answer'd — " We depart, We vanish from the sky ; Ask what is deathless in thy heart, For that which cannot die.
Page 186 - ... of Wedgwood, I do not hesitate to say that, in my opinion, they are greatly inferior. If you run your eye along this line of production of the eighteenth century in England (indicating) — although I am not by any means denying there are very good forms in others — those of Wedgwood stand pre-eminent. Although Wedgwood revived Greek art, although he seems to have shown he was not satisfied with the forms of Sevres, yet he did not revive classical forms in a servile spirit. Though in all his...
Page xi - June 24th, 1820, IT WAS, amongst other things, RESOLVED. — That it shall be the paramount aim of this Institution to preserve and illustrate the ancient Remains of Welsh Literature, and to promote its cultivation in the present day by all the means in their power.
Page 17 - When a naturalist goes from one country into another, his first inquiry is for local collections. He is anxious to see authentic and full cabinets of the productions of the region he is visiting.
Page 136 - MSS. lately, that nobody of this age or the last ever as much as dreamed of. And this discovery is to him and me as great as that of America by Columbus. We have found an epic poem in the British, called Gododin, equal at least to the Iliad, ^Eneid, or Paradise Lost.
Page 117 - I'll change my note soon, and I hope for the better ; May the right use of letters, as well as of men, Hereafter be fixed for the tongue and the pen ; Most devoutly I wish they may both have their due, And that I may be never mistaken for U.