Bye-gones, Relating to Wales and the Border Counties1883 - Wales |
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Aberystwyth amongst ancient Anglesey appeared Archæological arms Bangor Bart Bishop borough buried Bye-gones called Cambrian Castle century Chapel Chester Church College copy Corwen CURRENT NOTES Cymmrodorion daughter David Holbache Davies death Denbigh Denbighshire died Ditto Earl Earl of Powis Edward Eisteddfod elected English engrailed Evans father Flintshire gentleman give Griffith Henry honour Howel Howel W Hugh inscription interesting JARCO John Jones lady late Leighton letter Lewis Llanfyllin Llanidloes Llanrwst Lloyd Llwyn-du London Lord married Mayor meeting memory Merionethshire Montgomeryshire Morris Mostyn North Wales Oswestry Oswestry School Owen paper parish Powis present published QUERIES readers record referred REPLIES restoration Richard Robert Ruthin Salisbury Salop School Shrewsbury Shropshire Sir Watkin Society Stanley stone Thomas tion told town vicar Welsh Welsh language Welshman Welshpool Williams Wynn Wrexham
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Page 41 - TAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home ; Taffy came to my house and stole a marrow-bone.
Page 91 - God rest you, merry gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ our Saviour Was born on Christmas Day.
Page 43 - Remembrances for Order and Decency to be kept in the Upper House of Parliament by the Lords, when His Majesty is not there...
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Page 195 - That he hath inclined his ear unto me : therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Page 143 - Clarissa lies upon the shelves unread. A friend of mine, a Welsh blacksmith, was twenty-five years old and could neither read nor write, when he heard a chapter of Robinson read aloud in a farm kitchen. Up to that moment he had sat content, huddled in his ignorance, but he left that farm another man. There were day-dreams, it appeared, divine day-dreams, written and printed and bound, and to be bought for money and enjoyed at pleasure. Down he sat...
Page 167 - ... various beauties this world could present to him. And this, and many other like blessings, we enjoy daily. And for most of them, because they be so common, most men forget to pay their praises; but let not us, because it is a sacrifice so pleasing to Him that made that sun and us, and still protects us, and gives us flowers and showers, and stomachs and meat, and content, and leisure to go a-fishing...
Page 187 - Under this stone lies Meredith Morgan, Who blew the bellows of our church organ ; Tobacco he hated, to smoke most unwilling, Yet never so pleased as when pipes he was filling ; No reflection on him for rude speech could be cast, Though he made our old organ give many a blast. No puffer was he, though a capital blower, He could fill double G, and now lies a note lower.