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Page 91
... bard had been looked down upon by the more learned fili . According to the metrical tract published by Thurneysen the bards were divided into a number of grades like the higher order , but as they corresponded more to the strolling ...
... bard had been looked down upon by the more learned fili . According to the metrical tract published by Thurneysen the bards were divided into a number of grades like the higher order , but as they corresponded more to the strolling ...
Page 95
... bards . Other styles of composition , notably satire , are also represented to a degree unknown in contemporary Irish MSS . This Edinburgh book pre- serves a large number of compositions not found in Irish collections , but it is ...
... bards . Other styles of composition , notably satire , are also represented to a degree unknown in contemporary Irish MSS . This Edinburgh book pre- serves a large number of compositions not found in Irish collections , but it is ...
Page 110
... bards differs profoundly from the compositions of the Scandinavian skalds , which it may be well to mention at the outset . 1. In the Irish poems there are practically no references to mythology , whereas in the Roman poet Claudian and ...
... bards differs profoundly from the compositions of the Scandinavian skalds , which it may be well to mention at the outset . 1. In the Irish poems there are practically no references to mythology , whereas in the Roman poet Claudian and ...
Contents
NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING JULY 5 1911 ADDRESS BY | 3 |
SOME CARDINAL POINTS IN KNOWLEDGE | 28 |
SOME PALESTINIAN CULTS IN THE GRAECOROMAN AGE By G | 55 |
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