 | Edmund Burke - History - 1807 - 1004 pages
...riveted, cordial anti•' pathy against the English tongue, " caused by the cruelties of Edward '• I. and of the Lancastrian family, '• dwells as commander...in chief, '• storm this garrison, and over-turn " Snowdon from its base !"* Some Transactions of the Civil Wars. From an original A/6'. On Saturday... | |
 | History - 1807 - 1012 pages
..." breathed '' breathed the common air : these " have neither opportunity nor in" clination to learn any other " tongue. This is the impregnable " fortress of the Welsh language, " where a riveted, cordial anti. •' pathy against tlie Knglish tongue, " caused by the cruel I ios of Edward... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1807 - 1014 pages
..." breathed *' breathed the common air : these " have neither opportunity nor in" clination to learn any other " tongue. This is the impregnable " fortress of the Welsh . language, " where a riveted, cordial anti•' pathy agaiVist the Knglish tongue, " caused by the cruelties of Edward 41... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1812 - 1052 pages
...mother's breasts, or breathed the common air ; these have neither opportunity, nor inclination to learn any other tongue. This is the impregnable fortress...commander in chief. Storm this garrison, and overturn Snowdon from its base."* But this is far from an accurate and impartial statement, for the Welsh is... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1812 - 1070 pages
...moiher's breasts, or breathed the common air ; these have neither opportunity, nor inclination to learn any other tongue. This is the impregnable fortress...English tongue, caused by the cruelties of Edward thu First, and of the Lancastrian family, dwells as commander in chief. Storm this garrison, and overturn... | |
 | Walter Davies - 1868 - 620 pages
...mother's breasts, or breathed the common air: they have neither opportunity nor inclination to learn any other tongue." This is the impregnable fortress of the Welsh language, where a riveted, cordial antipathy against the English tongue, caused by the cruelties of Edward I. and of... | |
 | Walter Davies - 1868 - 620 pages
...mother's breasts, or breathed the common air: they have neither opportunity nor inclination to learn any other tongue." This is the impregnable fortress of the Welsh language, where a riveted, cordial antipathy against the English tongue, caused by the cruelties of Edward I. and of... | |
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... there are thousands, and tens of thousands in the wilds of Wales, who have learned the language of their parents, and of their country, as naturally and as innocently as they sucked their mother's breasts, or breathed the common air ; these have neither... 