 Some rocking-stones occur near to remains of ancient fortifications, which seems to bear out a statement in one of the poems of Ossian, that the bards walked round the stone singing, and made it move as an oracle of the fate of battle. In Greece, rocking-stones...  The Wye tour, or Gilpin on the Wye - Page 135by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Early English newspapers - 1823 - 730 pages
...-son; he bends at the stone of my power.' It appears, according to the same authority, that the bards walked round the stone singing, and made it move as an oracle of the fate of battle. That at Stanton in Gloucestershire, evidently in order to be conspicuous, is placed on the nose of a promontory,... | |
 | William Gilpin, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke - Wye River - 1826 - 200 pages
...From Ossian we see that the bard walked round-the stone singing, and made it move, as an oracle,of the fate of battle. That such stones were also sanctuaries...town, thinking to be saved by the immunity of the stone." That it was also used for healing, is evident from a neighbouring custom. In Christ church... | |
 | Samuel Rowe - Dartmoor (England) - 1848 - 348 pages
...occurring so frequently in the poems of Ossian, according to which authority it appears that the bards walked round the stone singing, and made it move as an oracle of the fate of battle. " He called the grey-haired Snivan, that sang round the circle of Loda, when the stone of power heard... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 862 pages
...ancient fortifications, which seems to bear out a statement in one of the poems of Ossian, that the bards walked round the stone singing, and made it move as an oracle of the fate of battle. In Greece, rocking-stones occur as funeral monuments, and are generally found on conspicuous places... | |
 | Ephraim Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1870 - 850 pages
...ancient fortifications, which seems to bear out a statement in one of the poems of Ossian, that the bards walked round the stone singing, and made it move as an oracle of the fate of battle. In Greece, rocking-stones occur as funeral monuments, and are generally found on conspicuous places... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 844 pages
...which seems to I>ear out a statement in one of the poems of Ossiau, that the bards walked rouud t)>e stone singing, and made it move as an oracle of the fate of battle. In Greece, rutkiiig-stoues occur as funeral monument*, and are generally found on conspicuoiia pi-ices... | |
 | Robert Thorne - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1889 - 502 pages
...ancient fortifications, which scums to bear out a statement in one of the poems of Ossian that the bards walked round the stone singing, and made it move as an oracle of the fate of battle. Roman Baths, The, were among the most magnificent and extensive architectural ornaments of the city... | |
 | Robert Thorne - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1889 - 538 pages
...bear out a statement in оно of tlio poems of Ossian that the bards walked round the stone einging, and made it move as an oracle of the fate of battle. Roman Baths, The, were among the most magnificent and extensive architectural ornaments of the city... | |
 | Chandler Belden Beach - 1893 - 820 pages
...which seems to confirm the statement in one of the ROCK ISLAND 1104 ROE poems of Ossian, that the bards walked round the stone singing, and made it move as an oracle of the fate of battle. In Greece rocking stones occur as funeral monuments, and are generally found on conspicuous places... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1897 - 476 pages
...ancient fortifications, which seem to bear out a statement in one of the poems of Ossian, that the bards walked round the stone singing, and made it move as an oracle of the fate of battle. R. are numerous in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cornwall, and Wales. One near Land's End, in Cornwall, has... | |
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