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" Druids, for so they call their wi2ards, esteem nothing more sacred than the mistletoe and the tree on which it grows, provided only that the tree is an oak. "
The Ancient Church and Parish of Abernethy: An Historical Study - Página 83
por Dugald Butler - 1897 - 524 páginas
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Yorkshire: An Historical and Topographical Introduction to a Knowledge of ...

John Wainwright - 1829 - 444 páginas
...The latter also, when speaking of the various forest trees, remarks, " that the Druids hold nothing more sacred than the mistletoe, and the tree on which it grows, providing it be an oak. Therefore they choose solitary groves, wherein are no trees but the oak ; nor...
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American Antiquities, and Discoveries in the West: Being an Exhibition of ...

Josiah Priest - 1834 - 412 páginas
...celebrated writer on natural history, and most learned of the ancient Romans : " The Druids hold nothing more sacred than the mistletoe, and the tree on which it grows, provided it be the oak. They make choice of groves of oak on this account ; nor do they perform any of their...
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History of the Ancient Britons, from the Earliest Period to the ..., Volumen1

John Allen Giles - 1847 - 440 páginas
...world. He speaks as follows of the Druids : ( " The Druids, who are the magi of Gaul, esteem nothing more sacred than the mistletoe, and the tree on which it grows, if only it is an oak. Indeed they choose out groves of oaks, and use their leaves in all their sacred...
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English Forests and Forest Trees, Historical, Legendary, and Descriptive

1853 - 420 páginas
...description of this ceremony is that given by Pliny (book xvi. chap. 44). He says, " The Druids hold nothing more sacred than the mistletoe and the tree on which it grows, provided it be an oak. Therefore they choose solitary groves containing no trees but oaks ; nor do they perform...
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English Forests and Forest Trees, Historical, Legendary, and Descriptive

1853 - 428 páginas
...description of this ceremony is that given by Pliny (book xvi. chap. 44). He says, " The Druids hold nothing more sacred than the mistletoe and the tree on which it grows, provided it be an oak. Therefore they choose solitary groves containing no trees but oaks ; nor do they perform...
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The Pathfinder, a journal of independent religious reform ..., Volumen2

Philip William Perfitt - 1859 - 448 páginas
...itself. According to Pliny they were very particular in gathering it. He says, the Druids hold nothing more sacred than the mistletoe and the tree on which it grows, provided it be an oak. Therefore they choose solitary groves containing no trees but oaks ; nor do they perform...
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ENGLISH HISTORY

HENRY INCE - 1860 - 326 páginas
...of the people of distant climes. Pliny (Nat. Hist. lib. XTI. c. 95) says, "The magi esteem nothing more sacred than the mistletoe, and the tree on which it grows, if only it be an oak; indeed, they select groves of oaks and use the leaves in all their sacred rites,...
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The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon: A History of the Early Inhabitants of ...

Thomas Wright - 1861 - 554 páginas
...their respect for the mistletoe. " The druids," he says, " who are the magi of Gaul, esteem nothing more sacred than the mistletoe, and the tree on which it grows, if only it be an oak. Indeed they select groves of oaks, and use their leaves in all their sacred rites,...
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Memorials: Archaeological and Ecclesiastical of the West Winch Manors from ...

George Eller - 1861 - 282 páginas
...which destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii, — " The Druids, who are the Magi of Gaul, esteem nothing more sacred than the mistletoe, and the tree on which it grows, if only it be an oak. Indeed they choose out groves of oaks, and use their leaves in all their sacred...
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Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, Volumen2

1864 - 450 páginas
...unnoticed," says Pliny ; " the Druids (thus they call their chief priests) hold nothing in greater veneration than the Mistletoe and the tree on which it grows, provided only that it be the Oak. They select groves of Oak-trees standing by themselves, and perform no sacred ceremonies...
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