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The Fabulous History of the Ancient Kingdom of Cornwall
The Fabulous History of the Ancient Kingdom of Cornwall Author:Thomas Hogg General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1827 Original Publisher: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme and co. Subjects: Cornwall (England : County) History / Ancient / General History / Europe / Great Britain Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / ... more »English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Social Science / Archaeology Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Original Inljaliitaute of The isle of Britain, sages hold, Peopled with giants, shook, of old: The wonderous origin we trace, Thus, of the fell primeval race. In Lemnos isle, King Thoas reigned; In peace and war high fame, attained ; And once, when he a rival race, Wished to subdue in distant Thrace, His sons-in-law, to shine in arms, Left, three long years, their spouses' charms. The princesses, as rage inflames, Vowed they had married foreign dames. Chronicles of the Kings of England. ORIGINAL INHAEITANTS,« less