… 488 WALES. robust health which Mrs. Thomas was accustomed to look for among the strapping farm-maidens of the Breconshire hills. John's marriage was not…
… 488 WALES. robust health which Mrs. Thomas was accustomed to look for among the strapping farm-maidens of the Breconshire hills. John's marriage was not long delayed. A few weeks, and Gwen was brought home to the woodland cottage. For John had prospered, and saved money enough to send for the old furniture from Breconshirc and set up in the new house, and thither he tranferred himself with his wife and mother and household goods.…
… THE DIARY OF A BARD. 489 up her hands on seeing her son with a gesture of despair, and would have burst out with…
… THE DIARY OF A BARD. 489 up her hands on seeing her son with a gesture of despair, and would have burst out with the whole tale of the attack. But he passed by her to the couch on which his young wife lay. The golden curls of which he had been so proud hung limp and tangled round the pallid upturned face. The eyes looked dull and weary. She greeted him with a…
… 490 WALES. life and profess Jesus. 0 Lord, save me through thy blessed Son ; amen. 7th.—Very great rain and flood. Daniel's goods…
… 490 WALES. life and profess Jesus. 0 Lord, save me through thy blessed Son ; amen. 7th.—Very great rain and flood. Daniel's goods admired as exceedingly cheap. Sold professedly without profit. Shop prospects very gloomy with me. Trust to God alone for succour and defence amidst conflicting and rival interests. I shall leave this world soon, and if I can get bread and clothing for self and family I am content. I deserve…
… THE DIARY OF A BARD. 491 Mr. R. was very kind and affable, he made tea for me and paid me for my clerkage…
… THE DIARY OF A BARD. 491 Mr. R. was very kind and affable, he made tea for me and paid me for my clerkage for him these two years, £5 in a bank note, —No. 328. He also made me stay to take a glass of whiskey punch, which 1 did, and only took one. Left, it was very dark; called at Bridge ; one P. of A. myself. Robert Griffith half seas over…
… An Anglesey Chxjech. THE DIOCESE OF BANGOR IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. \\7E must be on our guard against taking * * Nonconformist records as…
… An Anglesey Chxjech. THE DIOCESE OF BANGOR IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. \\7E must be on our guard against taking * * Nonconformist records as the only material of our history during the last century. Much light can be thrown on the political, social, religious, and economic condition of the country from vestry books, reports of rural deans, accounts of episcopal visitations, and such sources. To begin with, I give the answers given by clergymen…
… THE DIOGESE OF BANGOR IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 493 to from the same passion for novelty, with¬ out distinguishing their different…
… THE DIOGESE OF BANGOR IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 493 to from the same passion for novelty, with¬ out distinguishing their different tenets. They have a private meeting house in a neighbouring parish, I believe, not licensed. Edward Hughes. settled teachers among them, but come from all parts of Wales. They do not increase, but rather decrease. John Griffith. HEN EGLWYS. 1. About a hundred and sixty persons received…
… 494 WALES. dists' meetings are, as I am told, about five or six and twenty. Their teachers are strangers from South…
… 494 WALES. dists' meetings are, as I am told, about five or six and twenty. Their teachers are strangers from South Wales. Their in¬ crease or decrease is very uncertain. John Edwards, Curate of Llanfihangel Esceiviog. LLANFFINAN. 1. From sixty to seventy. The number that communicated last Easter was sixty five. 2, 3. None. 4. There are but few in this parish that are reputed Methodists, and those attend…
… THE DIOCESE OF BANGOR IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 495 LLANDDANIEL. 1. There were seven score communicants at Easter last. 2. There…
… THE DIOCESE OF BANGOR IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 495 LLANDDANIEL. 1. There were seven score communicants at Easter last. 2. There are no persons in this chapelry who are Papists or reputed to be such. 3. There are no Presbyterians, Indepen¬ dents, Anabaptists, or Quakers in this chapelry. 4. There are some who call themselves Methodists in this chapelry, and they have most frequently itinerant preachers ; but there is a…
… THE UNIVERSITY WEEK. AT Aberystwyth there are two never- ceasing changes which serve to make more pleasant still the life of those…
… THE UNIVERSITY WEEK. AT Aberystwyth there are two never- ceasing changes which serve to make more pleasant still the life of those who are fortunate enough to have their habitation in that desirable place. One change is the result of the ever varying ebb and flow of the sea; but the reader would, I fear, immediately lose his traditional character of gentle if I were to enter upon a poetic description of…
… 498 WALES. \y Miss A. FoxALL, M.A. E. Anwvl, M.A. Charles Owen, B.A. Rev. W. J. Davies, B.A. D. E. Jones, B.Sc.…
… 498 WALES. \y Miss A. FoxALL, M.A. E. Anwvl, M.A. Charles Owen, B.A. Rev. W. J. Davies, B.A. D. E. Jones, B.Sc. (Clerk of the Guild ) E. Edwards, M.A. Mr. Lloyd insisted strongly on the fact that the Guild, in order to live, must meet; and its chief work, he thought, would be, generally, the popularization of culture in Wales, and specially, the encouragement of Welsh studies. Professor Anwyl took the…
… The university week. examiners,—they are to give the inter¬ mediate schools uniformity and life. On Wednesday evening there was a full attendance to…
… The university week. examiners,—they are to give the inter¬ mediate schools uniformity and life. On Wednesday evening there was a full attendance to hear the Master of Balliol's lecture on the relation between learning and culture. Towards the end of his address, inspiring as all his speeches are, Mr. Caird spoke some words of kindly encouragement and advice to the new University. He advised it to take its own line from the beginning,…