The book A New Edition of Tolands History of the Druids was written by author John Toland Here you can read free online of A New Edition of Tolands History of the Druids book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A New Edition of Tolands History of the Druids a good or bad book?
What reading level is A New Edition of Tolands History of the Druids book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But from this we can only with certainty infer, that certain individuals were, at a very early period, so much addicted to particular trees^ or rather groves, that when these were cut down they disappeared. Drys in the Greek does not radically signify an Oak, but a Tree. The Saxon Dry, pro- nounced Dree, is the modern English Tree. By far the most probable etymon of the word Draoi, pronounced Drui, is from Dair, an oak, and Aoi, a stranger or guest. Hence we have the compound word Dairaoi, and ...by abbreviation Draoi, signifying an inhabitant of the oak; a term exactly corresponding with the notion entertained of the Hamndryades by the ancient Greeks. To those better acquainted with the Greek than the Celtic it was very natural to derive Druid from the Greek Drys; but the fact is, that the Greek Drys is the Celtic Draoi^ Graecally terminated. Note III. — Page 57. Of these degrees, the Arch^Druid excepted, there'' s little to be found in the classic authors that treat of the Druids ; tho^ very onuck and very particularly in the Celtic writing sand monuments, • — No man had better access to know, or was better qualified to judge of the Celtic writings than Mr.
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: