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" Britain, to deliver and set forth the judgment of the sessions, in the face of the sun, and in the eye of the light, on all, with respect to genius and moral conduct, who may seek for presid^ncy and privilege. "
Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature - Page 221
edited by - 1811 - 415 pages
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Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to ..., Volume 11

Powys-land Club - 1878 - 450 pages
...Druids. It certainly accords with the situation generally chosen by them as the site of a temple, " in the face of the sun, and in the eye of the light". Mcigen. — This British city is supposed to have occupied the site of Mediolanum, now called Clawdd...
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Hansard's Parliamentary Debates

Great Britain. Parliament - 1868 - 1132 pages
...under any circumstances be inflicted. If this extreme punishment were inBicted at all, it should be in the face of the sun and in the eye of the people. He was aware of the inconveniences which arose from public executions ; but still they were...
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Publications of the Manx Society, Volume 19

Manx Society - 1871 - 220 pages
...their affairs in the open day ; and the ancient Bards of Britain held their assemblies in the open air, in " the face of the sun and in the eye of the light." These gorsedds or places of poetry, from whence the Welsh Triads were delivered, were environed with...
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Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales: North

John Timbs - 1872 - 602 pages
...ages, under the Druidic theology, was venerated as the sacred altar on which the Druids offered, " in the face of the sun, and in the eye of the vuorld" their orisons to the Great Creator. The ground immediately around the stone is at present a...
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The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life

William Rounseville Alger - 1878 - 1046 pages
...free hierarchy of minstrel-priests whose teachings were proclaimed, as their assemblies were held, "in the face of the sun and in the eye of the light," and whose thrilling motto was, "TiiE Tni~ru AGAINST THE WORLD." The latest publication on the subject...
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Primitive Folk-moots: Or, Open-air Assemblies in Britain

George Laurence Gomme - 1880 - 340 pages
...of Britain, for the purpose of pronouncing the judgment of a Gorsedd, in the eye of the sun and face of the light, on all with respect to genius and moral conduct who may seek for precedency and privilege, according to the privilege and custom of the Bards of the Isle of Britain....
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Anglo-Israel: Or, The Saxon Race, Proved to be the Lost Tribes of Israel. In ...

William Henry Poole - 1889 - 704 pages
...witness unto them. The religious services of the Druids were held in the open air, as they said, " In the face of the sun and in the eye of the light." Their speaker stood upon a stone in a circle. The stone was called Carrag-lafai, or speaking- stone....
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