 It may be objected to this, that hitherto we have sought in vain in Welsh for traces of Basque, and that Welsh is a purely Celtic tongue. The objection finds its answer in the fact that the Ethiopian can change his language but not his skin, and that...  The Place of the Welsh in the History of Britain - Page 9by William Boyd Dawkins - 1889 - 48 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Powys-land Club - 1889 - 492 pages
...tongue, which has so long baffled the philologers, and which is not only non- Aryan but pre-Aryan. It may be objected to this, that hitherto we have...in Cornwall, a part of the old West Wales, and now in the dales of Cumbria only survives in the tongue of shepherds counting their sheep. On the Continent... | |
 | 1890 - 570 pages
...Britain," in the current number of the Montijomeryahire Collection* (Vol. xxiii. , p. 243), he states that " Within the present century Welsh as a language...in Cornwall, a part of the old West Wales, and now in the Dales of Cumbria only survives in the tongue of shepherds counting their sheep." It would be... | |
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