The doom of the Griffiths
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| dc.contributor.author | Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-14 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-21T09:56:19Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-21T09:56:19Z |
| dc.date.created | 1858 |
| dc.identifier | ota:3099 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/3099 |
| dc.description.abstract | First edition published in 1858. |
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| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
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| dc.subject.lcsh | Fiction -- Great Britain -- 19th century |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Short stories -- Great Britain -- 19th century |
| dc.title | The doom of the Griffiths |
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| otaterms.date.range | 1800-1899 |
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The Doom of the Griffiths by Elizabeth Gaskell The Doom of the Griffiths Chapter I I have always been much interested by the traditions which are scattered up and down North Wales relating to Owen Glendower (Owain Glendwr is the national spelling of the name), and I fully enter into the feeling which makes the Welsh peasant still look upon him as the hero of his country. There was great joy among many of the inhabitants of the principality, when the subject of the Welsh prize poem at Oxford, some fifteen or sixteen years ago, was announced to be 'Owain Glendwr.' It was the most proudly national subject that had been given for years. Perhaps some may not be aware that this redoubted chieftain is, even in the present days of enlightenment, as famous among his illiterate countrymen for his magical powers as for his patriotism. He says himself—or Shakespeare says it for him, which is much the same thing: 'At my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes Of burning cressets . . . . . .
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