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Which mounds seem to have been originally intended as places of sepulture, but in many instances were afterwards used as strongholds, bonhills or beacon-heights, or as places on which adoration was paid to the host of heaven. From the Tomen there is a noble view of the Bala valley, the Lake of Beauty up to its southern extremity, and the neighbouring and distant mountains.
Que se tomen la molestia de recorrer los pueblos y pedir limosna y se resarcirán de esa pérdida.
All conquered people are suspicious of their conquerors, The English have forgot that they ever conquered the Welsh, but some ages will elapse before the Welsh forget that the English have conquered them. The Breakfast The Tomen Bala El Punto de la Vana. I SLEPT soundly that night, as well I might, my bed being good and my body weary.
Of Bala, its lake and Tomen, I shall have something to say on a future occasion. Leaving Bala I passed through the village of Llanfair and found myself by the Dee, whose course I followed for some way. Coming to the northern extremity of the Bala valley, I entered a pass tending due north. Here the road slightly diverged from the river. I sped along, delighted with the beauty of the scenery.
On the top grows a gwern or alder-tree, about a foot thick, its bark terribly scotched with letters and uncouth characters, carved by the idlers of the town who are fond of resorting to the top of the mound in fine weather, and lying down on the grass which covers it. The Tomen is about the same size as Glendower's Mount on the Dee, which it much resembles in shape.
It has two long streets, extending from north to south, a few narrow cross ones, an ancient church, partly overgrown with ivy, with a very pointed steeple, and a town-hall of some antiquity, in which Welsh interludes used to be performed. After gratifying my curiosity with respect to the town, I visited the mound the wondrous Tomen Bala. The Tomen Bala stands at the northern end of the town.
The Llangollen people can show nothing like that." Tom Jenkins looked at me for a moment with some surprise, and then said: "I see you have been here before, sir." "No," said I, "never, but I have read about the Tomen Bala in books, both Welsh and English." "You have, sir," said Tom. "Well, I am rejoiced to see so book- learned a gentleman in our house. The Tomen Bala has puzzled many a head.
'There is not much to see in the town, I admit, said I, 'but the scenery about it is beautiful: what mountains! 'Mountains, your honour, mountains! well, we have mountains too, and as beautiful as those of Llangollen. Then we have our lake, our Llyn Tegid, the lake of beauty. Show me anything like that near Llangollen? 'Then, said I, 'there is your mound, your Tomen Bala.
The Llangollen people can show nothing like that. Tom Jenkins looked at me for a moment with some surprise, and then said: 'I see you have been here before, sir. 'No, said I, 'never, but I have read about the Tomen Bala in books, both Welsh and English. 'You have, sir, said Tom. 'Well, I am rejoiced to see so book-learned a gentleman in our house. The Tomen Bala has puzzled many a head.
DON PEDRO. Vaya, vaya, esos escrúpulos se quitan con señalar un día de esta semana para que se tomen los dichos. DON EDUARDO. ¡No sé lo que pasa por mí! DON PEDRO. A la verdad que yo no me esperaba tampoco ... la niña, como le dije a usted, es muy dócil, eso es otra cosa, y muy bien criada, pero.... DON EDUARDO. Pero señor, por la Virgen Santísima, si ella apenas hace un cuarto de hora....
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