A Critical History Of The Celtic Religion And Learning Containing An Account Of The Druids PDF Download

Excerpt from A Critical History of the Celtic Religion, and Learning: Containing an Account of the Druids; Or the Priests and Judges John Toland was born on the 30th November, 1670, in the most northern Peninsula in Ireland, on the Isthmus whereof stands Londonderry. That Peninsula was originally called Inis-Eogan, or Inis-Eogain, but is now called Enis-Owen. Toland had the name of Janus Junius given him at the font, and was called by that name in the school roll every morning; but the other boys making a jest of it, the master ordered him to be called John, which name he kept ever after. Mr. Toland, as far as now can be collected, was the son of a Popish Priest; and, he hath been abused by Abbot Tilladet, Bishop Huetius and others, on the ground of his alleged illegitimacy: which, were it true, is a most base and ridiculous reproach; the child, in such a case, being entirely innocent of the guilt of his parents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.