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The opposition between bardism and Christianity reveals itself in the pieces translated by M. de la Villemarque by many features of original and pathetic interest.

From Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian by Various

The motto of this institution was—‘Y Gwir yn erbyn y byd,’ or The Truth against the world; from which it would appear that bardism was instituted for the purpose of propagating truth. 

From The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition by Borrow, George Henry

Some modern attempts have been made in Wales to revive bardism, and the Cambrian Society was formed in 1818, for this purpose and for the preservation of the remains of the ancient literature.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

These verses were communicated orally, and were never written down whilst bardism or druidism lasted, though the bards and druids at a very early period were acquainted with the use of letters. 

From The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition by Borrow, George Henry

Thanks to this toleration bardism lasted into the heart of the Middle Ages, under the form of a secret doctrine, with a conventional language, and symbols almost wholly borrowed from the solar divinity of Arthur.

From Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian by Various