Word Finder - bard

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A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

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(by extension) A poet.

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Shakespeare is known as the bard of Avon.

The bard will exaggerate or distort his story.

He was the national bard of justice, humanity and reform, whose voice went up as a trumpet until the victory was won.

The Bard of the Dimbovitza was first published in 1891, and was soon reissued and expanded.

Perhaps you fancy hearing Highland stories from the lips of a genuine Gaelic bard.

The Bard's Tale is a fairly easy game to learn.

The producer of this game chose just the right people to play the Bard and Narrator.

But speaking of the Celtic bard, I feel a little of the difficult pressing upon me.

After the Bard destroys the rat and receives his reward, the helpful stranger tells him about another powerful magic song; and with promises of wealth and power, sets him on a journey that turns him into an unlikely hero.

Many times, the Bard's sarcasm gets the best results, while other times it is inappropriate.

The Bard gains levels after accumulating a number of points achieved through combat and quest completion.

The music played by the Bard has an Irish folk-song style.

The Bard then goes to the basement only to find a gigantic rat who is more than a handful.

A mysterious stranger (who happens to be in the basement) offers the Bard training and a new tune that can conjure up a more powerful creature that will help the Bard kill the beast.

A skill is also selected to complete your Bard's character.

The only difference between the difficulty levels is the number of points the Bard will have available to him and the number of save game locations.

The most enjoyable aspect is the summoning of various creatures that the Bard will cast by playing his magic lute.

The Bard can summon one creature initially, but will eventually be able to cast up to four at a time.

You are sometimes required to make a choice on what type of verbal response the Bard will give in certain situations.

Movie sequences can be skipped for the most part, and the Bard will make a sarcastic remark like "Next!"

The Bard's Tale is a fun, single player, action/role-playing/adventure game where you play a sarcastic, self-centered lute-playing individual who is on a personal quest for power, silver and lust.

Create your own Bard by adjusting his character stats, and picking his initial skill.

Join the Bard's perilous adventures as he becomes an unlikely hero.

He finally finds love again in the person of the young bard Stefan, before dying in a last stand that saves the kingdom from invaders.

The revolt against his primacy took the form of a fierce war of pamphlets, and led ultimately to the dethronement of the blind bard.

This is the ultimate word on Burns; a collection of every single song and poem written by Scotland's best know bard.

In the dream he saw the bard Zanzibar and believes that Zan is a traitor and caused the downfall of the city.

A warrior might perform valiant deeds, but his fame would soon vanish if he had no bard to record them for posterity.

Truly sang the bard - for May Yesterday began to reign!

Robert Burns, Scotland's most famous bard, drew heavily upon these songs for his poetry, as did Sir Walter Scott.

One of the attractions is Ossian's Cave, associated with the legends of the ancient Scottish bard.

I then discovered that my name meant ' Olave ' - a druid bard.

This last salute called forth an impromptu couplet from the gifted Bard which deserves to be immortalized.

In this state of sensory deprivation the bard would seek inspiration.

They performed their power version for Donovan at his Hertfordshire home, influencing the bard who adopted their electric fuzz for his next single.

I'm the wrong person to ask about this, being rather obsessive fan of the bard and filmic adaptations of his work.

Come along and toast our national bard with five diamond drams and a haggis supper.

The exploit was celebrated by Cormacan, the king's bard, in a poem that has been printed by the Irish Archaeological Society; and a number of Murkertagh's other deeds are related in the Book of Leinster.

But the fervent patriotism, elevated style, and glowing diction of Berzsenyi soon caused him to be recognized as a truly national bard.

Such men were Egil, the foe of Eirik Bloodaxe and the friend of lEthelstan; Kormak, the hot-headed champion; Eyvind, King Haakon's poet, called Skaldaspillir, because he copied in his dirge over that king the older and finer Eiriksmal; Gunnlaug, who sang at Æthelred's court, and fell at the hands of a brother bard, Hrafn; Hallfred, Olaf Tryggvason's poet, who lies in Iona by the side of Macbeth; Sighvat, Saint Olaf's henchman, most prolific of all his comrades; Thormod, Coalbrow's poet, who died singing after Sticklestad battle; Ref, Ottar the Black, Arnor the earls' poet, and, of those whose poetry was almost confined to Iceland, Gretti, Biorn the Hitdale champion, and the two model Icelandic masters, Einar Skulason and Markus the Lawman, both of the 12th century.

The chief Irish measure of 1899 was an Agricultural and Technical Instruction Act, which established a new department (see the section Economics above) with the chief secretary at its head and an elaborate system Bard of of local committees.

The bard performed his tales in reverse chronological order for dramatic effect.

The Bard will have access to many musical tunes that will give him creatures and characters with different abilities.

The Bard's Tale is a fun, single-player, action/role-playing/adventure game filled with magic, humorous dialog and narration, battles with multiple creatures and exploration of exotic lands.

You play the "Bard", a sarcastic, sharp-witted, lute-playing individual whose goals in life up to this point were only to fill his pocket with silver, his belly with food, and enjoy the company of many women.

The game begins when the Bard goes to a local tavern to try and con the barkeep for some food.

When you start a new game, the Bard's character statistics for Strength, Vitality, Charisma, Luck, Dexterity can be adjusted with a set number of points.

The narrator of the game will also chime in many times to tell some details of the Bard's story and make smart and insulting remarks about him throughout the game.

He said, "I am born a poet"; and again, writing to Carlyle, he called himself "half a bard."

His body was brought to Amesbury for interment; the funeral services were held in the open air, and conducted after the simple rites of the Friends, in the presence of a large concourse, certain of whom " spake as they were moved " in tribute to the bard.

Shortly after this event he was made head bard of Glamorgan by universal acclamation.