And the promontory where Llandudno stands is the very centre of this tradition; it is Creuddyn, the bloody city , where every stone has its story; there, opposite its decaying rival, Conway Castle, is Diganwy, not decaying but long since utterly decayed, some crumbling foundations on a crag top and nothing more; Diganwy, where Mael-gwyn shut up Elphin, and where Taliesin came to free him.
— from Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold

In this manner the early history of Europe was written; the more ancient part was stuffed with fables; and when it might have become useful in recording passages and persons 239 of the writer’s own times, we have a one-sided tale, wherein, while half is suppressed, the other is disguised by flattery or by satire.
— from Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli