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... possessions . The cross lands of Dublin appear to have been partly in the northern , and partly in the southern sections of the county , and indeed the names of two of its baronies , so respectively situated , Nether - Cross , and Upper ...
... possessions . The cross lands of Dublin appear to have been partly in the northern , and partly in the southern sections of the county , and indeed the names of two of its baronies , so respectively situated , Nether - Cross , and Upper ...
Page 73
... possessions in this land , flowing with milk and honey . * The King of Den- mark sent his two sons , Carolus Kanutus ... possession of that most wealthy country which had twelve cities , great bishoprics , & c . His temporibus Normanni ...
... possessions in this land , flowing with milk and honey . * The King of Den- mark sent his two sons , Carolus Kanutus ... possession of that most wealthy country which had twelve cities , great bishoprics , & c . His temporibus Normanni ...
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... possessions of the dissolved Templars should continue subject to the same burdens to which they had been liable in ... possession of the knights of St. John of Jerusa- lem , an order which was instituted on the following occasion . Roll ...
... possessions of the dissolved Templars should continue subject to the same burdens to which they had been liable in ... possession of the knights of St. John of Jerusa- lem , an order which was instituted on the following occasion . Roll ...
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... possessions , which the priory of Kil- mainham had enjoyed here , as above stated , was in 1600 granted to Sir Geoffrey Fenton ; the rectory having been then calculated as of the annual value of forty shillings . * In 1608 these ...
... possessions , which the priory of Kil- mainham had enjoyed here , as above stated , was in 1600 granted to Sir Geoffrey Fenton ; the rectory having been then calculated as of the annual value of forty shillings . * In 1608 these ...
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... possessions ; that fourth alone being defined as four leagues in circumference . The founder was afterwards buried in the middle of its choir , as were also many of his descendants . The cemetery is further remarka- ble , as that in ...
... possessions ; that fourth alone being defined as four leagues in circumference . The founder was afterwards buried in the middle of its choir , as were also many of his descendants . The cemetery is further remarka- ble , as that in ...
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abbey acres afterwards ancient annual rent annum arable Archbishop of Dublin Balgriffin Balrothery Barnewall Baron Bishop Bray called Canc castle Castleknock century chancel chapel Chapelizod chief Christ Church Christopher Clondalkin Clontarf common Coolock county of Dublin crown Dalkey Dean demesne died seised Earl Edward English erected Esker Eustace Fagan Finglas Fitz flowering forfeited glebe granted grass Hamilton heir Henry hill Hollywood Howth impropriate Inquis inquisition Ireland Irish James Kildare Kilmainham Kilternan King king's knight lands Liffey Lusk Malahide manor Meath messuages mill monument mountain Newcastle Nicholas notice Palmerstown parish parliament passed patent Patrick's Cathedral Portmarnock Portrane possessions prebend prebendary present prior proprietor Rathcoole Rathfarnham rectory regal visitation Richard river road Robert rocks Roman Catholic ruins Santry seised side stone Swords Talbot Tallagh Taylor thereof Thomas tion tithes town townland vicar vicarage village visitation of 1615 walls William wood
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Page 81 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Page 301 - As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time?
Page 55 - I am to be gathered unto my people : bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that is in the field of "Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite, for a possession of a burying-place.
Page 345 - VILLA.* WOULD you that Delville I describe ? Believe me, Sir, I will not gibe: For who would be satirical Upon a thing so very small ? You scarce upon the borders enter, Before you're at the very centre. A single crow can make it night, When o'er your farm she takes her flight : Yet, in this narrow compass, we Observe a vast variety ; Both walks, walls, meadows, and parterres, Windows and doors, and rooms and stairs, And hills and dales...
Page 346 - Observe a vast variety; Both walks, walls, meadows, and parterres, Windows and doors, and rooms and stairs, And hills and dales, and woods and fields, And hay, and grass, and corn, it yields: All to your haggard...
Page 142 - And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Page 203 - How would it have joyed brave Talbot, the terror of the French, to think that after he had lain two hundred years in his tomb, he should triumph again on the stage and have his bones new embalmed with the tears of ten thousand spectators at least (at several times), who, in the tragedian that represents his person, imagine they behold him fresh bleeding...
Page 820 - I saw young Harry, with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
Page 417 - Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; From nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that he died.
Page 55 - And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: but I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace.