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Page viii
... already chosen to treat of the manners of the middle ages : " ces temps , " says the ac- complished Sismondi , " que le plus grand historien de nos jours a appelés les siè- cles du mérite ignoré . " We allude to that numerous body , the ...
... already chosen to treat of the manners of the middle ages : " ces temps , " says the ac- complished Sismondi , " que le plus grand historien de nos jours a appelés les siè- cles du mérite ignoré . " We allude to that numerous body , the ...
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... white , rode the crotarie , whose clarsech , or harp , suspended from his neck in front , gave indication of his popular calling . Few merited better than old Diermodh and his companion the praise which was already given 8 THE INVASION ,
... white , rode the crotarie , whose clarsech , or harp , suspended from his neck in front , gave indication of his popular calling . Few merited better than old Diermodh and his companion the praise which was already given 8 THE INVASION ,
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Gerald Griffin. Diermodh and his companion the praise which was already given to Irish minstrelsy , nor can we deny the isle its tuneful eminence , when we remember that , even earlier than Conla's day , the royal bene- factress of the ...
Gerald Griffin. Diermodh and his companion the praise which was already given to Irish minstrelsy , nor can we deny the isle its tuneful eminence , when we remember that , even earlier than Conla's day , the royal bene- factress of the ...
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... already arose into the air . Snatching his spear , his shield , and his cathbhar , or helmet , and bidding the people of the Rath not to alarm his wife , the chieftain vaulted on his steed , and gal- loped away in the direction of the ...
... already arose into the air . Snatching his spear , his shield , and his cathbhar , or helmet , and bidding the people of the Rath not to alarm his wife , the chieftain vaulted on his steed , and gal- loped away in the direction of the ...
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... already in the strife . To the hills , brave Baseg , and as- sist thy kinsman ! " The thanist , for it was the same of whom we have already spoken , gave the rein to his horse , and was quickly out of sight . Some time passed away , and ...
... already in the strife . To the hills , brave Baseg , and as- sist thy kinsman ! " The thanist , for it was the same of whom we have already spoken , gave the rein to his horse , and was quickly out of sight . Some time passed away , and ...
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3d Edit 6th Edit abbey Ailred Airtree Aithne amongst ancient Anglo-Saxon Ard-Draithe Ard-righ arms ATLAS attire Author Baseg boards BOTANY brehoun carbudh Carthan Cead millia falta character chief chieftain child Clothra coloured CONVERSATIONS Coom crotarie currach daltin Danaan Dene Domnona Draithe Druid Duach dwelling Elim Elim's Engravings father festival Foolscap 8vo friends galloglachs gave hand head HISTORY Hooded horse ILLUSTRATE India Proofs Inisfail island isle J. C. LOUDON JAMES WEDDELL javelin JOHN LINDLEY Kenric kerne land Leath Mogha lonely look Maps Matha Melcha mind monarch monks morning mountain Moyel Muingharidh Northumbrian O'Driscol O'Haedha passed peace Plates Poems post 8vo precentor Price Rath Rath-Aidan religious ROBERT SOUTHEY royal scene sept shore silence smile song stood stranger Tamrach thanist thee THOMAS BOWDLER thou art thou hast tion Tuathal Valuable Standard volla vols Vuscfræa wood young chieftain young Ithian
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Page 4 - A NATURAL SYSTEM OF BOTANY; or, a Systematic View of the Organization, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution of the whole Vegetable Kingdom : together with the Uses of the most important Species in Medicine, the Arts, &c.
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Page 6 - It is impossible to read a page in the volume before us that does not bear the stamp of originality and of high poetical talents."— Gents.
Page xiv - Irish readers who may not regret to find embodied, in a work of imagination, a synopsis of the early constitution, and of the moral history of their native land, and who may regard with an interest more permanent, if not more exciting, than that which addresses itself to the passions, an attempt at tracing, to their remotest origin, some of the influences which have concurred in the formation of the national character.