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Page 25
... hast taunted me with the blemish of my blood . See that the current of thine own flows undisturbed . " He departed from the festival , not heeding , or not hearing , an attempt at explanation made by the hasty bridegroom . The ...
... hast taunted me with the blemish of my blood . See that the current of thine own flows undisturbed . " He departed from the festival , not heeding , or not hearing , an attempt at explanation made by the hasty bridegroom . The ...
Page 52
... Matha , beckon- ing the young archer to her side . " At whom hast thou been shooting ? " " At the Hooded People , " answered Elim . " And why , my child ? " " Because Moyel told me that their chieftain killed my 52 THE INVASION .
... Matha , beckon- ing the young archer to her side . " At whom hast thou been shooting ? " " At the Hooded People , " answered Elim . " And why , my child ? " " Because Moyel told me that their chieftain killed my 52 THE INVASION .
Page 84
... hast the steady eye of an O'Haedha . Thou dost not know me , Elim . I am an Ithian , too . Take courage , child ; we are not going to make a monk of thee . " Elim smiled , but still cast awful looks around him , and seemed as if he had ...
... hast the steady eye of an O'Haedha . Thou dost not know me , Elim . I am an Ithian , too . Take courage , child ; we are not going to make a monk of thee . " Elim smiled , but still cast awful looks around him , and seemed as if he had ...
Page 132
... hast best come this way to the college , for the bell has rung . " They walked together to their lodgings , Elim , as he strolled along , assuming the patron , and letting the respectful Northumbrian into the college politics ...
... hast best come this way to the college , for the bell has rung . " They walked together to their lodgings , Elim , as he strolled along , assuming the patron , and letting the respectful Northumbrian into the college politics ...
Page 181
... hast reason . " " While they sat conversing on topics of arms , or on familiar recollections of days gone by , numbers of the nearer members of the family appeared with their bright - faced congratulations , and the dance and song were ...
... hast reason . " " While they sat conversing on topics of arms , or on familiar recollections of days gone by , numbers of the nearer members of the family appeared with their bright - faced congratulations , and the dance and song were ...
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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 Vuscfrĉa 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 7 - COL. HAWKER'S INSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN in all that relates to Guns and Shooting.
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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.