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Page 6
... lonely hold near the foot of Gormadark ; but Conall , the chieftain , who loved him both on account of the natural bond , and for his dauntless valour in the field , prevailed on him to take apartments in the Rath , which he was now ...
... lonely hold near the foot of Gormadark ; but Conall , the chieftain , who loved him both on account of the natural bond , and for his dauntless valour in the field , prevailed on him to take apartments in the Rath , which he was now ...
Page 24
... lonely retreat among the hills . Our power is gone , and they would take our name and fame along with it . But let them look to it . If the fire of Bel no longer burn upon the altars of Tlachta , it is still unquenched ; 24 THE INVASION .
... lonely retreat among the hills . Our power is gone , and they would take our name and fame along with it . But let them look to it . If the fire of Bel no longer burn upon the altars of Tlachta , it is still unquenched ; 24 THE INVASION .
Page 40
... new comers , as the procession reached the entrance of the valley , was observed to turn aside from the rest , and take the way which led to the lonely inlet of Glen- gariff . It was Clothra , the wife of a 40 THE INVASION .
... new comers , as the procession reached the entrance of the valley , was observed to turn aside from the rest , and take the way which led to the lonely inlet of Glen- gariff . It was Clothra , the wife of a 40 THE INVASION .
Page 61
... lonely Hyperborean isle , the theme alike of bardic and historic fiction , its shores , though not unseen , were long un- touched by the enquiring navigators of the south . The Phoenician trader beheld its wooded hills from his galley ...
... lonely Hyperborean isle , the theme alike of bardic and historic fiction , its shores , though not unseen , were long un- touched by the enquiring navigators of the south . The Phoenician trader beheld its wooded hills from his galley ...
Page 64
... fashioned into weapons of destruction ; the bra- zen sword - blade shone in the grasp of the gal- loglach ; the sling , the arrow , and the javelin , made the ways unsafe to the lonely hobbeler , and 64 THE INVASION .
... fashioned into weapons of destruction ; the bra- zen sword - blade shone in the grasp of the gal- loglach ; the sling , the arrow , and the javelin , made the ways unsafe to the lonely hobbeler , and 64 THE INVASION .
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