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Gerald Griffin. holding their infants high above their heads , that the babes might look upon their chieftain , and behold the spectacle from which they were them- selves shut out . After a brief interval , the expected procession was ...
Gerald Griffin. holding their infants high above their heads , that the babes might look upon their chieftain , and behold the spectacle from which they were them- selves shut out . After a brief interval , the expected procession was ...
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... looks . O'Driscol Oge , or , as he was more generally named from an unusual length of arm , Sior - lamb , after rallying the bridegroom on the paleness of his countenance , admitted that he showed more ardour in his movements than his ...
... looks . O'Driscol Oge , or , as he was more generally named from an unusual length of arm , Sior - lamb , after rallying the bridegroom on the paleness of his countenance , admitted that he showed more ardour in his movements than his ...
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... 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 .
... 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 .
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... looks of deeper solemnity than ever ; " Unworthy disciples of an art whose foundation stone is vigilance , is it by negligence like this you hope to rival the cele- brity of our great ancestor , who saved the life of king Connor of ...
... looks of deeper solemnity than ever ; " Unworthy disciples of an art whose foundation stone is vigilance , is it by negligence like this you hope to rival the cele- brity of our great ancestor , who saved the life of king Connor of ...
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... look to Elim , who was playing on the ground at her feet , made haste to seek him . Scarcely , however , had she lost sight of the child , when a sudden feeling of distrust awoke in her mind , and she hurried back , accusing herself of ...
... look to Elim , who was playing on the ground at her feet , made haste to seek him . Scarcely , however , had she lost sight of the child , when a sudden feeling of distrust awoke in her mind , and she hurried back , accusing herself of ...
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