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Page 15
... mountain when you die . " The guests soon after came forward with their offerings . The chieftain of the Glens pre- sented to the bride a cross of emeralds , a pair of topaz armlets , a mantle of the richest crimson dye that the moss of ...
... mountain when you die . " The guests soon after came forward with their offerings . The chieftain of the Glens pre- sented to the bride a cross of emeralds , a pair of topaz armlets , a mantle of the richest crimson dye that the moss of ...
Page 23
... mountains in the interior of the country , their ancient rites and customs , and that he acted both as their civil governor and Ard- Draithe , or chief Druid . This was a sufficient explanation of what would otherwise have excited high ...
... mountains in the interior of the country , their ancient rites and customs , and that he acted both as their civil governor and Ard- Draithe , or chief Druid . This was a sufficient explanation of what would otherwise have excited high ...
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... mountain pass , had rendered fruitless , he had re- ceived a blow on the head from the brazen ball of a kran - tabal , or sling which occasioned instant death ; and , in a few seconds afterwards , the hostile Ard - Draithe was seen ...
... mountain pass , had rendered fruitless , he had re- ceived a blow on the head from the brazen ball of a kran - tabal , or sling which occasioned instant death ; and , in a few seconds afterwards , the hostile Ard - Draithe was seen ...
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... mountain hold , with ready welcome . Resentment it was hardly thought could carry any one so far ; and it was now asserted with confidence that the slayer of the departed C 5 THE INVASION . 33 wise, the succession would pass in its ...
... mountain hold , with ready welcome . Resentment it was hardly thought could carry any one so far ; and it was now asserted with confidence that the slayer of the departed C 5 THE INVASION . 33 wise, the succession would pass in its ...
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... mountain . Towards noon , however , new sights and scenes began to occupy his mind , and restore his spirits to their usual buoyancy . CHAPTER V. THEY travelled for some days through a long D 5 THE INVASION . 57 pressed him to her bosom ...
... mountain . Towards noon , however , new sights and scenes began to occupy his mind , and restore his spirits to their usual buoyancy . CHAPTER V. THEY travelled for some days through a long D 5 THE INVASION . 57 pressed him to her bosom ...
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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 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.