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... passed from lip to lip , it might be judged that the occasion was a festive one . The gates of the Rath stood open , and were guarded by two lines of armed galloglachs , who restrained the crowd , and kept an open space clear , as if ...
... passed from lip to lip , it might be judged that the occasion was a festive one . The gates of the Rath stood open , and were guarded by two lines of armed galloglachs , who restrained the crowd , and kept an open space clear , as if ...
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... passed away , and a daltin came running back to say that the hostile party were a band of the Hooded People of the Hills , the Druid sept over which the chief presided whom Conall had offended at the feast . A second came to say that ...
... passed away , and a daltin came running back to say that the hostile party were a band of the Hooded People of the Hills , the Druid sept over which the chief presided whom Conall had offended at the feast . A second came to say that ...
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... passed from beneath the branches of a pathway closely embowered into an open space before a building of moderate extent . A lofty screen of ash , oak , hazel , the tree called Indian pine , witch elm , and other tenants of the forest ...
... passed from beneath the branches of a pathway closely embowered into an open space before a building of moderate extent . A lofty screen of ash , oak , hazel , the tree called Indian pine , witch elm , and other tenants of the forest ...
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... Passing these solemn disciples of Esculapius , Clothra advanced to the entrance of the dwelling , and , committing the hobbie to the care of Moyel , made bold to enter with the usual benediction . She found the man of medicine ...
... Passing these solemn disciples of Esculapius , Clothra advanced to the entrance of the dwelling , and , committing the hobbie to the care of Moyel , made bold to enter with the usual benediction . She found the man of medicine ...
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... or five monks , who were walking along to and fro under the shadow of a line of beeches , and reading in silence . Passing this stilly scene , Elim was con- ducted to the apartment of the abbot . But , THE INVASION . 59.
... or five monks , who were walking along to and fro under the shadow of a line of beeches , and reading in silence . Passing this stilly scene , Elim was con- ducted to the apartment of the abbot . But , THE INVASION . 59.
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