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... PRESENT EXISTING . Arranged and printed from the personal communications of the Nobility . By EDMUND LODGE , Esq . , Norroy King of Arms , F. S. A. , & c .; to which is added a VIEW OF THE BARONETAGE of the THREE KINGDOMS . THE INVASION ...
... PRESENT EXISTING . Arranged and printed from the personal communications of the Nobility . By EDMUND LODGE , Esq . , Norroy King of Arms , F. S. A. , & c .; to which is added a VIEW OF THE BARONETAGE of the THREE KINGDOMS . THE INVASION ...
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... stained , the spirit of arms not quenched but puri- fied in its motive , they had begun to prefer inde- pendence to dominion , and charity to discord . CHAPTER II . THERE was a chieftain present who did THE INVASION . 21.
... stained , the spirit of arms not quenched but puri- fied in its motive , they had begun to prefer inde- pendence to dominion , and charity to discord . CHAPTER II . THERE was a chieftain present who did THE INVASION . 21.
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Gerald Griffin. CHAPTER II . THERE was a chieftain present who did not join in the praises that were bestowed on the song of the filea , nor in the gifts which he received from the assembled chiefs . It had also been observed that he did ...
Gerald Griffin. CHAPTER II . THERE was a chieftain present who did not join in the praises that were bestowed on the song of the filea , nor in the gifts which he received from the assembled chiefs . It had also been observed that he did ...
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... with the island , at that time garrisoned only by some wan- dering kine , but from which at present a Mar- tello tower frowns sternly down upon the scene of beauty . The song of the wood - lark , which , THE INVASION . 41.
... with the island , at that time garrisoned only by some wan- dering kine , but from which at present a Mar- tello tower frowns sternly down upon the scene of beauty . The song of the wood - lark , which , THE INVASION . 41.
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... present with an op- pressive splendour , three figures sat motionless upon the grass , their solemn visages presenting a monumental contrast to the verdure with which they were surrounded . They were the same who had followed the ...
... present with an op- pressive splendour , three figures sat motionless upon the grass , their solemn visages presenting a monumental contrast to the verdure with which they were surrounded . They were the same who had followed the ...
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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.