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Page xi
... stranger than our fiction . Thus much we have thought it neces- sary to say , in order to provide against the consequences of critical disappoint- ment in a performance , the materials of which have been collected with no small care and ...
... stranger than our fiction . Thus much we have thought it neces- sary to say , in order to provide against the consequences of critical disappoint- ment in a performance , the materials of which have been collected with no small care and ...
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... response at its termination . To those who enquired into the cause of this singularity it was intimated that the stranger was neither an Eoganacht nor Ithian , but the chieftain of the Hooded People , a Druid CHAPTER II. ...
... response at its termination . To those who enquired into the cause of this singularity it was intimated that the stranger was neither an Eoganacht nor Ithian , but the chieftain of the Hooded People , a Druid CHAPTER II. ...
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... stranger , having the appearance of a merchant , landed and approached the dwelling . He greeted Clothra and enquired for Moyel , her husband , who he understood had got some of those beau- tiful ger - falcons which were indigenous only ...
... stranger , having the appearance of a merchant , landed and approached the dwelling . He greeted Clothra and enquired for Moyel , her husband , who he understood had got some of those beau- tiful ger - falcons which were indigenous only ...
Page 49
... stranger , and something inexplicable in his demeanour that seemed to indicate suppressed anxiety , she made no doubt that the whole proceeding was an at- tempt to obtain possession of the infant . In- capable , however , of preserving ...
... stranger , and something inexplicable in his demeanour that seemed to indicate suppressed anxiety , she made no doubt that the whole proceeding was an at- tempt to obtain possession of the infant . In- capable , however , of preserving ...
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... strangers , the giving of alms , and the instruction of the nu- merous youth who flocked hitherward in great numbers from different parts of the island , from the shores of Inismore , and even from those of some continental nations ...
... strangers , the giving of alms , and the instruction of the nu- merous youth who flocked hitherward in great numbers from different parts of the island , from the shores of Inismore , and even from those of some continental nations ...
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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 4 - A NATURAL SYSTEM OF BOTANY; or, a Systematic View of the Organization, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution of the whole Vegetable Kingdom : together with the Uses of the most important Species in Medicine, the Arts, &c.
Page 5 - GOOD.-THE BOOK OF NATURE. A Popular Illustration of the General Laws and Phenomena of Creation. By JOHN MASON GOOD, MDFRS, &c.
Page 4 - A GRAMMAR of BOTANY, illustrative of artificial, as well as natural Classification, with an explanation of Jussieu's System.
Page 7 - COL. HAWKER'S INSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN in all that relates to Guns and Shooting.
Page 8 - CONVERSATIONS ON VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; comprehending" the Elements of Botany, with their application to Agriculture.
Page 7 - Fitzford," &c. &c. 3 vols. post 8vo. 11. 7s. boards. THE STORY OF A LIFE. Two vols. post 8vo. Third Edition. 18s. boards. " We involuntarily follow, and smile, and weep, and recover again, and pause in wonder at the skill of the magician, whose wand has such strange power over our faculties.
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Page 6 - It is impossible to read a page in the volume before us that does not bear the stamp of originality and of high poetical talents."— Gents.
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.