A new and impartial history of Ireland. 4 vols. [in 2].1820 |
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xiii. oldal
... Roman people could not produce so authentic a testimony of the antiquity of their own name . ‡ It was known by the name of Iuverna to Juvenal , Pomponius Mela , and Solinus ; Ptolomey calls it In universum gens hæc corpore valida et ...
... Roman people could not produce so authentic a testimony of the antiquity of their own name . ‡ It was known by the name of Iuverna to Juvenal , Pomponius Mela , and Solinus ; Ptolomey calls it In universum gens hæc corpore valida et ...
xxx. oldal
... Roman and Irish names . The moon was adored by the name of Sam- hain on every first of November ; some traces of this worship still remain in Ireland . On the first of a new moon it is usual to borrow a piece of silver , which is deemed ...
... Roman and Irish names . The moon was adored by the name of Sam- hain on every first of November ; some traces of this worship still remain in Ireland . On the first of a new moon it is usual to borrow a piece of silver , which is deemed ...
lxxvi. oldal
... Romans in their country ; as , on all their coins on which mu- sical instruments are represented , we see only the See Ramsay's Cyrus . $ Roman lyra , and not the British teylin or lxxvi Introduction .
... Romans in their country ; as , on all their coins on which mu- sical instruments are represented , we see only the See Ramsay's Cyrus . $ Roman lyra , and not the British teylin or lxxvi Introduction .
lxxvii. oldal
Martin M'Dermot. $ Roman lyra , and not the British teylin or harp . Neither can the Welsh trace their bards or music , higher than the time of Cadwallador , who died in 688. * Both the Greeks and Romans were unac- quainted with such an ...
Martin M'Dermot. $ Roman lyra , and not the British teylin or harp . Neither can the Welsh trace their bards or music , higher than the time of Cadwallador , who died in 688. * Both the Greeks and Romans were unac- quainted with such an ...
1. oldal
... received it from them- selves ; and instead of adopting that barbarous policy which degrades the annals of the Romans , VOL . I. B Saxons , Saracens , and other victorious nations - in-. EARLY HISTORY OF IRELAND . METROFD POLICE OF THE ...
... received it from them- selves ; and instead of adopting that barbarous policy which degrades the annals of the Romans , VOL . I. B Saxons , Saracens , and other victorious nations - in-. EARLY HISTORY OF IRELAND . METROFD POLICE OF THE ...
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ancient annals antiquity appear appointed archbishop arms army authority bards battle Bede bishop Brian Britain brother called cause celebrated century chief chieftains christian church clergy Cogitosus command Cormoc crown Cumhal Damnonii Danes death defeated deputy Dermod Desmond druids Dublin earl of Desmond earl of Kildare enemy engagement England English Eochaidh father forces Gaul Heber Henry Heremon historians honour inhabitants invaded Irish Irish language island Keating king of Conaught king of Leinster king of Munster king's kingdom knights land laws learned Ledwich lord Macpherson Malachy Meath ment Milesians monarch monarch of Ireland monastery Mortogh narch nation natives nature Nemedians O'Halloran obliged Ormond parliament Patrick Picts possessed prince prove province received reign religion rendered Roman Rome royal saint says Scotland Scots sent slain soon subjects succeeded success successor suppose sword Tara throne tion troops Turgesius Ulster victory Warner writers
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227. oldal - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age : and he made him a coat of many colours.
144. oldal - Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe...
3. oldal - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine. And glittering thoughts struck out at every line; Pleased with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus, unskill'd to trace The naked Nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art.
142. oldal - There is another cause of alteration more prevalent than any other, which yet in the present state of the world cannot be obviated. A mixture of two languages...
178. oldal - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
vi. oldal - Far westward lies an isle of ancient fame, By Nature blessed — Hibernia is her name. Enrolled in books — exhaustless is her store Of veiny silver and of golden ore. Her fruitful soil for ever teems with wealth. With gems her waters, and her air with health ; Her verdant fields with milk and honey flow, Her woolly fleeces vie with virgin snow ; Her waving furrows float with bended corn, And arms and arts her envied sons adorn.
106. oldal - ... of christian perfection. They chose for their habitation the most dreary situations : no motives but those of charity could draw them from their cells ;- and, if they appeared in public, their object was to reconcile enemies, to instruct the ignorant, to discourage vice, and to plead the cause of the unfortunate. The little property which they enjoyed was common to all. Poverty they esteemed as the surest guardian of virtue : and the benefactions of the opulent they respectfully declined, or...
256. oldal - ... costly dress, undertook a journey alone, from one end of the kingdom to the other, with a wand only in her hand, at the top of which was a ring of exceeding great value : and such an impression had the laws and government of this monarch made on the minds of all the people that no attempt was made upon her honour, nor was she robbed of her clothes or jewels.
xxvii. oldal - And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shall not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
vi. oldal - Her verdant fields with milk and honey flow, Her woolly fleeces vie with virgin snow ; Her waving furrows float with bearded corn, And arms and arts her envied sons adorn. No savage bear with lawless fury roves...