A new and impartial history of Ireland. 4 vols. [in 2].1820 |
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viii. oldal
... never in Crete , and yet it is equally exempt from every thing of a venomous quality . And if Crete obtained this privilege from the partiality of nature , why might not Ireland also enjoy it with- out the aid of supernatural agency ...
... never in Crete , and yet it is equally exempt from every thing of a venomous quality . And if Crete obtained this privilege from the partiality of nature , why might not Ireland also enjoy it with- out the aid of supernatural agency ...
ix. oldal
... never be able to detect all the latent springs , all the impelling and opposing powers that organize her system , and give it that full perfection without which all her works would crumble into ruins . Where one link's broken , all the ...
... never be able to detect all the latent springs , all the impelling and opposing powers that organize her system , and give it that full perfection without which all her works would crumble into ruins . Where one link's broken , all the ...
x. oldal
... never be ascertained . The foot of one of these pillars has been broken to the distance of 8 feet , and it has all been found of the same figure , It has been long contended by the learned , as well of Ireland as of England , whether ...
... never be ascertained . The foot of one of these pillars has been broken to the distance of 8 feet , and it has all been found of the same figure , It has been long contended by the learned , as well of Ireland as of England , whether ...
xliii. oldal
... never knighted , he relinquished his claim to Niall the Great , sirnamed of the nine hostages , -an instance of moderation and veneration for the laws , not easily paralleled from the history of other nations . As to the necessity of ...
... never knighted , he relinquished his claim to Niall the Great , sirnamed of the nine hostages , -an instance of moderation and veneration for the laws , not easily paralleled from the history of other nations . As to the necessity of ...
liii. oldal
... the Fionne Eirion to Art , determined his son Cormoc never to trust them ; and his grandson Cairbre having advanced the • Leabar Glin da Loch , Keating , & c . Clana Morni to the honour of being the imperial army Introduction . liii.
... the Fionne Eirion to Art , determined his son Cormoc never to trust them ; and his grandson Cairbre having advanced the • Leabar Glin da Loch , Keating , & c . Clana Morni to the honour of being the imperial army Introduction . liii.
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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...