The Story of Ireland: A Narrative of Irish History from the Earliest Ages to the Insurrection of 1867, Written for the Youth of IrelandP. J. Kenedy, 1892 - 657 sider |
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... turned they unto the Eastern wave , Where now their Day - God's eye A look of such sunny omen gave As lighted up sea and sky . Nor frown was seen through sky or sea , Nor tear o'er leaf or sod , When first on their Isle of Destiny Our ...
... turned they unto the Eastern wave , Where now their Day - God's eye A look of such sunny omen gave As lighted up sea and sky . Nor frown was seen through sky or sea , Nor tear o'er leaf or sod , When first on their Isle of Destiny Our ...
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... turning up daily , establishing the truth of the main facts thus hand- ed down . Accidental excavations a few years since in the glen which tradition has handed down as the scene of this battle more than three thousand years ago ...
... turning up daily , establishing the truth of the main facts thus hand- ed down . Accidental excavations a few years since in the glen which tradition has handed down as the scene of this battle more than three thousand years ago ...
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... turned back but for the persuasions of their escort . Next day , towards evening , they sighted Emania . " O Naeisi , " cried Deirdri , " view the cloud that I here see in the sky ! I see over Eman Green a chilling cloud of blood ...
... turned back but for the persuasions of their escort . Next day , towards evening , they sighted Emania . " O Naeisi , " cried Deirdri , " view the cloud that I here see in the sky ! I see over Eman Green a chilling cloud of blood ...
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... turned back , but for me . Now , they who would harm you must pass over the lifeless corpse of Fiachy . " Then they asked that they might at least go forth on the ramparts and take part in the defence of the palace ; but Fiachy pointed ...
... turned back , but for me . Now , they who would harm you must pass over the lifeless corpse of Fiachy . " Then they asked that they might at least go forth on the ramparts and take part in the defence of the palace ; but Fiachy pointed ...
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... turned the maledictive stones . At length one day comes the news to them that the king is dead , " choked upon the food he ate , " and they exultantly sound " the praise of their avenging God . " Cormac , before he dies , however ...
... turned the maledictive stones . At length one day comes the news to them that the king is dead , " choked upon the food he ate , " and they exultantly sound " the praise of their avenging God . " Cormac , before he dies , however ...
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A. M. Sullivan amongst ancient Anglo-Irish Anglo-Norman Ard-Ri arms army bards battle blood brave Brehon Laws Brian brother camp castle Catholic cavalry chief chieftain Christian chronicles Church clan Columba command Connacht Conor Danes Danish death Deirdri Desmond Diarmid Dublin Dungannon earl earl of Desmond enemy England English king Erinn event faith Fiachy fight force fought Geraldine glorious hand head heart Henry hills historian Holy honor Hugh Hugh O'Neill hundred Ireland Irish army Irish history Irish nation Irish princes island land Leinster Limerick M'Gee M'Murrogh Malachy marched Milesian military monarch Morrogh Mullaghmast Munster murder Naeisi never night noble Norman O'Donnell o'er O'Neill O'Sullivan Offaly once pagan parliament Patrick patriotism Pope reign Roderick royal ruin saint says sent side soldiers soon sovereign story Strongbow struggle sword Tara thousand throne tion treaty troops Tuatha de Danaans Tyrconnell Ulster valor victory Williamite wounded young
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Side 488 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Side 65 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
Side 482 - De Barri's wood, the British soldiers burst, The French artillery drove them back, diminished and dispersed. The bloody Duke of Cumberland beheld with anxious eye, And ordered up his last reserve, his latest chance to try. On Fontenoy, on Fontenoy, how fast his generals ride! And mustering come his chosen troops, like clouds at eventide. Six thousand English veterans...
Side 458 - Far dearer the grave or the prison, Illumed by one patriot name, Than the trophies of all, who have risen On Liberty's ruins to fame.
Side 643 - I have nothing to say that can alter your predetermination, nor that it will become me to say with any view to the mitigation of that sentence which you are here to pronounce and I must abide by.
Side 482 - King Louis madly cried: To death they rush, but rude their shock — not unavenged they died. On through the camp the column trod — King Louis turns his rein: "Not yet, my liege...