The Irish Quarterly Review, Volume 1, Part 2W. B. Kelly, 1851 - Ireland |
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... clans were unable to withstand the hostile powers of the invaders , they used to claim the assistance of their neighbouring tribes , for the sake of the old tongue of the Gaels of Erinn ; " an argument which never failed to elicit the ...
... clans were unable to withstand the hostile powers of the invaders , they used to claim the assistance of their neighbouring tribes , for the sake of the old tongue of the Gaels of Erinn ; " an argument which never failed to elicit the ...
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... clan to whom they belonged , or the place where they were compiled ; thus we have the " Book of the O'Kellys , " the ... clans set a high value on these works , which they frequently purchased at enormous prices ; not unfrequently was ...
... clan to whom they belonged , or the place where they were compiled ; thus we have the " Book of the O'Kellys , " the ... clans set a high value on these works , which they frequently purchased at enormous prices ; not unfrequently was ...
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... clan of O'Donel of Donegal . There is a memorandum in the book itself , written in the year 1345 , which says that it was then in the hands of the O'Conor of Sligo , and that he had obtained it in ransom for John O'Docharty , chieftain ...
... clan of O'Donel of Donegal . There is a memorandum in the book itself , written in the year 1345 , which says that it was then in the hands of the O'Conor of Sligo , and that he had obtained it in ransom for John O'Docharty , chieftain ...
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... clans . The Clan Kelly , chief tribe of this region , took its name from Maine's descendant Cellach , ( i . e . , the church founder , ) who flourished * The Tribes and Customs of Hy - Many , commonly called O'Kelly's Country . Now ...
... clans . The Clan Kelly , chief tribe of this region , took its name from Maine's descendant Cellach , ( i . e . , the church founder , ) who flourished * The Tribes and Customs of Hy - Many , commonly called O'Kelly's Country . Now ...
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... clan . † This eminent officer was afterwards advanced to the rank of Lieutenant- General , and died in 1767. His wife , we may here remark , was the Coun- . tess de Marcolini , a favorite of , and maid of honor to , the Empress Maria ...
... clan . † This eminent officer was afterwards advanced to the rank of Lieutenant- General , and died in 1767. His wife , we may here remark , was the Coun- . tess de Marcolini , a favorite of , and maid of honor to , the Empress Maria ...
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Page 369 - The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfils Himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.
Page 355 - This body dropt not down. Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
Page 557 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Page 360 - On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When the clear, cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days, In the wave beneath him shining! Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over, Thus, sighing, look through the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover!
Page 376 - Thus death reigns in all the portions of our time; the autumn with its fruits provides disorders for us, and the winter's cold turns them into sharp diseases, and the spring brings flowers to strew our hearse, and the summer gives green turf and brambles to bind upon our graves.
Page 534 - No one shall run on the Sabbath day, or walk in his garden or elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting. "No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep house, cut hair, or shave, on the Sabbath day.
Page 364 - Where rose the mountains, there to him were friends ; Where roll'd the ocean, thereon was his home ; Where a blue sky, and glowing clime, extends, He had the passion and the power to roam ; The desert, forest, cavern, breaker's foam, Were unto him companionship ; they spake A mutual language, clearer than the tome Of his land's tongue, which he would oft forsake For Nature's pages glass'd by sunbeams on the lake.
Page 370 - For woman is not undevelopt man, . But diverse : could we make her as the man, Sweet Love were slain: his dearest bond is this, Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they grow; The man be more of woman, she of man; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care...
Page 355 - At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the fog it came; As if it had been a Christian soul, We hailed it in God's name. It ate the food it ne'er had eat, And round and round it flew. The ice did split with a thunder-fit; The helmsman steered us through! And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariners hollo!
Page 458 - Jeremy Collier, Sir?' JOHNSON. 'Jeremy Collier fought without a rival, and therefore could not claim the victory.' Mr. Henderson mentioned Kenn and Kettlewell; but some objections were made: at last he said, 'But, Sir, what do you think of Leslie?' JOHNSON. 'Charles Leslie I had forgotten. Leslie was a reasoner, and a reasoner who was not to be reasoned against.