The Irish Quarterly Review, Volume 1, Part 2W. B. Kelly, 1851 - Ireland |
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Page 459
... marched to Limerick , which , before the first seige , they quitted for Galway , whence they returned home , without having performed any service . It is true that the Irish were commanded at Aughrim by a French general- St. Ruth ; but ...
... marched to Limerick , which , before the first seige , they quitted for Galway , whence they returned home , without having performed any service . It is true that the Irish were commanded at Aughrim by a French general- St. Ruth ; but ...
Page 619
... marched with another army to defend it against them . When the strangers had heard of Roderic's arrival in Munster , for the purpose of giving them battle , they solicited to their assistance the Ost - men of Dublin ; and these made no ...
... marched with another army to defend it against them . When the strangers had heard of Roderic's arrival in Munster , for the purpose of giving them battle , they solicited to their assistance the Ost - men of Dublin ; and these made no ...
Page 625
... marched to the battle - field under the standard of its Chieftain . " The Anglo - Normans , " according to their own ... marches , or anie remote place against the enimie , neither would they lie in garrison to keep anie remote castell ...
... marched to the battle - field under the standard of its Chieftain . " The Anglo - Normans , " according to their own ... marches , or anie remote place against the enimie , neither would they lie in garrison to keep anie remote castell ...
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... marched into the land of Owen ( Tir Owen ) against O'Neill ; but far from obtaining either hostages or pledges from him , they were cut off with great slaughter on that occasion . " In 1262 , we find the Lord Justice , Sir Richard de ...
... marched into the land of Owen ( Tir Owen ) against O'Neill ; but far from obtaining either hostages or pledges from him , they were cut off with great slaughter on that occasion . " In 1262 , we find the Lord Justice , Sir Richard de ...
Page 627
... Marches " or borders were devastated and their inhabitants reduced to subjection by the natives , who swept away their cattle and goods . So dreadful had these depredations become , that every liege subject dwelling in the " Marches ...
... Marches " or borders were devastated and their inhabitants reduced to subjection by the natives , who swept away their cattle and goods . So dreadful had these depredations become , that every liege subject dwelling in the " Marches ...
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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.