Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 13Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1844 - English literature |
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... given by Lloyd many others may be added ; but as all I desire to shew the English reader is , that the Irish keen , or funeral elegy , was constructed according to system , it will be , per- haps , best attained by writing , according ...
... given by Lloyd many others may be added ; but as all I desire to shew the English reader is , that the Irish keen , or funeral elegy , was constructed according to system , it will be , per- haps , best attained by writing , according ...
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... given as Cornelius in Burke's ' Commoners . The inscription upon it reads : " Lo ! Arthur Leary , generous , handsome , brave , Slain in his bloom , lies in this humble grave . Died May 4th , 1773 , aged 26 years . " Mr. O'Leary was a ...
... given as Cornelius in Burke's ' Commoners . The inscription upon it reads : " Lo ! Arthur Leary , generous , handsome , brave , Slain in his bloom , lies in this humble grave . Died May 4th , 1773 , aged 26 years . " Mr. O'Leary was a ...
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... given them , will furnish the cry , with greater shrieking and howl- ing , then those that are grieved indeede , and have greatest cause to cry ; and hereupon ariseth this proverbe , to weepe Irish , that is to say ; To weepe at ...
... given them , will furnish the cry , with greater shrieking and howl- ing , then those that are grieved indeede , and have greatest cause to cry ; and hereupon ariseth this proverbe , to weepe Irish , that is to say ; To weepe at ...
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... given by an invisible hand ; and hence a blow is commonly termed " a Puck . " From some observations , by a physician of Cork , on the Medical Super- stitions of the South of Ireland ( 1828 ) , I extract the following remarks : " The ...
... given by an invisible hand ; and hence a blow is commonly termed " a Puck . " From some observations , by a physician of Cork , on the Medical Super- stitions of the South of Ireland ( 1828 ) , I extract the following remarks : " The ...
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... given to them ; this reputed distinction from the other inhabitants of Ireland is eagerly maintained amongst the lower orders . " - Weld's Killarney . May the Almighty set his mark In memory of my OF THE SOUTH OF IRELAND . 41.
... given to them ; this reputed distinction from the other inhabitants of Ireland is eagerly maintained amongst the lower orders . " - Weld's Killarney . May the Almighty set his mark In memory of my OF THE SOUTH OF IRELAND . 41.
Common terms and phrases
Adew appears BALLADS Banshee beauty blacke shepe blessed brother Callanan Carrigaline Castle cold Corpus Christi College county of Cork dark darling dead death dere derlyng Do-well Dublin Dunmanway Earl of Desmond earth Editor Edmond Fitzgerald England's Helicon English eyes fair father feare fire Fraser's Magazine gaol grief hand harp hart hath heart heaven Innisfail Irish Irish poetry John Fitzgerald John Jegon Keating keen keeners Knight of Glin Knight of Kerry knytte lament Leary literally Lord Milesius morning Morty Oge mourning murder never nowght o'er O'Sullivan Bear original Percy Society poem poetry poor priest printed Puxley Rapparees Richard Cox Saxon Say-well shulde knytte sing song sorrow soul South of Ireland Sullivan sweet tears thee Thomas thou translation Twas verses versified voice Walsh weeping wild woman words wounde my flesshe wyll wyll dothe rule Wytte