The Story of Ireland: A Narrative of Irish History from the Earliest Ages to the Insurrection of 1867, Written for the Youth of Ireland |
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... seemed to turn night into day ; and the bishops and priests of Ireland congregated on the occasion . " Several of the saint's compositions , chiefly prayers and litanies , are extant . They are full of the most powerful in- vocations of ...
... seemed to turn night into day ; and the bishops and priests of Ireland congregated on the occasion . " Several of the saint's compositions , chiefly prayers and litanies , are extant . They are full of the most powerful in- vocations of ...
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... seemed to him . so essential to a knowledge of the truth , that , as we have al- ready said , three hundred copies of the Holy Gospels , copied by his own hand , have been attributed to him . " But still Columba carried with him in his ...
... seemed to him . so essential to a knowledge of the truth , that , as we have al- ready said , three hundred copies of the Holy Gospels , copied by his own hand , have been attributed to him . " But still Columba carried with him in his ...
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... . Frequently when the Ard - Ri of Erinn was nobly grappling with the Danish foe , and was on the point of finally expelling the foreigner , a subordinate prince would seize what seemed to him the golden opportu- 76 THE STORY OF IRELAND .
... . Frequently when the Ard - Ri of Erinn was nobly grappling with the Danish foe , and was on the point of finally expelling the foreigner , a subordinate prince would seize what seemed to him the golden opportu- 76 THE STORY OF IRELAND .
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... seemed to him the golden opportu- nity for throwing off the authority of the chief king , or for treacherously endeavoring to grasp it himself ! During the whole time - three centuries - there was scarcely a single reign in which the ...
... seemed to him the golden opportu- nity for throwing off the authority of the chief king , or for treacherously endeavoring to grasp it himself ! During the whole time - three centuries - there was scarcely a single reign in which the ...
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... seemed a hard chance . It was a trial- hour for the men of Erinn . And gloriously did they meet it ! Never for an instant were they daunted by the tidings of the extensive and mighty preparations going forward ; for the news filled ...
... seemed a hard chance . It was a trial- hour for the men of Erinn . And gloriously did they meet it ! Never for an instant were they daunted by the tidings of the extensive and mighty preparations going forward ; for the news filled ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...