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Page 252
A portion of it appears , on the authority of the volume itself , to have been written
in the reign of Tirlogh O'Conor , king of Connaught , who died 1404 ; and by an
entry , p . 180 , vol . I. “ in a handwriting different from any of the book , it appears
...
A portion of it appears , on the authority of the volume itself , to have been written
in the reign of Tirlogh O'Conor , king of Connaught , who died 1404 ; and by an
entry , p . 180 , vol . I. “ in a handwriting different from any of the book , it appears
...
Page 334
jobbing , and intrigue of public servants , however , or by whatever authority they
chance to be organized . The only invariable exception must be looked for in
those situations , of which the organization excludes self - interest : as for
instance ...
jobbing , and intrigue of public servants , however , or by whatever authority they
chance to be organized . The only invariable exception must be looked for in
those situations , of which the organization excludes self - interest : as for
instance ...
Page 383
The references of the Four Masters , he adds , have not been verified , by the
references to the authorities they have adduced . There seems a probability , that
an extract given by Mr Petrie , from a poem of Cuan O'Lochain , is the authority
from ...
The references of the Four Masters , he adds , have not been verified , by the
references to the authorities they have adduced . There seems a probability , that
an extract given by Mr Petrie , from a poem of Cuan O'Lochain , is the authority
from ...
Page 384
However deceptive and illusory either of these singly have been shown to be , by
the vast range of conflicting theories and conjectures , there seems to be little
doubt of the value of the comparison by which these two sources of authority
might ...
However deceptive and illusory either of these singly have been shown to be , by
the vast range of conflicting theories and conjectures , there seems to be little
doubt of the value of the comparison by which these two sources of authority
might ...
Page 394
Notwithstanding the particularity of this tradition , and the characteristie traits
which ever give the appearance of fidelity to a well told story ; we should apprize
the reader that there is also some authority for a different aceount , as it is
asserted ...
Notwithstanding the particularity of this tradition , and the characteristie traits
which ever give the appearance of fidelity to a well told story ; we should apprize
the reader that there is also some authority for a different aceount , as it is
asserted ...
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Page 378 - CALL it not vain: — they do not err, Who say that when the poet dies Mute Nature mourns her worshipper And celebrates his obsequies; Who say tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill; That flowers in tears of balm distil; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks in deeper groan reply, 10 And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave.
Page 293 - The generall end therefore of all the booke is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in vertuous and gentle discipline...
Page 293 - Queene, being a continued allegory, or darke conceit, I have thought good, as well for avoyding of gealous opinions and misconstructions, as also for your better light in reading thereof (being so by you commanded), to discover unto you the general intention and meaning, which in the whole course thereof I have fashioned, without expressing of any particular purposes, or by-accidents therein occasioned.
Page 294 - ... by an Historiographer should be the twelfth booke, which is the last; where I devise that the Faery Queene kept her Annuall feaste xii.
Page 293 - I have followed all the antique Poets historicall ; first Homere, who in the Persons of Agamemnon and Ulysses hath ensampled a good governour and a vertuous man, the one in his Ilias, the other in his Odysseis : then Virgil, whose like intention was to doe in the person of...
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Page 295 - I have briefly overronne, to direct your understanding to the wel-head of the history, that from thence gathering the whole intention of the conceit, ye may, as in a handfull, gripe al the discourse, which otherwise may happily seeme tedious and confused. So humbly craving the continuance of your honourable favour towards me, and th' eternall establishment of your happines, I humbly take leave.
Page 295 - Ephes.) that he could not succeed in that enterprise : which being forth-with put upon him with due furnitures thereunto, he seemed the goodliest man in al that company, and was well liked of the Lady. And eftesoones taking on him knighthood, and mounting on that straunge Courser, he went forth with her on that adventure : where beginneth the first booke, viz.
Page 294 - In that Faery Queene I meane glory in my generall intention, but in my particular I conceive the most excellent and glorious person of our soveraine the Queene, and her kingdome in Faery Land.
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| Title | Lives of illustrious ... Irishmen, ed. by J. Wills, Volume 2, Part 2 Lives of illustrious ... Irishmen, ed. by J. Wills, James Wills |
| Author | Irishman |
| Editor | James Wills |
| Published | 1840 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 May 2006 |
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