The Midland Septs and the Pale: An Account of the Early Septs and Later Settlers of the King's County and of Life in the English Pale |
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... Montgomery Hitchcock. 3 222 Beast Men . P RESENTED MEMORY OF ANNIE NELSON BAILEY 1860-1919 BY HER SON THOMAS A. BAILEY AND HIS WIFE SYLVIA DEAN BAILEY TO THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES THE MIDLAND SEPTS AND THE PALE AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
... Montgomery Hitchcock. 3 222 Beast Men . P RESENTED MEMORY OF ANNIE NELSON BAILEY 1860-1919 BY HER SON THOMAS A. BAILEY AND HIS WIFE SYLVIA DEAN BAILEY TO THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES THE MIDLAND SEPTS AND THE PALE AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
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... son of Eochaidh Doimlén , son of Cairbre Lifeachair , Monarch of Ireland , were of English extraction , and descended from the house of Fitz Urse . Many , too , are the deficiencies of Meredith Hanmer , Doctor of Divinity , and the ...
... son of Eochaidh Doimlén , son of Cairbre Lifeachair , Monarch of Ireland , were of English extraction , and descended from the house of Fitz Urse . Many , too , are the deficiencies of Meredith Hanmer , Doctor of Divinity , and the ...
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... son of Adam or MacAdam , the ancestor , doubtless , of the MacAdams , who gave their name to Cadamstown ? For , as the ancient poet sang : The three fair daughters of the cursed Cain , With Seth , the son of Adam , first beheld The Isle ...
... son of Adam or MacAdam , the ancestor , doubtless , of the MacAdams , who gave their name to Cadamstown ? For , as the ancient poet sang : The three fair daughters of the cursed Cain , With Seth , the son of Adam , first beheld The Isle ...
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... sons of Japhet , who anni- hilated them , but , neglecting the burial of the dead , died themselves of the plague which left its name to Tallaght . This was the end of Partholanus , and the country was desolate once more , cepting a few ...
... sons of Japhet , who anni- hilated them , but , neglecting the burial of the dead , died themselves of the plague which left its name to Tallaght . This was the end of Partholanus , and the country was desolate once more , cepting a few ...
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... sons of Dithorba , the third monarch , of whom Tigernach writes . But this may be too venturesome an anticipation . It is , how- ever , quite possible that Ptolemy , the geographer of the second century , refers to the place . For he ...
... sons of Dithorba , the third monarch , of whom Tigernach writes . But this may be too venturesome an anticipation . It is , how- ever , quite possible that Ptolemy , the geographer of the second century , refers to the place . For he ...
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Page 277 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them ; they looked like anatomies of death, they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 275 - I have heard some great warriors say, that, in all the services which they had seen abroad in foreign countries, they never saw a more comely horseman than the Irish man, nor that cometh on more bravely in his charge...
Page 42 - tis sweeter to bleed for an age at thy shrine Than to sleep but a moment in chains. Forget not our wounded companions, who stood § In the day of distress by our side ; While the moss of the valley grew red with their blood, They stirred not, but conquered and died.
Page 265 - English had learned it, they used it with more insolence, and made it more intolerable; for this oppression was not temporary, or limited either to place or time; but because there was every where a continual war, either offensive or defensive, and every lord of a country and every marcher made war and peace at his pleasure, it became universal and perpetual; and was indeed the most heavy oppression that ever was used in any Christian or heathen kingdom.
Page 278 - ... they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves; they did eat...
Page 216 - Essex, and after mentioning his " fern table, and fern forms, spread under the stately canopy of heaven," he notices what constitutes the real power of every monarch, the love, namely, and allegiance of his subjects. " His guards, for the most part, were beardless boys without shirts; who in the frost wade as familiarly through rivers as water-spaniels. With what charm such a master makes them love him, I know not ; but if he bid come, they come ; if go, they do go ; if he say do this, they do it.
Page 226 - ... into all the west parts of the world ; the long inlets of many navigable rivers and so many great lakes and fresh ponds within the land, as the like are not to be seen in any part of Europe ; the rich fishings and wild-fowl of all kinds ; and lastly, the bodies and minds of the people endued with extraordinary abilities of nature.
Page 273 - White as the snow, or as the foam of the wave, was her side ; long was it, slender, and as soft as silk. Smooth and white were her thighs ; her knees^ were round and firm and white ; her ankles were as straight as the rule of a carpenter.
Page 218 - And no spectacle was more frequent in the ditches of towns, and especially in wasted countries, than to see multitudes of these poor people dead with their mouths all colored green by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend up above ground.
Page 114 - Parliament, and such causes, considerations, and Acts affirmed by the King and his Council to be good and expedient...