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Page 32
... raise her charms . O were my Evir - allen thy spouse , my years would pass away in joy . Pleased I would descend into the grave : contented see the end of iny days . ' The feast was came Evir - allen . her blushing face . bent on earth ...
... raise her charms . O were my Evir - allen thy spouse , my years would pass away in joy . Pleased I would descend into the grave : contented see the end of iny days . ' The feast was came Evir - allen . her blushing face . bent on earth ...
Page 34
... raise the stone of my praise . Let the maid throw a flower on my tomb , and mingle one tear with my dust ; this is my ... raised my voice , and called the chiefs to combat . Thrice I brandished my spear , and wielded my glittering sword ...
... raise the stone of my praise . Let the maid throw a flower on my tomb , and mingle one tear with my dust ; this is my ... raised my voice , and called the chiefs to combat . Thrice I brandished my spear , and wielded my glittering sword ...
Page 57
... raised to a certain key , that it was almost impossible , from a similarity of sound , to substitute one word for another . This excellence is peculiar to the Celtic tongue , and is perhaps to be met with in no other lan- guage . Nor ...
... raised to a certain key , that it was almost impossible , from a similarity of sound , to substitute one word for another . This excellence is peculiar to the Celtic tongue , and is perhaps to be met with in no other lan- guage . Nor ...
Page 61
... raise the timid and mean into power . To those who look upon antiquity in this light , it is an agreeable prospect ; and they alone can have real pleasure in tracing nations to their source . The establishment of the Celtic states , in ...
... raise the timid and mean into power . To those who look upon antiquity in this light , it is an agreeable prospect ; and they alone can have real pleasure in tracing nations to their source . The establishment of the Celtic states , in ...
Page 65
... raising of corn . It was from this that the Galic name of the Picts proceeded ; for they are called in that language , Cruithnich , i . e . the wheat or corn eaters . ' As the Picts lived in a country so different in its nature from ...
... raising of corn . It was from this that the Galic name of the Picts proceeded ; for they are called in that language , Cruithnich , i . e . the wheat or corn eaters . ' As the Picts lived in a country so different in its nature from ...
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