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Page vii
... distin- guish the several classes of society , also attributed to the same Eochaidh ; the nature of those colours not specified . Household utensils , ornaments , and variously coloured dresses of Ailill CONTENTS . vii.
... distin- guish the several classes of society , also attributed to the same Eochaidh ; the nature of those colours not specified . Household utensils , ornaments , and variously coloured dresses of Ailill CONTENTS . vii.
Page viii
... Ailill and Medhbh mentioned in the tale of the Tâin Bó Chuailgne ; the mate- rial or fashion of the dress not specified . Medhbh's preparation for the war of the first Táin ; description of the parties summoned . De- scription of the ...
... Ailill and Medhbh mentioned in the tale of the Tâin Bó Chuailgne ; the mate- rial or fashion of the dress not specified . Medhbh's preparation for the war of the first Táin ; description of the parties summoned . De- scription of the ...
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... Ailill and Medbh , the king and queen of Connacht , by proposing for the hand of their beautiful daughter , the celebrated Finnabhair , [ " the fair - browed " ] . So his mother supplied him with a gor- geous outfit ; and Fraech set out ...
... Ailill and Medbh , the king and queen of Connacht , by proposing for the hand of their beautiful daughter , the celebrated Finnabhair , [ " the fair - browed " ] . So his mother supplied him with a gor- geous outfit ; and Fraech set out ...
Page 11
... Ailill and LEct . xix . Medbh ; " and let them all come into the lis " , said Ailill . of Rath " A quarter of the Dun " , proceeds the story , " was then Description assigned to them . The manner of that house was this : There Cruachain ...
... Ailill and LEct . xix . Medbh ; " and let them all come into the lis " , said Ailill . of Rath " A quarter of the Dun " , proceeds the story , " was then Description assigned to them . The manner of that house was this : There Cruachain ...
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... Ailill , the chief poet of Ulster , advised them : Since ' , said he , there is an objection to going with Bricrind , exact securities from him ; and place eight swordsmen around him for the purpose of conveying him out of the house ...
... Ailill , the chief poet of Ulster , advised them : Since ' , said he , there is an objection to going with Bricrind , exact securities from him ; and place eight swordsmen around him for the purpose of conveying him out of the house ...
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acas acus agas Ailill Aire ancient Irish battle beautiful Bo Chuailgne Book of Leinster Book of Lismore Brehon Laws bronze brooch caċ called Cathair Ceis Cethern champion chariot chief cloak colours cona Conaire Mor Conchobar Connacht Cormac cows Cruachan Cruit Cuchulaind Cumals curious Daghda Edain entitled fair Ferdiad Ferrogain Findruine Fingin Flaith Fomorians Gaedhelic Gobban Saer gold hair harp harper head impu Ingcel instrument Ireland isin king king of Leinster king's land Leabhar na h-Uidhre LECT lecture Magh Medb mentioned monarch Mór Muinche Munster Naidm noble ocas ocus óir ornaments poem poet Rath reference Righ ring Seds shields silver spear stanza stone story strings sword Táin Bo tale Tara thee thou Timpan tion Tuatha Dé Danann Ulster warriors Welsh word wore
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Page 340 - If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. 22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.
Page 359 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 340 - While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead : but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
Page 429 - March wind over the smooth plain, or like the fleetness of the stag roused from his lair by the hounds, and covering his first field, was the rush of those steeds when they had broken through the restraint of the charioteer, as though they galloped over fiery flags, so that the earth shook and trembled with the velocity of their motion...
Page 65 - On the shore grows samphire in plenty, ring-root or sea-holy, and sea-cabbage. Here are Cornish choughs, with red legs and bills. Here are ayries of hawkes, and birds which never fly but over the sea ; and, therefore, are used to be eaten on fasting days : to catch which people goe down with ropes tyed about them into the caves of cliffts by night, and with a candle light kill abundance of them.
Page 267 - Clanricard ; in whose family it remained till the beginning of the eighteenth century, when it came by a lady of the De Burgh family into that of...
Page 216 - The Nile,' says the Athenian mythologist, ‘after having overflowed the whole country of Egypt, when it returned within its natural bounds, left on the shore a great number of animals of various kinds, and among the rest a tortoise...
Page 340 - He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. 25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.