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... thou- three Triucha Ceds in it . sand men , black - green , black - gray . light - gray . and he fierce and terrific . 888 98 99 ,, " 9 12 , 12 = 1 11 , a man of hound - like , hateful face , close napped cloak , a dark gray long wooled ...
... thou- three Triucha Ceds in it . sand men , black - green , black - gray . light - gray . and he fierce and terrific . 888 98 99 ,, " 9 12 , 12 = 1 11 , a man of hound - like , hateful face , close napped cloak , a dark gray long wooled ...
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... thou wilt do then ? " said Conchobar , if they do not go with thee ? " [ They then argue for some time ; and at last : ] It is better for us to go ' , said Fergus Mac · " Róigh ; ' what he has said he 18 OF BUILDINGS , FURNITURE , ETC ...
... thou wilt do then ? " said Conchobar , if they do not go with thee ? " [ They then argue for some time ; and at last : ] It is better for us to go ' , said Fergus Mac · " Róigh ; ' what he has said he 18 OF BUILDINGS , FURNITURE , ETC ...
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... thou that shalt be the first to enter the house this night , thou shalt be queen over all the other women of Ulster . Fedelm went forth then as far as three ridges out from the house . " 6 " Immediately after , came out Lendabair , the ...
... thou that shalt be the first to enter the house this night , thou shalt be queen over all the other women of Ulster . Fedelm went forth then as far as three ridges out from the house . " 6 " Immediately after , came out Lendabair , the ...
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... thou wife of the best man in Erinn : Emer of the beautiful hair . The kings and the princes of Erinn are at enmity about thee . As far as the sun excels the stars of heaven , so far dost thou excel the women of the whole world , in face ...
... thou wife of the best man in Erinn : Emer of the beautiful hair . The kings and the princes of Erinn are at enmity about thee . As far as the sun excels the stars of heaven , so far dost thou excel the women of the whole world , in face ...
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... thou- sand years ago . But the same remarkable tale contains much besides on the subject . ( 59 ) etaige Lígda Lendmassa , deilge órda airegda , iarndótaib dend- glana ; lenti siti srebnaide . - H . 2. 18. f . 66. col . 1. ] ( 58 ) ...
... thou- sand years ago . But the same remarkable tale contains much besides on the subject . ( 59 ) etaige Lígda Lendmassa , deilge órda airegda , iarndótaib dend- glana ; lenti siti srebnaide . - H . 2. 18. f . 66. col . 1. ] ( 58 ) ...
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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.