Irish Literature, Volume 8Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Charles Welsh, Douglas Hyde, Lady Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche J. D. Morris, 1904 - Irish literature |
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... Brigit , fr . Book of Lismore 3246 Lament for King Ivor . 3260 3261 · King Ailill's Death , fr . the early Middle Irish Man Octipartite , fr . the Middle Irish . 3262 STREET SONGS AND BALLADS AND ANONYMOUS VERSE . 3265 Special Article ...
... Brigit , fr . Book of Lismore 3246 Lament for King Ivor . 3260 3261 · King Ailill's Death , fr . the early Middle Irish Man Octipartite , fr . the Middle Irish . 3262 STREET SONGS AND BALLADS AND ANONYMOUS VERSE . 3265 Special Article ...
Page 3246
... Brigit was born , on a Thursday especially : on the eighteenth she took the veil : in the eighty - eighth ( year of her age ) she went to heaven . With eight virgins was Brigit consecrated , according to the number of the eight ...
... Brigit was born , on a Thursday especially : on the eighteenth she took the veil : in the eighty - eighth ( year of her age ) she went to heaven . With eight virgins was Brigit consecrated , according to the number of the eight ...
Page 3247
... Brigit two blind men of the Britons and a leper to be healed . Said Brigit : " Stay outside at present till the celebration be over . " ( Said the Britons ) , for they are impatient : " Thou healedst folk of thine own kin yesterday ...
... Brigit two blind men of the Britons and a leper to be healed . Said Brigit : " Stay outside at present till the celebration be over . " ( Said the Britons ) , for they are impatient : " Thou healedst folk of thine own kin yesterday ...
Page 3248
... Brigit . " Once upon a time Brigit went to the house of another virgin , even Brigit daughter of Conaille . The water that was put over Brigit's feet after she had arrived , healed a certain virgin who was lying sick in the house . Now when ...
... Brigit . " Once upon a time Brigit went to the house of another virgin , even Brigit daughter of Conaille . The water that was put over Brigit's feet after she had arrived , healed a certain virgin who was lying sick in the house . Now when ...
Page 3249
... Brigit healed them of their leprosy . Brigit went to a certain church in the land of Teffia to celebrate Easter . The prioress of the church said to her maidens that on Maundy Thursday one of them should minister to the old men and to ...
... Brigit healed them of their leprosy . Brigit went to a certain church in the land of Teffia to celebrate Easter . The prioress of the church said to her maidens that on Maundy Thursday one of them should minister to the old men and to ...
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Page 3221 - Poor youth ! said my uncle Toby ; he has been bred up from an infant in the army, and the name of a soldier, Trim, sounded in his ears like the name of a friend : I wish I had him here. I never in the longest march, said the Corporal, had so great a mind to my dinner, as I had to cry with him for company. What could be the matter with me, an...
Page 3014 - HALF a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. " Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns," he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Page 3223 - Trim, said my uncle Toby, — for God only knows who is a hypocrite, and who is not : — At the great and general review of us all, Corporal, at the day of judgment, (and not till then) — it will be seen who have done their duties in this world, — and who have not ; and we shall be advanced, Trim, accordingly. — 1 hope we shall, said Trim. It is in the scripture, said my uncle Toby; and I will show it thee to-morrow.
Page 3106 - I take to be a prudent old fellow, who has got money to lend. I am blockhead enough to give fifty per cent, sooner than not have it ! and you, I presume, are rogue enough to take a hundred if you can get it. Now, sir, you see we are acquainted at once, and may proceed to business without further ceremony.
Page 3014 - Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!" he said. Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade!
Page 3015 - Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them, Volleyed and thundered ; Stormed at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell...
Page 3220 - It was not till my uncle Toby had knocked the ashes out of his third pipe that corporal Trim returned from the inn, and gave him the following account : —
Page 3226 - The sun looked bright the morning after to every eye in the village but Le Fevre's and his afflicted son's ; the hand of death pressed heavy upon his eyelids, and hardly could the wheel at the cistern turn round its circle, when my uncle Toby, who had rose up an hour before his wonted time, entered the Lieutenant's room, and without preface or apology sat himself down...
Page 3071 - Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade : " ' Whose eloquence — brightening whatever it tried, Whether reason or fancy, the gay or the grave, — Was as rapid, as deep, and as brilliant a tide, As ever bore Freedom aloft on its wave...
Page 3080 - In my way hither, Mrs. Malaprop, I observed your niece's maid coming forth from a circulating library! — She had a book in each hand — they were half-bound volumes, with marble covers! — from that moment I guessed how full of duty I should see her mistress ! Mrs.