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... fell fifty by his right hand and fifty by his left in that onset , and he never repeated a blow to anyone , but only the one blow , and neither shield nor mail coat was proof to resist any of these blows . ' At length he came face to ...
... fell fifty by his right hand and fifty by his left in that onset , and he never repeated a blow to anyone , but only the one blow , and neither shield nor mail coat was proof to resist any of these blows . ' At length he came face to ...
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... fell to the ground , dead . Clontarf was a decisive victory ; but it was dearly bought by the deaths of Brian and Mur- rough . The power of the Danes was for ever broken , but the national development of Ireland was effectually checked ...
... fell to the ground , dead . Clontarf was a decisive victory ; but it was dearly bought by the deaths of Brian and Mur- rough . The power of the Danes was for ever broken , but the national development of Ireland was effectually checked ...
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... fell on the besieging force with such suddenness and directness as to scatter them in tumultuous flight . Then he hastened over to England , obtained admis- sion to the royal presence , and pacified Henry by the offer of all the lands ...
... fell on the besieging force with such suddenness and directness as to scatter them in tumultuous flight . Then he hastened over to England , obtained admis- sion to the royal presence , and pacified Henry by the offer of all the lands ...
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... fell to the lot of Robert de la Poer , while a great part of Connaught became the property of William Fitz - Adelm de Burgo . In most cases , the ad- venturers thus suddenly enriched , were prudent enough to enter into negotiations with ...
... fell to the lot of Robert de la Poer , while a great part of Connaught became the property of William Fitz - Adelm de Burgo . In most cases , the ad- venturers thus suddenly enriched , were prudent enough to enter into negotiations with ...
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... fell dead on the plain . The Scoto - Irish army was annihilated , and Berming- ham , with brutal ferocity , ordered Bruce's body to be cut into pieces , and sent his head , salted , in a box to Edward . The victory of Faughart crushed ...
... fell dead on the plain . The Scoto - Irish army was annihilated , and Berming- ham , with brutal ferocity , ordered Bruce's body to be cut into pieces , and sent his head , salted , in a box to Edward . The victory of Faughart crushed ...
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Page 256 - Though in her tomb she lies helpless and motionless, still there is on her lips a spirit of life, and on her cheek a glow of beauty : Thou art not conquered : beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 220 - I am now to address a free people ! Ages have passed away, and this is the first moment in which you could be distinguished by that appellation.
Page 256 - Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty: Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 88 - My ancestors were kings of Ulster ; and Ulster is mine, and shall be mine. O'Donnell shall never come into his country, nor Bagenal into Newry, nor Kildare into Dundrum or Lecale. They are now mine. With this sword I won them — with this sword I will keep them.
Page 200 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 201 - It is true, indeed, that within the memory of man, the Parliaments of England have sometimes assumed the power of binding this kingdom by laws enacted there...
Page 241 - Mr. Sheriff, take the body of Tone into custody; take the provost-marshal and Major Sandys into custody, and show the order of the court to General Craig.
Page 161 - Even after the barricade had been passed, there was a terrible half-hour of suspense. It was ten o'clock before the ships arrived at the quay. The whole population was there to welcome them. A screen made of casks filled with earth was hastily thrown up to protect the landing-place from the batteries on the other side of the river; and then the work of unloading began. First were rolled on shore barrels containing six thousand bushels of meal. Then came great cheeses, casks of beef, flitches of bacon,...
Page 3 - Victorious, bearing innumerable epistles. And he gave me one of them, and I read the beginning of it which contained the words,
Page 138 - Being thus entered, we refused them quarter ; having, the day before, summoned the town. I believe we put to the sword the whole number of the defendants. I do not think thirty of the whole number escaped with their lives.