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... resolved to return and to reclaim the land from Paganism . ' In dead of night , ' he says , ' I saw a man coming to me as if from Hiberio , whose name was Victoricus , and who bore countless letters , and he gave me one of them , and I ...
... resolved to return and to reclaim the land from Paganism . ' In dead of night , ' he says , ' I saw a man coming to me as if from Hiberio , whose name was Victoricus , and who bore countless letters , and he gave me one of them , and I ...
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... resolved to strike before the Dalcassians were ready . He marched out from Limerick at the head of a formidable Norse army , supported by an Irish contingent under two traitorous chiefs , Dono- van and Molloy , and advanced on the ...
... resolved to strike before the Dalcassians were ready . He marched out from Limerick at the head of a formidable Norse army , supported by an Irish contingent under two traitorous chiefs , Dono- van and Molloy , and advanced on the ...
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... resolved to ex- tend his authority beyond his own kingdom . He had already formed the determination to make himself king of Ireland . In 984 he marched into Leinster and re- ceived the homage of the Leinster king . Thus within eight ...
... resolved to ex- tend his authority beyond his own kingdom . He had already formed the determination to make himself king of Ireland . In 984 he marched into Leinster and re- ceived the homage of the Leinster king . Thus within eight ...
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... resolved to hazard all on a single battle . Placing himself at the head of his men , he gave the order to advance , and the fiercest encounter of the war ensued . In the thick of the fight a Norman knight named Maupas challenged Bruce ...
... resolved to hazard all on a single battle . Placing himself at the head of his men , he gave the order to advance , and the fiercest encounter of the war ensued . In the thick of the fight a Norman knight named Maupas challenged Bruce ...
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... resolved to grant the demands of the Norman lords . The policy of Morris was reversed , the English - born officials were dismissed , and the Norman nobles restored to favour . In 1344 , Morris was suc- ceeded in the viceroyalty by Sir ...
... resolved to grant the demands of the Norman lords . The policy of Morris was reversed , the English - born officials were dismissed , and the Norman nobles restored to favour . In 1344 , Morris was suc- ceeded in the viceroyalty by Sir ...
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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.