Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis ...Charles Vallancey L. White, 1786 - Ireland |
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Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint) Charles Vallancey No preview available - 2017 |
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acht aireach alſo ancient Irish antiquaries Arab barony becauſe biſhop Bolgæ Brehon Laws Britain Britiſh cach called Caſhel cauſe Celtic Celtic language century chief Chineſe chriſtian church cloſe Collectanea colony cuſtom denominated derived deſcendants diftinguiſhed diſtrict divine diviſion Druids Engliſh eſt eſtabliſhed expreſſes fame feſtival filver firſt Flaith fome forcerer fouth fuch Greek Harris's Ware Hebrew hence hiſtory honour houſe inhabitants Ireland Iriſh Irish language Irish word iſland king land Latin learned Leinſter logh Magh Meath moſt Munſter noble O'Conor's obſerved ORIGINAL Pelasgi Pelaſgian Perf Perfic perſon Phoenicians poffeffion preſent preſent county prince Ptolemy Queen's County rath reaſon reſidence reſpective river ſaid ſame ſays Scythians ſea ſecond ſee ſeems ſettled ſeveral ſhall ſhew ſhip ſhould ſignifies ſituated ſmall ſome ſon ſpeaking ſtate ſtill ſubject ſuch ſuppoſed themſelves theſe thoſe tion TRANSLATION tribe univerſal uſed whence whoſe worſhip
Popular passages
Page 551 - I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
Page 599 - And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes. 16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes.
Page 441 - But thus shall ye deal with them ; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
Page 622 - And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
Page 441 - To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates...
Page 583 - And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep } the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
Page 465 - Two hazel nuts I threw into the flame, And to each nut I gave a sweetheart's name ; This with the loudest bounce me sore amaz'd, That in a flame of brightest colour blaz'd. As blaz'd the nut, so may thy passion grow ; For 'twas thy nut that did so brightly glow.
Page 441 - reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them ; and he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times (practised astrology ; сотр.
Page 463 - ... with apples at one point, and candles lighted at the other, and endeavour to catch the apple, while it is in a circular motion, in the mouth. These, and many other superstitious ceremonies, the remains of Druidism, are observed on this holiday, which will never be eradicated while the name of Saman is permitted to remain.
Page 441 - And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove...