 | Ireland - 1851 - 782 pages
...the various different orders of the state. " Thus was the distinction made between them : one color in the clothes of slaves, two in the clothes of soldiers,...young lords of territories, six in the clothes of ottavs or poet-historians, and seven in the clothes of kings and queens." Ollav Fold* was the king... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - 1857 - 312 pages
...from the lowest to the highest." The Four Masters make a seven-fold distinction, thus : " one color in the clothes of slaves, two in the clothes of soldiers,...lords of territories, six in the clothes of ollavs, and seven in the clothes of kings and queens." The list is not complete here, but it is probable that... | |
 | 1857 - 626 pages
...the various different orders of the state. " Thus was the distinction made between them : one color in the clothes of slaves, two in the clothes of soldiers,...young lords of territories, six in the clothes of ottavs or poet-historians, and seven in the clothes of kings and queens." Ollav Fola* was the king... | |
 | Ireland - 1851 - 424 pages
...the various different orders of the state. " Thus was the distinction made between them: one color in the clothes of slaves, two in the clothes of soldiers,...lords of territories, six in the clothes of ollavs or poet-historians, and seven in the clothes of kings and queens." Ollav Fola* was the king by whom... | |
 | Sir John Thomas Gilbert - Annals of the Four Masters - 1861 - 436 pages
...the various different orders of the state. " Thus was the distinction made between them: one color in the clothes of slaves, two in the clothes of soldiers,...lords of territories, six in the clothes of ollavs or poet-historians, and seven in the clothes of kings and queens." Ollav Fola* was the king by whom... | |
 | Sir John Thomas Gilbert - Annals of the Four Masters - 1861 - 428 pages
...the various different orders of the state. " Thus was the distinction made between them : one color in the clothes of slaves, two in the clothes of soldiers,...young lords of territories, six in the clothes of ottavs or poet-historians, and seven in the clothes of kings and queens." Ottav Fola* was the king... | |
 | English essays - 1862 - 862 pages
...distinguish the honour of each by his garment, from the lowest to the highest. Thua was the distinction made between them : one colour in the clothes of slaves...(professors); seven in the clothes of kings or queens.' In a MS., H. 2, 18, in Trinity College, it is added to the foregoing, that all colours were used in... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1862 - 968 pages
...distinguish the honour of each by his garment, from the lowest to the highest. Thug was the distinction made between them : one colour in the clothes of slaves ; two in the clothes of soldiers j three in the clothes of goodly heroes, or young lords of territories ; six in the clothes of ollavs,... | |
 | William Smith Ellis - 1869 - 408 pages
...distinguish the house of each by his garment, from the lowest to the highest. There was this distinction made between them, — one colour in the clothes of...(professors) ; seven in the clothes of kings or queens. In a MS. (H 2. 18) in Trinity College, it is added to the foregoing that all colours were used in the... | |
 | Belfast Naturalists' Field Club - 1874 - 456 pages
...distinguish the honour of each by his raiment, from the lowest to the highest ; and thus was the distinction made between them — one colour in the clothes of slaves, two in the clothes of soldiers, six in the clothes of ollaves, and seven in the clothes of kings and queens." The tartans of the Scottish... | |
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The successor of king Tiernmas instituted dresses of different colors to distinguish the various different orders of the state. " Thus was the distinction made between them: one color in the clothes of slaves, two in the clothes of soldiers, three in... 
