Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicus, Volume 2; Volume 11Charles Vallancey L. White, 1786 - Ireland |
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affertions affigns alfo alphabet alſo ancient Iriſh antiquity becauſe biſhop Bobeloth Bochart Brehon laws Britiſh caftle called Carthage Carthaginians Celtes Celtic century characters Chriftian church confequently confifted cuftom Deity druidic druids Dublin Dunamafe Egyptians Engliſh eſtabliſhed Europe facred faid fame fays fecond feems feveral fhall fhould fignifies fince firft firſt fituated fome fpecies Freren ftate ftill ftone fubject fuch fuppofed fupra fymbol Gauls Greek Hebrew Hibernian hiftory houfe houſe ifland infcriptions inhabitants Ireland Irifh Iriſh Irish language Kilkenny king language Latin laws learned letters lord manufcripts meaſure menfis moft moſt muſt obferved obiit Offian Offory Ogham pagan perfon Phoenician Plautus prefent preferved Punic Punic language quæ Queen's county quod racter reafon refpect repreſented Roman ſchool ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſtate Strabo Tacitus thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe Thule towers Ulfter univerfal uſed weft weſtern whence word writers
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Page 278 - Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Page 199 - Phoenicians, that is from the left to the right, and from the right to the left alternately, as is evinced from the infcriptions at New-Grange and from feveral MSS.
Page 247 - An Essay on the Antiquity of the Irish Language ; being a Collation of the Irish with the Punic Language. With a Preface proving Ireland to be the Thule of the Ancients.
Page 285 - On St. Bridget's Eve every farmer's wife in Ireland makes a cake, called Bairinbreac ; the neighbours are invited, the madder of ale and the pipe go round, and the evening concludes with mirth and festivity.
Page 454 - With unfhaken integrity of heart and purity of conduct ; Attentive to the intereft of religion, He caufed feveral parochial churches to be rebuilt, Within this diocefs. He promoted and liberally contributed to the repair And embellifh.ment of this cathedral church, Then unhappily falling into decay. A zealous encourager of every...
Page 421 - Cause hath been judged already in England upon them who did abet your evils :\ what may the Principals then expect ? — By this free dealing, you see I entice you not to a compliance. You may have Terms
Page 408 - Auguftins was hifled out of the houfe, for threatening to wipe off the duft from his feet and thofe of his friars, and to bend his courfe beyond the feas, if the poffeffions of his order were not reftored.
Page 467 - Res quod nisi creditur illis non mortua, sed data somno? Nam quod requiescere corpus vacuum sine mente videmus, Spatium brève restât, ut alti répétât collegia sensus.
Page 245 - ESSAY (an) on the antiquity of the Irish language. Being a collation of the Irish with the Punic language. With a preface proving Ireland to be the Thule of the ancients.
Page 499 - ... and also by his proceeding to inform us that (under Mr Peter White, the original master) 'it was my happie hap (God and my parents be thanked) to have been one of his crue; and I take it to stande with my dutie, sith I may not stretch mine abilitie in requiting his good turns, yet to manifest my good will in remembering his pains. And certes I will acknowledge myself so much bound, and beholden to him and his, as for his sake, I reverence the meanest stone cemented in the walls of that famous...