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... force , and bribe , To win from Irish thoughts and ways , this more than Irish tribe ; For still they clung to fosterage , to brehon , cloke and bard ; What king dare say to Geraldine , your Irish wife discard ? " The Earls of Desmond ...
... force , and bribe , To win from Irish thoughts and ways , this more than Irish tribe ; For still they clung to fosterage , to brehon , cloke and bard ; What king dare say to Geraldine , your Irish wife discard ? " The Earls of Desmond ...
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... force of Sir William scattered the kerne and gallowglasses of the Earl among the woods . On riding up to the house ... forces on the south- western coast of Ireland . The first expedition was con- ducted by the Earl's cousin ...
... force of Sir William scattered the kerne and gallowglasses of the Earl among the woods . On riding up to the house ... forces on the south- western coast of Ireland . The first expedition was con- ducted by the Earl's cousin ...
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... forces . He then marched towards Connaught with a small force , to prevail on some friends there to join him ; but on his way he was attacked by Theobald Burke , the son of Sir William Burke , of Castle- Connell . Finding it impossible ...
... forces . He then marched towards Connaught with a small force , to prevail on some friends there to join him ; but on his way he was attacked by Theobald Burke , the son of Sir William Burke , of Castle- Connell . Finding it impossible ...
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... force , the Deputy sent to England for aid , and told Burleigh he must " stand stoutly to the helm , for a great storm was at hand , and he could only borrow two hundred pounds in Dublin , on the security of the State . " But , said he ...
... force , the Deputy sent to England for aid , and told Burleigh he must " stand stoutly to the helm , for a great storm was at hand , and he could only borrow two hundred pounds in Dublin , on the security of the State . " But , said he ...
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... forces against the foreigners- for as Prince Palatine , he claimed the right of refusing to do so , " unless he listed " -his castle at Askeaton was assailed ; the very tombs of his ancestors , in the adjoin- ing abbey , were desecrated ...
... forces against the foreigners- for as Prince Palatine , he claimed the right of refusing to do so , " unless he listed " -his castle at Askeaton was assailed ; the very tombs of his ancestors , in the adjoin- ing abbey , were desecrated ...
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The Last Earl of Desmond [By C.B. Gibson] Charles Bernard Gibson,James Fitz-Thomas No preview available - 2018 |
The Last Earl of Desmond: A Historical Romance of 1599-1603 V1 (1854) Charles Bernard Gibson No preview available - 2009 |
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Page 278 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side; But in his duty, prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
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