Historical Sketches of the Native Irish and Their Descendants: Illustrative of Their Past and Present State with Regard to Literature, Education, and Oral InstructionOliver & Boyd, 1830 - 358 pages |
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... Welsh , the Manx , the Gaelic , and the Na- tive Irish . Individual benevolence and earnest pleading have at last achieved for Wales , and in part for the Highlands and the Isle of Man , what ought to have been effected in ages long ...
... Welsh , the Manx , the Gaelic , and the Na- tive Irish . Individual benevolence and earnest pleading have at last achieved for Wales , and in part for the Highlands and the Isle of Man , what ought to have been effected in ages long ...
Page 83
... Welsh for Wales , or Gaelic for the Highlands of Scotland - for all these things he did , and for all his foreign operations especially was ex- tolled . But it seems it was not thought politic in him to pity his own dear native country ...
... Welsh for Wales , or Gaelic for the Highlands of Scotland - for all these things he did , and for all his foreign operations especially was ex- tolled . But it seems it was not thought politic in him to pity his own dear native country ...
Page 99
... Welsh not fewer than twelve editions of the Bible , and as many of the New Testament , sepa- rately , amounting to at least 120,000 , of which 75,000 Bibles and 14,000 Testaments had been printed during this very century , -3000 Bibles ...
... Welsh not fewer than twelve editions of the Bible , and as many of the New Testament , sepa- rately , amounting to at least 120,000 , of which 75,000 Bibles and 14,000 Testaments had been printed during this very century , -3000 Bibles ...
Page 100
... roman or italic characters ; but there is a singular omission , the letter S , and that he appeared to have entirely forgotten ! -Ryan's Worthies , II . 131 . 3 while one party , the Welsh , were attended to 100 LITERARY HISTORY .
... roman or italic characters ; but there is a singular omission , the letter S , and that he appeared to have entirely forgotten ! -Ryan's Worthies , II . 131 . 3 while one party , the Welsh , were attended to 100 LITERARY HISTORY .
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... Welsh , were attended to , and fur- nished with every variety , both as to the type and size of volume , the Irish were not impartially considered . It certainly was not without its effect , though it only showed that nothing was to be ...
... Welsh , were attended to , and fur- nished with every variety , both as to the type and size of volume , the Irish were not impartially considered . It certainly was not without its effect , though it only showed that nothing was to be ...
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