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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... in Ireland , where at least three millions converse in Irish daily , to say nothing at pre- sent respecting oral instruction , the business of educa- tion in the vernacular tongue is only just begun ! 14 INTRODUCTION .
... in Ireland , where at least three millions converse in Irish daily , to say nothing at pre- sent respecting oral instruction , the business of educa- tion in the vernacular tongue is only just begun ! 14 INTRODUCTION .
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... respecting the extent of their attainments in literature . With regard to the native Irish , however , such has been the singular fate of their manuscripts , and even such is their present condition , that difficulties almost insuper ...
... respecting the extent of their attainments in literature . With regard to the native Irish , however , such has been the singular fate of their manuscripts , and even such is their present condition , that difficulties almost insuper ...
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... respecting other coun- tries as well as their own . The stores even in Dublin have never been impartially and thoroughly canvassed , nor does even a complete Catalogue Raisonné of the col- lection in Trinity College exist . I may repeat ...
... respecting other coun- tries as well as their own . The stores even in Dublin have never been impartially and thoroughly canvassed , nor does even a complete Catalogue Raisonné of the col- lection in Trinity College exist . I may repeat ...
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... respecting it . Nearly a hundred years ago , we find even Dean Swift , who was certainly no friend to the language itself , requesting the * O'Reilly's Irish and English Dictionary ( the last published ) has upwards of 50,000 vocables ...
... respecting it . Nearly a hundred years ago , we find even Dean Swift , who was certainly no friend to the language itself , requesting the * O'Reilly's Irish and English Dictionary ( the last published ) has upwards of 50,000 vocables ...
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... respecting him , or the age in which he flourished , I do not enter . Sentiments in this volume , however , might enlighten the present age , and a brief selection in some of the periodical works might interest his countrymen even now ...
... respecting him , or the age in which he flourished , I do not enter . Sentiments in this volume , however , might enlighten the present age , and a brief selection in some of the periodical works might interest his countrymen even now ...
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