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... Royal Irish Academy . † One Gold and brass were known before iron , as the poet Lucretius observes ; and Cæsar tells us , that on his arrival in Britain , he was informed that the island produced iron , but that brass was imported . In ...
... Royal Irish Academy . † One Gold and brass were known before iron , as the poet Lucretius observes ; and Cæsar tells us , that on his arrival in Britain , he was informed that the island produced iron , but that brass was imported . In ...
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... Royal Irish Society are preserved some exceedingly beautiful specimens of the ornaments worn upon the breast of the chief priest - the jodhi- an morian , or breastplate of judgment , believed to be endowed with the power of strangling ...
... Royal Irish Society are preserved some exceedingly beautiful specimens of the ornaments worn upon the breast of the chief priest - the jodhi- an morian , or breastplate of judgment , believed to be endowed with the power of strangling ...
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... Royal Irish Academy , and is remark- able for the rich and in- volved character of its ornament , as well as for its large size , —some- times they have been found twelve inches in length and eight in dia- meter , and are fre- quently ...
... Royal Irish Academy , and is remark- able for the rich and in- volved character of its ornament , as well as for its large size , —some- times they have been found twelve inches in length and eight in dia- meter , and are fre- quently ...
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... as some few among the Royal collection of MSS . in the British Museum . A glance at the lists appended to Strutt's books will furnish many more . telligence of this nation , at a period when , THE ANGLO - SAXONS AND DANES . 37.
... as some few among the Royal collection of MSS . in the British Museum . A glance at the lists appended to Strutt's books will furnish many more . telligence of this nation , at a period when , THE ANGLO - SAXONS AND DANES . 37.
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... royal costume of the Anglo - Saxons we meet with many authorities . The grants by King Edgar to the abbey of Winchester , which were written in letters of gold in the year 966 , and which contain , opposite their names , the marks of ...
... royal costume of the Anglo - Saxons we meet with many authorities . The grants by King Edgar to the abbey of Winchester , which were written in letters of gold in the year 966 , and which contain , opposite their names , the marks of ...
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Sida 241 - I came one morning into the House well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor...
Sida 241 - I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor : his linen was plain and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hat-band, his stature was of a good size, his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour, for the subjectmatter would...
Sida 363 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Sida 539 - While spouts run clattering o'er the roof by fits, And ever and anon with frightful din The leather sounds ; he trembles from within. So when...
Sida 109 - Then was there flowing hair, and extravagant dress ; and then was invented the fashion of shoes with curved points : then the model for young men was to rival women in delicacy of person, to mimic their gait, to walk with loose gesture, half-naked.
Sida 359 - Whilst they, sir, to relieve him in the fable, Make their loose comments upon every word, Gesture, or look, I use; mock me all over, From my flat cap unto my shining shoes; And, out of their impetuous rioting phant'sies, Beget some slander that shall dwell with me.
Sida 278 - ... heavy complaint against fringed gloves. To be brief, there is scarce an ornament of either sex which one or other of my correspondents has not inveighed against with some bitterness, and recommended to my observation. I must, therefore, once for all, inform my readers, that it is not my intention to sink the dignity of this my paper, with reflections upon red...
Sida 310 - Let her flaps fly behind, for a yard at the least ; Let her curls meet just under her chin ; Let these curls be supported, to keep up the jest, With an hundred, instead of one pin. Let her gown be...
Sida 376 - By'r lady, your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine.
Sida 198 - anatomised" them as well as the ladies ; and most efficiently has he wielded his lancet, and cut them up in a very workmanlike manner, from the crown of their heads to the soles of their feet. His satire will illustrate the points of costume exhibited in the above engraving ; but I may just mention the authorities from which the figures are derived.