Ériu: Founded as the Journal of the School of Irish Learning Devoted to Irish Philology and Literature, Volumes 8 à 9

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Royal Irish Academy, 1916
 

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Page 106 - ... been harnessed. It would tilt up before any man who was not destined to receive the kingship of Tara, so that he could not control (?) it, and the horses would spring at him. And there was a king's mantle in the chariot; whose might not receive Tara's sovereignty the mantle was ever too big for him. And there were two flag-stones in Tara: 'Blocc' and 'Bluigne'; when they accepted a man, they would open before him until the chariot went through. And Fál was there, the 'stone penis...
Page 105 - There was a king's chariot at Tara. To the chariot were yoked two steeds of the same colour, which had never before been harnessed. It would tilt up before any man who was not destined to receive the kingship of Tara, so that he could not control (?) it, and the horses would spring at him.
Page 102 - I arrive where an unknown earth is under my feet, I arrive where a new sky is above me, I arrive at this land A resting place for me. O spirit of the earth! The stranger humbly offers his heart as food for thee.
Page 153 - has scenicas meretriculas ad hunc aegrum permisit accedere quae dolores eius non modo nullis remediis foverent, verum dulcibus insuper alerent venenis? Hae sunt enim quae infructuosis affectuum spinis uberem fructibus rationis segetem necant hominumque mentes assuefaciunt inorbo, non liberant.
Page 106 - I come to tell you that you cannot stay long in the world of men, after once eating the grapes and mulberries of Hades. There is a Goddess in Hades who wishes to marry you. She it was who, assuming the form of a bear, lured you into the cavern and thence to the underworld. You must make up your mind to come away.
Page 148 - Feminarum quasdam, ut dicitur, nimis familiariter tecum habitare permittis et cum ipsis etiam et inter ipsas noctu frequenter cubare non erubescis. Hoc si modo agis, vel aliquando egisti, novum et inauditum, sed infructuosum martyrii genus invenisti... Mulierum quibusdam, sicut fama sparsit, et nos ante diximus, sœpe privatim loqueris earum accubitu novo martyrii genere cruciaris.
Page 194 - There is no laughter at the children's play, music is checked, speech is fettered ; the sons of kings, such was not their nature, care neither for feasting nor mass.
Page 151 - Causa certis personis, locis, temporibus, actionibus, negotiis cernitur aut in omnibus aut in plerisque eorum, propositum autem aut in aliquo eorum aut in pluribus nec tamen in maximis.
Page 104 - At a certain stage of early society the king or priest is often thought to be endowed with supernatural powers or to be an incarnation of a deity, and consistently with this belief the course of nature is supposed to be more or less under his control, and he is held responsible for bad weather, failure of crops, and similar calamities.
Page 21 - Now it was reported to the Fir Bolg that that company had arrived in Ireland. That was the most handsome and delightful company, the fairest of form, the most distinguished in their equipment and apparel, and their skill in music and playing, the most gifted in mind and temperament that ever came to Ireland.

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