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In order to shew the corresponding sounds and sense between the Gaelic and Latin, we shall give the following lines.

Ruith amhain de mhonaibh.

Ruunt amnes de montibus.

Gaelic.

Latin.

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English. It extended its branches to the sky.

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English. They broke the strength of clashing arms.

Gaelic.
Latin.

Eich solis togail feinn e alt choire.
Equi solis tollunt se alto gurgite.

English. The horses of the sun rise themselves from the deep gulph.*

Words in the Oriental languages which have an analogy to the Gaelic roots.

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* Colonel Vallancey, in his Essay on the Antiquity of the Irish language, has collated the Punic speech in Plautus with the Iberno-Celtic.

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