...the sciences beyond all the other European nations, travelling through the most distant lands, both with a view to improve and to communicate their knowledge, is a fact with which I have long been acquainted, as we see them, in the most authentic records of antiquity, discharging,...

...the sciences beyond all the other European nations, travelling through the most distant lands, both with a view to improve and to communicate their knowledge, is a fact with which I have long been acquainted, as we see them, in the most authentic records of antiquity, discharging...

...at the expense of truth- Mosheim, in his Ecclesiastical history of the eighth century, says, — " that the Hibernians were lovers of learning, and distinguished...sciences beyond all other European nations ; travelling through thej most distant lands with a view to improve, and to communicate their knowledge, is a fact...

...celebrated 'preachers.' The college of Lismore, in particular, attracted scholars from all parts of Europe. That the Hibernians were lovers of learning, and distinguished...of the sciences, beyond all other European nations, is referred to by Mosheira as an incomestible fact ; and he adds, on the contemporary testimony of...

...the sciences beyond all the other European nations, travelling through the most distant lands, both with a view to improve and to communicate their knowledge, is a fact with which I have long been acquainted, as we see them, in the most authentic records of antiquity, discharging,...

...period is further confirmed by Mosheim, who speaks of them in the following highly honourable terms.—" That the Hibernians were lovers of learning and distinguished...the most distant lands with a view to improve and communicate their knowledge, is a fact with which we have been long acquainted, as we see them in the...

...and exploded by all other nations."' m That the Hibernians, who were called Scots in this century, were lovers of learning, and distinguished themselves,...ignorance, by the culture of the sciences beyond all the other European nations, traveling through the most distant lands, both with a view to improve and...

...étoient d'Iraland," says Scaliger the younger ; while Mosheim (Eccl. Hist, century 8.) observes, " the Hibernians were lovers of learning, and distinguished themselves in those times of ignorance (the dark ages) by the culture of the sciences, beyond all other nations, travelling to the most distant...

...is further confirmed by Mosheim, who speaks of them in the following highly honourable terms, —' That the Hibernians were lovers of learning, and distinguished...the most distant lands with a view to improve and communicate their knowledge, is a fact with which we have been long acquainted, as we see them in the...

...higher. The excellent author of the Ecclesiastical History says of Ireland in the eighth century : " That the Hibernians were lovers of learning, and distinguished...the most distant lands with a view to improve and communicate their knowledge — is a fact with which I have been long acquainted, as we see them in...