Sketches in Ireland: Descriptive of Interesting, and Hitherto Unnoticed Districts, in the North and SouthW. Curry, jun. and Company, 1827 - 411 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... bear- ing despatches ; as I leave home to exercise my eye and my mind , I like the old straight forward road over the hills ; I can then see and breathe more freely . But I am not intending to describe the province of Ulster ; and shall ...
... bear- ing despatches ; as I leave home to exercise my eye and my mind , I like the old straight forward road over the hills ; I can then see and breathe more freely . But I am not intending to describe the province of Ulster ; and shall ...
Pagina 26
... bear on it . This was a most appropriate fortress for a mountain chief ; and if the place of his installation was befitting his wild and savage rule , ( according to Giraldus Cambrensis ) the ceremony of his inauguration was still more ...
... bear on it . This was a most appropriate fortress for a mountain chief ; and if the place of his installation was befitting his wild and savage rule , ( according to Giraldus Cambrensis ) the ceremony of his inauguration was still more ...
Pagina 94
... even gathering samphire-- namely , the taking these birds off their nests , these dark dwellers of the ocean are all fur- nished with a covering of the finest down , which bears a high price , I believe about five 94 SKETCHES.
... even gathering samphire-- namely , the taking these birds off their nests , these dark dwellers of the ocean are all fur- nished with a covering of the finest down , which bears a high price , I believe about five 94 SKETCHES.
Pagina 95
... bears a high price , I believe about five shillings per pound , and about two dozen of these birds furnish a pound ; it is therefore a most tempting employment for these poor people ; for an active and experienced man can take three or ...
... bears a high price , I believe about five shillings per pound , and about two dozen of these birds furnish a pound ; it is therefore a most tempting employment for these poor people ; for an active and experienced man can take three or ...
Pagina 127
... bears the fire so well that it would answer for crucibles . The country people use it as bowls for tobacco pipes , and it stands the effects of air and moisture . I should imagine it would be of infinite use in ornamental architecture ...
... bears the fire so well that it would answer for crucibles . The country people use it as bowls for tobacco pipes , and it stands the effects of air and moisture . I should imagine it would be of infinite use in ornamental architecture ...
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Sketches of Ireland: Descriptive of Interesting and Hitherto Unnoticed ... C. O. Volledige weergave - 1827 |
Sketches in Ireland: Descriptive of Interesting, and Hitherto Unnoticed ... Caesar Otway Volledige weergave - 1827 |
Sketches in Ireland: Descriptive of Interesting, and Hitherto Unnoticed ... Caesar Otway Volledige weergave - 1827 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 257 - Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method and of art...
Pagina 83 - Come on, sir ; here's the place : — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire, — dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head...
Pagina 258 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing,' That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear, While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Pagina 343 - ... anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves; they did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could find them; yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves...
Pagina 83 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Pagina 9 - Gnomes ! o'er the waste you led your myriad powers, Climb'd on the whirls, and aim'd the flinty showers ! Onward resistless rolls the infuriate surge, Clouds follow clouds, and mountains mountains urge ; Wave over wave the driving desert swims, Bursts o'er their heads, inhumes their struggling limbs ; Man mounts on man, on camels camels rush, Hosts march o'er hosts, and nations nations crush, — Wheeling in air the winged islands fall, And one great earthy ocean covers all...
Pagina 343 - ... their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death, they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves; they did eat the dead...
Pagina 20 - ... of this rod, to the end that no evil tongue may find cause to asperse the candour of your actions with blackness, nor any kind of corruption or tie of friendship be able to pervert your justice; therefore, in a lucky hour take the government of this people, to exercise the power given you with freedom and security.
Pagina 84 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Pagina 203 - Imperial rule of all the sea-girt isles That, like to rich and various gems, inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep...