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 30
... fire on his hearth with the blood of his wife and little ones ; and with a heart maddened by revenge , with hope rest- ing on the promised reward , he retired to the wooded hills that run parallel to the Hill of Doune ; there , under ...
... fire on his hearth with the blood of his wife and little ones ; and with a heart maddened by revenge , with hope rest- ing on the promised reward , he retired to the wooded hills that run parallel to the Hill of Doune ; there , under ...
Pagina 31
... fire to his levelled matchlock - and before the report began to roll its echoes through the woods and hills , the ball had passed through Sir Cahir's forehead , and he lay lifeless on the ramparts . His followers were panic- struck ...
... fire to his levelled matchlock - and before the report began to roll its echoes through the woods and hills , the ball had passed through Sir Cahir's forehead , and he lay lifeless on the ramparts . His followers were panic- struck ...
Pagina 41
... . So the holy saints appeared to him in a dream , and desired him to go to six different wells and take six rushes with him , and dip a rush in each well , and then set fire to them , and whatever rush took fire and IN DONEGAL . 41.
... . So the holy saints appeared to him in a dream , and desired him to go to six different wells and take six rushes with him , and dip a rush in each well , and then set fire to them , and whatever rush took fire and IN DONEGAL . 41.
Pagina 42
... fire to them , and whatever rush took fire and burned bright , as if it was dipped in wax or tallow , that then the well in which the burn- ing rush was dipped should be made holy for ever after . " So according to these directions the ...
... fire to them , and whatever rush took fire and burned bright , as if it was dipped in wax or tallow , that then the well in which the burn- ing rush was dipped should be made holy for ever after . " So according to these directions the ...
Pagina 74
... fire , over which was suspended the pot with its connected head and worm ; two of the filthiest of human beings , half naked , squalid unhealthy looking creatures , with skins en- crusted with filth , hair long , uncombed , and matted ...
... fire , over which was suspended the pot with its connected head and worm ; two of the filthiest of human beings , half naked , squalid unhealthy looking creatures , with skins en- crusted with filth , hair long , uncombed , and matted ...
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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...