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 3
... morning's dawn we had got into the province of Ulster . The moment you enter it , you perceive its peculiar features , its for- mation quite distinct from every other por- tion of Ireland . There are hills , swells , plains and flat ...
... morning's dawn we had got into the province of Ulster . The moment you enter it , you perceive its peculiar features , its for- mation quite distinct from every other por- tion of Ireland . There are hills , swells , plains and flat ...
Pagina 12
... morning after the funeral , the body was found on the surface -again it was interred - and again the following morning it was exhumated . The father determined to watch over the grave the third night ; and accordingly enveloping himself ...
... morning after the funeral , the body was found on the surface -again it was interred - and again the following morning it was exhumated . The father determined to watch over the grave the third night ; and accordingly enveloping himself ...
Pagina 34
... morning to night and could get no butter ; and what was worse than all , the finest childer in the parish were carried away , and the poorest squalling croutheens placed in the cradle in their stead - Manus M'Swine in this way had a ...
... morning to night and could get no butter ; and what was worse than all , the finest childer in the parish were carried away , and the poorest squalling croutheens placed in the cradle in their stead - Manus M'Swine in this way had a ...
Pagina 38
... morning it was found stiff and cold in its cradle . To be sure Ma- nus and his wife were not sorry to be so well rid of what was a vexation and a shame , and Manus went with a light heart with the un- lucky thing under his arm , and he ...
... morning it was found stiff and cold in its cradle . To be sure Ma- nus and his wife were not sorry to be so well rid of what was a vexation and a shame , and Manus went with a light heart with the un- lucky thing under his arm , and he ...
Pagina 40
... morning , as if awaking out of a sound sleep , he found himself lying at the mouth of the cave , and what was best of all , he found when he clapped his hands to his pockets , that they were full of good hard cash . So up he got , and ...
... morning , as if awaking out of a sound sleep , he found himself lying at the mouth of the cave , and what was best of all , he found when he clapped his hands to his pockets , that they were full of good hard cash . So up he got , and ...
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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...