Sketches in Ireland: descriptive of districts in the North and South [signed C.O.].1827 - 80 pagina's |
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Pagina 12
... soul of his dear departed girl . Thus he lay until the stars told him that midnight was past , when all at once a noise rose from beneath - a mighty heave was given as from an earthquake , and clear and clean the maiden was left in her ...
... soul of his dear departed girl . Thus he lay until the stars told him that midnight was past , when all at once a noise rose from beneath - a mighty heave was given as from an earthquake , and clear and clean the maiden was left in her ...
Pagina 38
... Souls , or not : ' twas head or harp between conscience and curiosity— and curiosity won the toss ; and so he set out in the light of the full moon to the Rock . As he came near , and was turning the corner of a rocky ridge out of which ...
... Souls , or not : ' twas head or harp between conscience and curiosity— and curiosity won the toss ; and so he set out in the light of the full moon to the Rock . As he came near , and was turning the corner of a rocky ridge out of which ...
Pagina 100
... them wiser - in a worldly sense be this spo- ken . In a religious view , if they be ignorant --he who knows the value of a soul , would desire to enlighten them . On the other side of the water of Mulroy , 100 SKETCHES Mulroy.
... them wiser - in a worldly sense be this spo- ken . In a religious view , if they be ignorant --he who knows the value of a soul , would desire to enlighten them . On the other side of the water of Mulroy , 100 SKETCHES Mulroy.
Pagina 103
... the other side of the world , to see Botany Bay ; but every mother's soul would come home to die in Fannat - not an ounce of hemp was or ever shall be expended on one of them . : Not long ago the miracle was tried and to IN DONEGAL 103.
... the other side of the world , to see Botany Bay ; but every mother's soul would come home to die in Fannat - not an ounce of hemp was or ever shall be expended on one of them . : Not long ago the miracle was tried and to IN DONEGAL 103.
Pagina 137
... his existence was to look at , and his sole occupation to guard it ; —and so the miser lived , and it was a pity that where his treasure was , that the heart of his body and the soul , could not for ever dwell IN DONEGAL . 137.
... his existence was to look at , and his sole occupation to guard it ; —and so the miser lived , and it was a pity that where his treasure was , that the heart of his body and the soul , could not for ever dwell IN DONEGAL . 137.
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Sketches in Ireland: Descriptive of Districts in the North and South [Signed ... Caesar Otway Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2016 |
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Pagina 271 - Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method and of art...
Pagina 94 - 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 91 - 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' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Pagina 272 - 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 359 - ... 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 254 - ... that purpose shall quote the remarks of a correspondent who can be depended on : — " Unfortunately the great want of this island, and the main cause of its poverty and depression, is the deficiency of a secure harbour. There are two indentures or coves by which the island is nearly bisected — one on the north, and the other on the south side — they are wide at the entrance, and without any indenture to secure vessels from a wind blowing in, or from the dangerous agitation of a high swell....
Pagina 17 - 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 28 - ... unknotted rod in his hand, and said, " Receive, Sire, the auspicious ensign of your dignity, and remember to imitate in your government the whiteness, straightness, and unknottiness 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 9 - You might have supposed that sound had no existence here, were it not that now and then a hawk shrieked while cowering over the mountain top, or a lamb bleated beneath, as it ran to its mother. I could have gone to sleep here, and dreamt of heaven purchased for...
Pagina 173 - ... who paid eight pence each for admission to the island. Sir William further informs the Privy Council, that in order to hinder the seduced people from going any longer to this stronghold of Purgatory, and wholly to take away the abuse hereafter, he had directed the whole to be defaced and utterly demolished ; therefore the walls, works, foundations, vaults, &c. , he ordered to be rooted up, also the place called St. Patrick's bed, and the stone on which he knelt. These and all other superstitious...