A Picturesque Handbook to Carlingford Bay: And the Watering Places in Its Vicinity .... |
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... shores , it would be a world's wonder ; perhaps , if it were on the Mediterranean or the Baltic , English travellers would flock to it in hundreds ; why not come and see it in Ireland ? It is less than a day's journey from London , and ...
... shores , it would be a world's wonder ; perhaps , if it were on the Mediterranean or the Baltic , English travellers would flock to it in hundreds ; why not come and see it in Ireland ? It is less than a day's journey from London , and ...
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... Thompson . On board the Hercules or Nymph , then , we propose ap- proaching the time - hallowed and ever freshly - beautiful shores of the BAY OF CARLINGFORD . APPEARANCE FROM THE SEA . W HEN viewed in the 8 INTRODUCTION .
... Thompson . On board the Hercules or Nymph , then , we propose ap- proaching the time - hallowed and ever freshly - beautiful shores of the BAY OF CARLINGFORD . APPEARANCE FROM THE SEA . W HEN viewed in the 8 INTRODUCTION .
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... shore on its splendid bay , about twelve minutes ' walk from the town ; but in proportion as it becomes known , it will rapidly advance in popularity . Fish are very abundant in the bay , but unfortunately the inhabitants cannot avail ...
... shore on its splendid bay , about twelve minutes ' walk from the town ; but in proportion as it becomes known , it will rapidly advance in popularity . Fish are very abundant in the bay , but unfortunately the inhabitants cannot avail ...
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... shore about two miles inside the Bar . Here coasters can lie on the level sandy beach , except during strong southerly winds ; but few ap- proach it , save with an occasional supply of coals , or , in spring , to take away cargoes of ...
... shore about two miles inside the Bar . Here coasters can lie on the level sandy beach , except during strong southerly winds ; but few ap- proach it , save with an occasional supply of coals , or , in spring , to take away cargoes of ...
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... shore of Mill Bay is Mrs. M'Elroy's , -a neat house , with extensive lime kiln and corn mill contiguous . The next are Shannon Grove , the agreeable seat of John Shan- non Moore , Esq . , J. P .; Mount Loftus , the residence of Thomas M ...
... shore of Mill Bay is Mrs. M'Elroy's , -a neat house , with extensive lime kiln and corn mill contiguous . The next are Shannon Grove , the agreeable seat of John Shan- non Moore , Esq . , J. P .; Mount Loftus , the residence of Thomas M ...
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Page 21 - COMB back, come back together, All ye fancies of the past, Ye days of April weather, Ye shadows that are cast By the haunted hours before ! Come back, come back, my childhood ; Thou art summoned by a spell From the green leaves of the wild wood, From beside the charmed well ! For Red Riding Hood, the darling, — The flower of fairy lore.
Page 33 - In the descent southward, near the bottom, one is forced to slide down a sort of thatch, composed of furze, long grass, and juniper. St. Donard, a disciple of St. Patrick, is said to have spent the life of a hermit on this mountain, and built a cell, or oratory, on the top of it, towards the close of the fifth century.
Page 160 - And no spectacle was more frequent in the ditches of towns, and especially in wasted countries, than to see multitudes of these poor people dead with their mouths all coloured green by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend up above ground.
Page 255 - ... inviolable, and to deliver up the succession peaceably to his Tanist, and then hath a wand delivered unto him by some whose proper office that is; after which, descending from the stone, he turneth himself round, thrice forwards and thrice backwards. Eudox. But how is the Tanist chosen? Iren. They say he setteth but one foot upon the stone, and receiveth the like oath that the captaine did.
Page 14 - A day with not too bright a beam, A warm, but not a scorching sun, A southern gale to curl the stream, And, master, half our work is done.
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