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... wood , and total want of coal . Indeed , a comfortable winter residence is scarcely to be commanded , even by those whose circumstances render them indifferent to expense . Articles of tropical produce in many places are scarcely to be ...
... wood , and total want of coal . Indeed , a comfortable winter residence is scarcely to be commanded , even by those whose circumstances render them indifferent to expense . Articles of tropical produce in many places are scarcely to be ...
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... woods , and Warrenpoint with its pretty windmills and church spires , bound the prospect ; which , for subdued , if not romantic beauty , disputes supremacy with the boasted bay of Glengariff . To the right , as the steam - boat glides ...
... woods , and Warrenpoint with its pretty windmills and church spires , bound the prospect ; which , for subdued , if not romantic beauty , disputes supremacy with the boasted bay of Glengariff . To the right , as the steam - boat glides ...
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... wood - girdled base , and enjoy the view : -the glen to your right , its rapid stream foaming from rock to rock , the well- timbered grounds at your feet , and the dash and murmur of the sea below , with numbers of little craft , make ...
... wood - girdled base , and enjoy the view : -the glen to your right , its rapid stream foaming from rock to rock , the well- timbered grounds at your feet , and the dash and murmur of the sea below , with numbers of little craft , make ...
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... wood , From beside the charmed well ! " -alas ! the " good people " no longer dwell here ; that race of fanciful and poetic children of the moonlight , who once thronged this spot , if nursery tales be true , have sought a new home be ...
... wood , From beside the charmed well ! " -alas ! the " good people " no longer dwell here ; that race of fanciful and poetic children of the moonlight , who once thronged this spot , if nursery tales be true , have sought a new home be ...
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... enjoy the classic beauties of Ballyedmond , the delightful residence of Mrs. Stewart , which sits upon a green wood - skirted lawn , de- clining gently towards the sea . Up , almost at CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE - CAUSES . 23.
... enjoy the classic beauties of Ballyedmond , the delightful residence of Mrs. Stewart , which sits upon a green wood - skirted lawn , de- clining gently towards the sea . Up , almost at CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE - CAUSES . 23.
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Page 257 - That a claim of any body of men, other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.
Page 237 - Sword; was appointed ambassador to the court of Lisbon in 1806, to Sweden in 1817, to Constantinople in 1820, and to Russia in 1825 ; is author of " Poems from the Portuguese of...
Page 1 - ... improving, and beautifying the human hair. It prevents hair from falling off or turning grey, strengthens weak hair, cleanses it from scurf and dandriff, and makes it beautifully soft, pliable, and glossy. For children it is especially...
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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