Researches in the South of Ireland: Illustrative of the Scenery, Architectural Remains, and the Manners and Superstitions of the Peasantry |
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... Town Roche . Mallow Ardmore , County Waterford . Druidical Altar , Castle Mary Carrinacurra Castle . · ERRATA . Page 110 , line 30 , for are read is . 111 , 127 , 133 , 11 , for Hibernia read Hibernica . 8 , for past read passed . 5 ...
... Town Roche . Mallow Ardmore , County Waterford . Druidical Altar , Castle Mary Carrinacurra Castle . · ERRATA . Page 110 , line 30 , for are read is . 111 , 127 , 133 , 11 , for Hibernia read Hibernica . 8 , for past read passed . 5 ...
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... promontory that breaks upon the sea - horizon , con- trasted with the gay town that smiles upon its side , and the fleet of fishing smacks bent upon their evening cruize under its protection 22 CHAP . II . SCENERY AND TRAVELLING .
... promontory that breaks upon the sea - horizon , con- trasted with the gay town that smiles upon its side , and the fleet of fishing smacks bent upon their evening cruize under its protection 22 CHAP . II . SCENERY AND TRAVELLING .
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... towns . These are carriages on easy springs , calculated to contain six or eight persons . The roof is supported by a slight iron frame capable of being unfixed in fine weather , and the curtains , which may be opened and closed at will ...
... towns . These are carriages on easy springs , calculated to contain six or eight persons . The roof is supported by a slight iron frame capable of being unfixed in fine weather , and the curtains , which may be opened and closed at will ...
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... towns and villages are extravagant in an inverse proportion to the indifference of their accommodation , and generally ... town afforded , appeared to be one where carmen were oftener lodged than gentry . The landlady stood at the door ...
... towns and villages are extravagant in an inverse proportion to the indifference of their accommodation , and generally ... town afforded , appeared to be one where carmen were oftener lodged than gentry . The landlady stood at the door ...
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... town . K. John . Acknowledge then the king , and let me in . Citizen . That can we not : but he that proves the king , To him will we prove loyal : till that time Have we ramm'd up our gates against the world ! " King John . In the ...
... town . K. John . Acknowledge then the king , and let me in . Citizen . That can we not : but he that proves the king , To him will we prove loyal : till that time Have we ramm'd up our gates against the world ! " King John . In the ...
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Page 207 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats.
Page 198 - There is a faith that overcomes the world, and there is a faith that is overcome by the world...
Page 143 - At morning and at evening both, You merry were and glad, So little care of...
Page 178 - Scully ! thou false one, You basely betrayed him, In his strong hour of need, When thy right hand should aid him. He fed thee — he clad thee — You had all could delight thee : You left him — you sold him — May heaven requite thee...
Page 74 - ... they could find them, yea, and one another soon after; insomuch, as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves, and if they found a plot of water-cresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able to continue there withal ; that in short space there was none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast*.
Page 179 - Scully ! may all kinds Of evil attend thee ! On thy dark road of life May no kind one befriend thee ! May fevers long burn thee, And agues long freeze thee ! May the strong hand of God In His red anger seize thee ! Had he died calmly I...
Page 85 - Faerie thee unweeting reft, There as thou slepst in tender swadling band, And her base elfin brood there for thee left. Such men do chaungelings call, so chaung'd by Faeries theft.
Page 108 - Sometimes, misguided by the tuneful throng, I look for streams immortalized in song, That lost in silence and oblivion lie (Dumb are their fountains and their channels dry), Yet run for ever by the Muse's skill, And in the smooth description murmur still.
Page 260 - The travellers into the East tell us, that when the ignorant inhabitants of those countries are asked concerning the ruins of stately edifices yet remaining amongst them, the melancholy monuments of their former grandeur and long-lost science, they always answer, that they were built by magicians.
Page 51 - Memento mory. Here lieth littell Samuell Barinton that great under taker of famous cittis clock and chime maker He made his one time goe early and latter but now he is returned to God his creator: the 19 of November then he scest and for his memory this here is pleast by his son Ben. 1693.