Researches in the south of Ireland, with an appendix [by J. Adams] containing a private narrative of the rebellion of 17981824 - 40 pages |
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... horse and car of any kind to take us into Fermoy , our endeavours were for some time fruitless . One person had a car , but no horse . Ano- ther a car building , which , if Dermot Leary were as good as his word , would be finished next ...
... horse and car of any kind to take us into Fermoy , our endeavours were for some time fruitless . One person had a car , but no horse . Ano- ther a car building , which , if Dermot Leary were as good as his word , would be finished next ...
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... horses for which are not unfrequently taken from the plough , and the chaise itself sub- mitted to a temporary repair before starting , to render it , if the parody of a nautical phrase may be allowed , road - worthy ; but the defects ...
... horses for which are not unfrequently taken from the plough , and the chaise itself sub- mitted to a temporary repair before starting , to render it , if the parody of a nautical phrase may be allowed , road - worthy ; but the defects ...
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... horses or a break - down are treated by a driver , whose appearance is the very reverse of the smart jockey - like ... horse singular . Riding once in company with a poor farmer from Cork to Mallow , I advised him to quicken the pace ...
... horses or a break - down are treated by a driver , whose appearance is the very reverse of the smart jockey - like ... horse singular . Riding once in company with a poor farmer from Cork to Mallow , I advised him to quicken the pace ...
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... horses and muskets that enabled the Irish to bring an additional number of men into the field the ensuing season . When a Rapparee became a prisoner , the gallows instantly termi- nated his fate , and it is stated by Mr. Lesley that ...
... horses and muskets that enabled the Irish to bring an additional number of men into the field the ensuing season . When a Rapparee became a prisoner , the gallows instantly termi- nated his fate , and it is stated by Mr. Lesley that ...
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... horse and foot , he was com- mitted to custody , " says Leland , " on bare suspicion ; but upon making the most solemn promises of loyalty and fidelity , he obtained his liberty , retired from the camp , but refused to attend the deputy ...
... horse and foot , he was com- mitted to custody , " says Leland , " on bare suspicion ; but upon making the most solemn promises of loyalty and fidelity , he obtained his liberty , retired from the camp , but refused to attend the deputy ...
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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 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 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 143 - At morning and at evening both You merry were and glad, So little care of...
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.
Page 74 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death, they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...