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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... Croker. Researches in the south of Ireland , with an appendix [ by ... Thomas Crofton Croker , Jane Adams Drawn from Nature Fon Stone by Marianne Nicholson Printed by Rowney & Forster Gough Add : Ireland - 458 T4 . R.54 . Front Cover.
... Croker. Researches in the south of Ireland , with an appendix [ by ... Thomas Crofton Croker , Jane Adams Drawn from Nature Fon Stone by Marianne Nicholson Printed by Rowney & Forster Gough Add : Ireland - 458 T4 . R.54 . Front Cover.
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Thomas Crofton Croker. Drawn from Nature Fon Stone is Marianne Nicholson . Printed by Rownay & For / cor ROUND TOWER AT CLOYNE , CO . CORK . London . Pubd by John Murray . IN THE SOUTH OF IRELAND , ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE SCENERY.
Thomas Crofton Croker. Drawn from Nature Fon Stone is Marianne Nicholson . Printed by Rownay & For / cor ROUND TOWER AT CLOYNE , CO . CORK . London . Pubd by John Murray . IN THE SOUTH OF IRELAND , ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE SCENERY.
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... nature . I have made use of the Journal of a Tour through some of the Southern Counties , as the most convenient means of combining and conveying information derived from various sources , with topogra- phical remarks , and observations ...
... nature . I have made use of the Journal of a Tour through some of the Southern Counties , as the most convenient means of combining and conveying information derived from various sources , with topogra- phical remarks , and observations ...
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... nature , of honour and humanity were violated , were circumstances of so common occurrence in Irish history at the close of the sixteenth century , as scarcely to excite attention , or awaken feeling , in those who have detailed the ...
... nature , of honour and humanity were violated , were circumstances of so common occurrence in Irish history at the close of the sixteenth century , as scarcely to excite attention , or awaken feeling , in those who have detailed 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 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...