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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... spirit of inquiry , are still contented to remain very imperfectly acquainted with the actual state of so near a portion of the British empire . To the facility of its access may in some measure be ascribed the B indifference usually ...
... spirit of inquiry , are still contented to remain very imperfectly acquainted with the actual state of so near a portion of the British empire . To the facility of its access may in some measure be ascribed the B indifference usually ...
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... spirit of independence flickered amongst the chieftains from age to age , unextinguished by a deluge of blood : -the faith pledged to the victors was broken at every favourable opportunity ; revolt succeeded revolt , and what was by one ...
... spirit of independence flickered amongst the chieftains from age to age , unextinguished by a deluge of blood : -the faith pledged to the victors was broken at every favourable opportunity ; revolt succeeded revolt , and what was by one ...
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... provocations may rouse the tamest spirit to measures of revenge and desperation ; and it will be found that there are various and contradictory evidences which require investigation CHAP . I. 7 HISTORY AND NATIONAL CHARACTER .
... provocations may rouse the tamest spirit to measures of revenge and desperation ; and it will be found that there are various and contradictory evidences which require investigation CHAP . I. 7 HISTORY AND NATIONAL CHARACTER .
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... spirit into submission ; - his commands were decisive and effective , for his cannon were his arguments ; and the shattered castles to be seen in every direction are memorials of his astonishing progress , or , to use the canting ...
... spirit into submission ; - his commands were decisive and effective , for his cannon were his arguments ; and the shattered castles to be seen in every direction are memorials of his astonishing progress , or , to use the canting ...
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... spirit of chivalry , which still survives amongst them , seldom fail , when aided by novelty of situation and incident , to create enthusiasm in a stranger ; but the known difficulties of travelling , and want of accommodation , are of ...
... spirit of chivalry , which still survives amongst them , seldom fail , when aided by novelty of situation and incident , to create enthusiasm in a stranger ; but the known difficulties of travelling , and want of accommodation , are of ...
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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...