Description of the lakes of Killarney and the surrounding sceneryW.H. Smith & Son, 1849 - 92 strán (strany) |
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Strana 1
... completion of the Chester and Holyhead line , as also the opening of the Irish Great Southern and Western Railway to Mallow , makes this the route par excellence for the English tourist to take in visiting the Lakes of Killarney . It ...
... completion of the Chester and Holyhead line , as also the opening of the Irish Great Southern and Western Railway to Mallow , makes this the route par excellence for the English tourist to take in visiting the Lakes of Killarney . It ...
Strana 2
... completed across the Menai Strait , pas- sengers are conveyed by coach from the Bangor station across the Menai Bridge to Llanfair , about four miles , by rather a hilly road , which affords some good views , and then join the railway ...
... completed across the Menai Strait , pas- sengers are conveyed by coach from the Bangor station across the Menai Bridge to Llanfair , about four miles , by rather a hilly road , which affords some good views , and then join the railway ...
Strana 3
... completed and opened for public traffic on May the 1st , 1848 . Plunging through this aërial tunnel , the train glides by the picturesque and venerable ruins of Conway Castle , and the grey and turretted walls of the old town ; and on ...
... completed and opened for public traffic on May the 1st , 1848 . Plunging through this aërial tunnel , the train glides by the picturesque and venerable ruins of Conway Castle , and the grey and turretted walls of the old town ; and on ...
Strana 4
... completed the com- munication . The height of these arches was to have been 100 feet at the crown , but the Admiralty insist- ing on a height of 100 feet across the whole opening , so that the navigation might not be interfered with ...
... completed the com- munication . The height of these arches was to have been 100 feet at the crown , but the Admiralty insist- ing on a height of 100 feet across the whole opening , so that the navigation might not be interfered with ...
Strana 5
... completed , the entire length of the bridge will be 1849 feet . The great Britannia Tower , whose foundations are laid on the Britannia Rock , in the centre of the Straits , contains 148.625 cubic feet of limestone , and 144.625 of sand ...
... completed , the entire length of the bridge will be 1849 feet . The great Britannia Tower , whose foundations are laid on the Britannia Rock , in the centre of the Straits , contains 148.625 cubic feet of limestone , and 144.625 of sand ...
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admiration advantage affords appear arbutus ascend beauty boat BRITANNIA BRIDGE Carrantuohill Cascade centre charm circumstance cliff colour Connemara Cromaglan Dinish Island distance district Dublin Dunloe Castle Eagle's Nest echoes elevation English favourable feet foliage Gap of Dunloe glen Glena height Inglis INNISFALLEN ISLAND Ireland Irish Kenmare Kingstown lakes of Killarney length light and shade Lough Lower Lake magnificent Mangerton Menai Straits Middle Lake miles moun mountains Muckross Abbey Muckross Domain nature numerous O'Sullivan's objects obtained passing peninsula of Muckross picturesque points of interest portion possesses present promontory Railway respecting River Laune road rocks Ross Ross Island round rugged scenery of Killarney scenes seen shore side singular situated spot sublime summit surrounding scenery sweet tains thing tints Tomies Torc Lake Torc mountain tourist tower trees tube Upper Lake valley variety visited the lakes visitor Weld whilst whole Wicklow wild wood
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Strana 57 - No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...
Strana iii - Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chase, And marvel men should quit their easy chair, The toilsome way, and long, long league to trace, Oh! there is sweetness in the mountain air, And Life, that bloated Ease can never hope to share.
Strana 36 - To feel how fair shall long be mine. Sweet Innisfallen, long shall dwell In memory's dream that sunny smile Which o'er thee on that evening fell, When first I saw thy fairy isle.
Strana 6 - ... a rivet, which, by contracting as it cools, binds together the plates even more firmly than they had already been almost cemented by the irresistible coercion of three sledge-hammers; indeed they are so powerfully drawn together, that it has been estimated it would require a force of from four to six tons to each rivet to cause the plates to slide over each other.
Strana 49 - The rocks at Keswick are more sublime, and other lakes may have circumstances in which they are superior; but when we consider the prodigious woods of Killarney, the immensity of the mountains, the uncommon beauty of the promontory of...
Strana 34 - When we had received our boats, each of which was capable of containing one hundred and twenty men, I ordered one of them to be rowed about the water, in order to find out the most convenient place for landing upon the enemy ; which they perceiving, thought fit by a timely submission to prevent the danger that threatened them...
Strana 21 - ... The mountain outlines can scarcely be finer than they are ; and in the variety of colour produced by the variety of foliage, — from the beautiful bright green of the arbutus, to the brown mountain heath, — Killarney is eminently distinguished. To my mind, the upper lake is the most attractive : the mountains are nearest to it ; it has not one tame feature ; and it is more studded with islands, than either of the other lakes. I landed upon several of the islands, and was delighted with the...
Strana 24 - It is scarcely in the power of language to convey an adequate idea of the extraordinary effect of the echoes under this cliff, whether they repeat the dulcet notes of music, or the loud discordant report of a cannon. Enchantment here appears to have resumed her reign, and those who listen are lost in amazement and delight.