The Beauties of Ireland: Being Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Biographical, of Each County, Zväzok 2Sherwood, Jones, & Company, 1826 |
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... Boyne rises in the Bog of Allen . The minor streams are very numerous ; and the Grand Canal penetrates the dreary plains of Allen , communicating its advantages to the central parts of the county . Few minerals have been discovered in ...
... Boyne rises in the Bog of Allen . The minor streams are very numerous ; and the Grand Canal penetrates the dreary plains of Allen , communicating its advantages to the central parts of the county . Few minerals have been discovered in ...
Strana 130
... Boyne , to Clonmacnois , on the Shannon , thirty - two miles ; but the more general breadth does not exceed seventeen ; and it is in length , from the moat of Grenouge adjoining West Meath , to the southernmost part of the barony of ...
... Boyne , to Clonmacnois , on the Shannon , thirty - two miles ; but the more general breadth does not exceed seventeen ; and it is in length , from the moat of Grenouge adjoining West Meath , to the southernmost part of the barony of ...
Strana 132
... Boyne and the lesser Barrow glide along its eastern borders . The Grand Canal crosses its northern part , and conveys vast quantities of turf , used as fuel , to the city of Dublin . There are no towns of great importance ; but many ...
... Boyne and the lesser Barrow glide along its eastern borders . The Grand Canal crosses its northern part , and conveys vast quantities of turf , used as fuel , to the city of Dublin . There are no towns of great importance ; but many ...
Strana 162
... Boyne ; the Blackwater ; the Nannay ; and the Borora . The " pleasant Boyne , " as this river is , with strict propriety , designated by Spencer , flows through the county from south - west to north - east , dividing it nearly into two ...
... Boyne ; the Blackwater ; the Nannay ; and the Borora . The " pleasant Boyne , " as this river is , with strict propriety , designated by Spencer , flows through the county from south - west to north - east , dividing it nearly into two ...
Strana 163
... Boyne ; one called the district of Kells , comprising the baronies of Slane ; Morgallion ; Kells ; Fowre ; Lune , and Navan ; and the other , called the Division of Dunshaughlin , comprehending Duleek ; Skryne ; Ratoath ; Dunboyne ...
... Boyne ; one called the district of Kells , comprising the baronies of Slane ; Morgallion ; Kells ; Fowre ; Lune , and Navan ; and the other , called the Division of Dunshaughlin , comprehending Duleek ; Skryne ; Ratoath ; Dunboyne ...
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abbey ages Anglo-Norman antient antiquity appear Archdall architectural Ballymahon Bandon Baron beauty bishop Boyle Boyne building built Carlow castle celebrated century chapel character chief chiefly church considerable daughter demesne died diocess distance district Drogheda Dublin Duke Duleek Dundalk Earl of Cork early English erected extensive feet Fermoy formed formerly founded Friary Grace granted ground handsome Henry hill Hugh de Lacy inhabitants Ireland Irish James John Kildare King lady land late Ledwich Leinster Lord Louth manor mansion married Meath miles monastery monastic monument Mullingar Munster neighbourhood noble noticed ornamented parish parliament peerage possession present principal proprietor Queen Queen's County reign religious house remains residence Richard Richard Nagle river Barrow river Boyne river Shannon ruins scenery seat side situated spacious stone structure termed Thomas tower town tract vestiges vicinity village Viscount walls Westmeath whilst William Youghal
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Strana 495 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Strana 205 - ... graceful, and agreeable young women in London, only a little too fat. Her hair was blacker than a raven, and every feature of her face in perfection. . . . Never was any of her sex born with better gifts of the mind, or who more improved them by reading and conversation.
Strana 294 - The first design of this Essay was his : — under the semblance of attack, he wished to show the English public the eloquence, wit, and talents of the lower classes of people in Ireland. Working zealously upon the ideas which he suggested, sometimes, what was spoken by him, was afterwards written by me ; or when I wrote my first thoughts, they were corrected and improved by him ; so that no book was ever written more completely in partnership. On this, as on most subjects, whether light or serious,...
Strana 123 - Like the idle gleam that December's beam Can dart on ice and snow. " And fading, like that varied gleam, Is our inconstant shape, Who now like knight and lady seem, And now like dwarf and ape.
Strana 205 - All of us who had the happiness of her friendship agreed unanimously, that, in an afternoon or evening's conversation, she never failed, before we parted, of delivering the best thing that was said in the company. Some of us have written down several of her sayings, or what the French call bans mots, wherein she excelled beyond belief.
Strana 72 - ... was always melancholy save when Dean Swift was there, and then she seemed happy. The garden was to an uncommon degree crowded with laurels. The old man said, that when Miss Vanhomrigh expected the Dean, she always planted with her own hand a laurel or two against his arrival. He showed her favourite seat, still called Vanessa's Bower.
Strana 460 - Keeping my sheep amongst the cooly shade Of the green alders by the Mulla's shore; There a strange shepherd chanced to find me out, Whether allured with my pipe's delight, Whose pleasing sound yshrilled far about, Or thither led by chance, I know not right : Whom when I asked from what place he came, And how he hight, himself he did yclepe The Shepherd of the Ocean...
Strana 199 - She never had the least absence of mind in conversation, nor given to interruption, or appeared eager to put in her word, by waiting impatiently until another had done. She spoke in a most agreeable voice, in the plainest words, never hesitating, except out of modesty before new faces, where she was somewhat reserved ; nor, among her nearest friends, ever spoke much at a time. She was but...
Strana 72 - In this sequestered spot, according to the old gardener's account, the Dean and Vanessa used often to sit, with books and writing materials on the table before them.
Strana 150 - it is about a mile and a half in length, and a quarter of a mile broad ; and being defended, to the northward, by the...