Letters from the Irish HighlandsJ. Murray, 1825 - 359 страници |
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... England . - Calculations.- Mode in which the Irish Poor are at present sup- ported 229 LETTER XXXIV. ̈ Journey in Cunnemarra . - The Priest and the Meal.— Streamstown . - Smuggled Tobacco . - Cliefden .... 240 LETTER XXXV . Lakes of ...
... England . - Calculations.- Mode in which the Irish Poor are at present sup- ported 229 LETTER XXXIV. ̈ Journey in Cunnemarra . - The Priest and the Meal.— Streamstown . - Smuggled Tobacco . - Cliefden .... 240 LETTER XXXV . Lakes of ...
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... England , the first step towards that improvement must be , to make our English brethren acquainted with the true state of this portion of the empire . Any Englishman who has travelled in Ire- land , every Irishman who has visited England ...
... England , the first step towards that improvement must be , to make our English brethren acquainted with the true state of this portion of the empire . Any Englishman who has travelled in Ire- land , every Irishman who has visited England ...
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... England , and in England , to set them right respecting Ireland . In the latter case , indeed , the ignorance is both more consider- able and more striking , in proportion as the attrac- tions that poor Ireland can offer are fewer than ...
... England , and in England , to set them right respecting Ireland . In the latter case , indeed , the ignorance is both more consider- able and more striking , in proportion as the attrac- tions that poor Ireland can offer are fewer than ...
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... England is without its peculiar Flora , almost every hill and every valley has been subject to repeated scientific examination ; while the productions of Nature , so bountifully accorded to poor Ireland , are either un- known , or ...
... England is without its peculiar Flora , almost every hill and every valley has been subject to repeated scientific examination ; while the productions of Nature , so bountifully accorded to poor Ireland , are either un- known , or ...
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... England , it struck me that such an assemblage of armed men might carry terror and dismay to his Majesty's liege subjects : nor shall I easily forget the surprise expressed at our consider- ing such a ceremony at all necessary . The ...
... England , it struck me that such an assemblage of armed men might carry terror and dismay to his Majesty's liege subjects : nor shall I easily forget the surprise expressed at our consider- ing such a ceremony at all necessary . The ...
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Страница 69 - ... in waste places far from danger of law, maketh his mantle his house, and under it covereth himself from the wrath of heaven, from the offence of the earth, and from the sight of men.
Страница 359 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Страница 286 - Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." ["There scattered oft, the earliest of the year, By hands unseen, are showers of violets found ; The redbreast loves to build and warble there, And little footsteps lightly print the ground.
Страница 70 - ... handsomely in his way, and when he goeth abroad in the night in free-booting, it is his best and surest friend ; for lying, as they often do, two or three nights together abroad to watch for their booty, with that they can prettily shroud themselves under a bush or...
Страница 70 - ... in his way, and when he goeth abroad in the night in free-booting, it is his best and surest friend ; for lying, as they often do, two or three nights together abroad to watch for their booty, with that they can prettily shroud themselves under a bush or a bankside till they may conveniently do their errand...
Страница 297 - ... small round or oval holes, just big enough for the head to go through ; and in summer, or when any thing extraordinary happens in the street to excite the curiosity of the inhabitants, they look like so many people with their heads in the pillory. But the extreme parts of the town are made up of most miserably low dirty hovels, faced and covered with turf, with a bottomless tub or basket in the roof for a chimney.
Страница 116 - In the name of God Amen. When our Saviour saw the cross whereon he was To Be Crucified his body trembiled and shook the Jews asked Iff he had the faver or the ague he said that he had neither the faver or the ague. Whosoever shall keep these words in mind or in righting shall never have the faver or ague. Be the hearers Blessed. Be the Believers Blessed. Be the name of our Lord god Amen. CY.
Страница 78 - I shall not easily forget," says the •writer, " the expression in the poor woman's countenance after she had seen her little ones dressed in the clothes provided for them by English benevolence. I happened, unobserved, to see her after she had left the house, kneeling down in the path, her children in each hand, her eyes raised to heaven, praying aloud." It cannot be denied that this piety arises more from constitutional sensibility, than from knowledge and...
Страница 70 - ... through any town or company, being close hooded over his head, as he useth, from knowledge of any to whom he is indangered.