Letters from the Irish HighlandsJ. Murray, 1825 - 359 страници |
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... give a yellowish brown tint to the whole pasture . Our bog lands are overrun with the couch , or fiorin grass ( agrostis stolonifera ) , several other species of the agrostis , and the aira . After the long controversy that has taken ...
... give a yellowish brown tint to the whole pasture . Our bog lands are overrun with the couch , or fiorin grass ( agrostis stolonifera ) , several other species of the agrostis , and the aira . After the long controversy that has taken ...
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... give you an account of an expedition from the Lowlands , which was my first visit to Cunnemarra , and ultimately led to our establishment in this wild corner . I feel the less hesitation in doing this , as the detail of my adventures ...
... give you an account of an expedition from the Lowlands , which was my first visit to Cunnemarra , and ultimately led to our establishment in this wild corner . I feel the less hesitation in doing this , as the detail of my adventures ...
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... gives so soft a tone to the scenery , in the fine weather , occasioned by a hard frost ; and the moun- tains had just sufficient snow on their summits to render them most majestically beautiful . In spite of the worldly prudence that ...
... gives so soft a tone to the scenery , in the fine weather , occasioned by a hard frost ; and the moun- tains had just sufficient snow on their summits to render them most majestically beautiful . In spite of the worldly prudence that ...
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... wont do . Do you call that hard work ? " " Sure , " answered he to this expostulation , Sure , is n't it time now , and not la- bour we are bound to give the master ! " cc Should you ever pass the defile , you cannot but 20.
... wont do . Do you call that hard work ? " " Sure , " answered he to this expostulation , Sure , is n't it time now , and not la- bour we are bound to give the master ! " cc Should you ever pass the defile , you cannot but 20.
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... & c . & c ...... £ S. d . 12 0 0 10 0 0 2 5 6 4 0 8 0 0 14 0 0 10 0 0 £ 60 5 6 And this sum of 607. being divided by 12 , the rent that he would at that time have had to pay , gives a result of five rents , as the capital 42.
... & c . & c ...... £ S. d . 12 0 0 10 0 0 2 5 6 4 0 8 0 0 14 0 0 10 0 0 £ 60 5 6 And this sum of 607. being divided by 12 , the rent that he would at that time have had to pay , gives a result of five rents , as the capital 42.
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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.