A Statistical Account, Or Parochial Survey of Ireland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Clergy, Volumen3Graisberry and Campbell, 1819 |
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... appearance of rising ground ; two - thirds of it are cultivated ; shells and sea - gravel are found under the present surface . As far as relates to the glens in general , including those both in the parishes of Ardclinis and Laid , it ...
... appearance of rising ground ; two - thirds of it are cultivated ; shells and sea - gravel are found under the present surface . As far as relates to the glens in general , including those both in the parishes of Ardclinis and Laid , it ...
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... will give it a striking appearance . From the centre of Cushendall , on the right is the road to the shore , which runs over high ground command- Gentle- men's Seats ing the sea till it comes to Of Ardclinis and Laid . 19.
... will give it a striking appearance . From the centre of Cushendall , on the right is the road to the shore , which runs over high ground command- Gentle- men's Seats ing the sea till it comes to Of Ardclinis and Laid . 19.
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... appearance they now have is that of a great ditch , which , when perfect , might have prevented a sudden incursion ; very little signs of stones appear in any of them . In the hill above Cushendall are the re- mains of another Danish ...
... appearance they now have is that of a great ditch , which , when perfect , might have prevented a sudden incursion ; very little signs of stones appear in any of them . In the hill above Cushendall are the re- mains of another Danish ...
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... appearance of the side of a wall , about 200 feet high ; when you examine the stones you find them all cracked in many parts , and easy to divide in pieces ; this has been produced , as some suppose , by fire . In some of these caves ...
... appearance of the side of a wall , about 200 feet high ; when you examine the stones you find them all cracked in many parts , and easy to divide in pieces ; this has been produced , as some suppose , by fire . In some of these caves ...
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... appearance , when Mr. Lewys presented a pistol , with which he was always prepared , to shoot it ; but , such was the sagacity and quickness of this unaccountable animal that it avoided the shot by leaping on the pistol and biting the ...
... appearance , when Mr. Lewys presented a pistol , with which he was always prepared , to shoot it ; but , such was the sagacity and quickness of this unaccountable animal that it avoided the shot by leaping on the pistol and biting the ...
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ancient appearance Ardagh ascertained Athlone Bally Ballygawley Ballylinch Ballymahon barley barony barrels per acre building called castle cattle chapel church collated Cork Courtstown crops Cushendall daughter dioc diocese Ditto Dublin earl east English erected estates farmers farms feet fuit glebe Gracefield Gras ground hill Holywood improvement incumbent inhabitants Ireland Irish Irish language James John Grace Kilcorney Kilkenny King labour land late lime limestone List of Incumbents lord lough manure meadow Meaning obvious ment Middleton miles mountain oats objectionable Oliver Grace parish pasture Peace Clerk peasantry persons population possession potatoes present Proprietors quantity Queen's county rath rector rent residence rest grazed Richard river river Inny road Roman Catholic ruins schools Shandon side situated soil stone Stradbally tion town townland Tracton Tullaroan tythes union vicar village Wexford wheat William writer
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Página 617 - Far from me and my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 617 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 616 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge., and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate...
Página 364 - ... he would never desire any gentleman of parts and learning to employ his time in celebrating a ministry who had neither the justice or generosity t
Página 76 - Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house...
Página 358 - Goldsmith was always plain in his appearance, but when a boy, and immediately after suffering heavily with the small-pox, he was particularly ugly. When he was about seven years old, a fiddler, who reckoned himself a wit, happened to be playing to some company in Mrs. Goldsmith's house; during a pause between the country-dances, little Oliver surprised the party by jumping up suddenly, and dancing round the room.
Página 600 - Our calmer judgment will rather tend to moderate than to suppress the pride of an ancient and worthy race. The satirist may laugh, the philosopher may preach ; but Reason herself will respect the prejudices and habits which have been consecrated by the experience of mankind.
Página 617 - Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery...
Página 616 - The losses of history, indeed," says Gibbon, "are irretrievable; when the productions of fancy or science have been swept away, new poets may invent, and new philosophers may reason ; but, if the inscription of a single fact be once obliterated, it cannot be restored by the united efforts of genius and industry. The consideration of our past losses should invite the present age to cherish and perpetuate the valuable relics which have escaped.
Página 364 - Treasurer calmly replied, That he would seriously consider of what his Lordship had said, and endeavour to give no Occasion for such Reproaches...