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... Ireland's history and antiquities , the achievements of her families , the associations of her scenery , and the literary reminiscences that clung around her ruins ; a portion of these acquisitions had a serviceable affinity to my ...
... Ireland's history and antiquities , the achievements of her families , the associations of her scenery , and the literary reminiscences that clung around her ruins ; a portion of these acquisitions had a serviceable affinity to my ...
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... Ireland in 1641 ; but soon afterwards so more than decimated by the civil war and feuds of the disastrous period that immediately ensued , as fully to justify the reduction made by the same political economist , and which forms the ...
... Ireland in 1641 ; but soon afterwards so more than decimated by the civil war and feuds of the disastrous period that immediately ensued , as fully to justify the reduction made by the same political economist , and which forms the ...
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... Ireland , it is not in- tended to wander back to those dim periods when the merchants of Phoenicia and of Greece , passing through the Straits of Gades , braved the waters of a troubled ocean to traffic with the " sacred isle ; " not ...
... Ireland , it is not in- tended to wander back to those dim periods when the merchants of Phoenicia and of Greece , passing through the Straits of Gades , braved the waters of a troubled ocean to traffic with the " sacred isle ; " not ...
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... Ireland was regarded with a deep and cautious policy , as the depot where the imperial resources might be best employed , and by whose possession , the chains not only of Britain , but like- wise of Spain and Gaul , might be most ...
... Ireland was regarded with a deep and cautious policy , as the depot where the imperial resources might be best employed , and by whose possession , the chains not only of Britain , but like- wise of Spain and Gaul , might be most ...
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... Ireland was the only country then called Scotia , and its people Scots , ) whose efforts reduced the Britons and British Romans to the verge of destruction and an- nihilation , as recorded by Ammianus Marcellinus , Claudian , Gildas ...
... Ireland was the only country then called Scotia , and its people Scots , ) whose efforts reduced the Britons and British Romans to the verge of destruction and an- nihilation , as recorded by Ammianus Marcellinus , Claudian , Gildas ...
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abbey acres afterwards ancient annual rent annum arable Archbishop of Dublin Balgriffin Balrothery Barnewall Baron Bishop Bray Canc castle Castleknock century chancel chapel Chapelizod chief Christ Church Christopher Clondalkin Clontarf common Coolock county of Dublin crown Dalkey Dean demesne died seised Earl Edward English erected Esker Eustace Fagan Finglas Fitz flowering forfeited glebe granted grass Hamilton heir Henry hill Hollywood Howth impropriate Inquis inquisition Ireland Irish James John Kildare Kilmainham Kilternan King king's knight lands Liffey Lusk Malahide manor Meath messuages mill monument mountain Newcastle Nicholas notice Palmerstown parish parliament passed patent Patrick's Cathedral Portmarnock Portrane possessions prebend prebendary present prior proprietor Rathcoole Rathfarnham rectory regal visitation Richard river road Robert rocks Roman Catholic ruins Santry seised side stone Swords Talbot Tallagh Taylor thereof Thomas tithes town townland vicar vicarage village visitation of 1615 walls William wood
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Page 866 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Page 81 - 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.
Page 301 - As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time?
Page 55 - I am to be gathered unto my people : bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that is in the field of "Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite, for a possession of a burying-place.
Page 866 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Page 345 - VILLA.* WOULD you that Delville I describe ? Believe me, Sir, I will not gibe: For who would be satirical Upon a thing so very small ? You scarce upon the borders enter, Before you're at the very centre. A single crow can make it night, When o'er your farm she takes her flight : Yet, in this narrow compass, we Observe a vast variety ; Both walks, walls, meadows, and parterres, Windows and doors, and rooms and stairs, And hills and dales...
Page 346 - Observe a vast variety; Both walks, walls, meadows, and parterres, Windows and doors, and rooms and stairs, And hills and dales, and woods and fields, And hay, and grass, and corn, it yields: All to your haggard...
Page 142 - And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Page 820 - I saw young Harry, with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
Page 55 - And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: but I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace.