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... appears to preponderate , and the quartz is not so apparent : on the other hand , the quartz sometimes attains the ... appear to depend on some ill understood concretionary structure . " The mica schist is followed by ARGILLACEOUS SCHIST ...
... appears to preponderate , and the quartz is not so apparent : on the other hand , the quartz sometimes attains the ... appear to depend on some ill understood concretionary structure . " The mica schist is followed by ARGILLACEOUS SCHIST ...
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... appear in the fifth century , for to this period Richard of Cirencester attri- butes that which he discovered in Italy , transcribed , as he says , " ex fragmentis quibusdam a Duce quodam Romano consignatiset posteritati relictis ...
... appear in the fifth century , for to this period Richard of Cirencester attri- butes that which he discovered in Italy , transcribed , as he says , " ex fragmentis quibusdam a Duce quodam Romano consignatiset posteritati relictis ...
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... appears what alterations time had already made in the counties established by King John in 1210 , for , though that prince had , amongst others , constituted as well the counties of Kildare and Meath , as Dublin , yet , before the ...
... appears what alterations time had already made in the counties established by King John in 1210 , for , though that prince had , amongst others , constituted as well the counties of Kildare and Meath , as Dublin , yet , before the ...
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... appears to derive its name from the woods which formerly shadowed its surface . In reference to its annals , it would appear that this was a por- tion of the earliest barony erected by that title in Ireland , King John having granted ...
... appears to derive its name from the woods which formerly shadowed its surface . In reference to its annals , it would appear that this was a por- tion of the earliest barony erected by that title in Ireland , King John having granted ...
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... appears an evident dis- position to exaggerate . " It is said that towards the end of Brian Boroihme's reign Ireland ... appear at the banquet , but passed the night in restless anger , and ruminating his country's ruin . Early next ...
... appears an evident dis- position to exaggerate . " It is said that towards the end of Brian Boroihme's reign Ireland ... appear at the banquet , but passed the night in restless anger , and ruminating his country's ruin . Early next ...
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abbey acres afterwards ancient annual rent annum arable Archbishop of Dublin Balgriffin Balrothery Barnewall Baron Bishop Bray called 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 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 tion tithes town townland vicar vicarage village visitation of 1615 walls William wood
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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 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 203 - How would it have joyed brave Talbot, the terror of the French, to think that after he had lain two hundred years in his tomb, he should triumph again on the stage and have his bones new embalmed with the tears of ten thousand spectators at least (at several times), who, in the tragedian that represents his person, imagine they behold him fresh bleeding...
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 417 - Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; From nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that he died.
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.