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... portion of its surface to the enjoyment of the gentry ; and , although the rocky basements of the hills are yielding daily to the hand of industry and the pro- gress of civilization , yet the vegetable productions are not much augmented ...
... portion of its surface to the enjoyment of the gentry ; and , although the rocky basements of the hills are yielding daily to the hand of industry and the pro- gress of civilization , yet the vegetable productions are not much augmented ...
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... portion of 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 ...
... portion of 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 ...
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... Almanii , while the southern portion of the county is , by the same authorities , assigned to the Atadii . The Roman map of Ireland did , however , at c 2 THE COUNTY OF DUBLIN . 19 still, as by some provoked dispensation of Providence, ...
... Almanii , while the southern portion of the county is , by the same authorities , assigned to the Atadii . The Roman map of Ireland did , however , at c 2 THE COUNTY OF DUBLIN . 19 still, as by some provoked dispensation of Providence, ...
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... portion . Its new character , however , did not extinguish the rights of the Croceæ ; their bounds , privileges ... portions of the county . In 1253 , Prince Edward , the son of the English monarch , on being married to the Infanta of ...
... portion . Its new character , however , did not extinguish the rights of the Croceæ ; their bounds , privileges ... portions of the county . In 1253 , Prince Edward , the son of the English monarch , on being married to the Infanta of ...
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... portion of the route : - " Leaving the stone well on the left hand , they proceeded southward , until they came into the highway going into Ballybough ; and from the gate of Ballybough they came to the water of Tolka , by the bridge of ...
... portion of the route : - " Leaving the stone well on the left hand , they proceeded southward , until they came into the highway going into Ballybough ; and from the gate of Ballybough they came to the water of Tolka , by the bridge of ...
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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.