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Page ii
... the personal communications of the Nobility . By EDMUND LODGE , Esq . , Norroy King of Arms , F. S. A. , & c .; to which is added a VIEW OF THE BARONETAGE of the THREE KINGDOMS . THE INVASION . BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE COLLEGIANS.
... the personal communications of the Nobility . By EDMUND LODGE , Esq . , Norroy King of Arms , F. S. A. , & c .; to which is added a VIEW OF THE BARONETAGE of the THREE KINGDOMS . THE INVASION . BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE COLLEGIANS.
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Gerald Griffin. THE INVASION . BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE COLLEGIANS , " & c . One foot on sea , and one on shore , To one thing constant never . NEW YO Shakspeare IN FOUR VOLUMES . VOL . I. LONDON : SAUNDERS AND OTLEY , CONDUIT STREET ...
Gerald Griffin. THE INVASION . BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE COLLEGIANS , " & c . One foot on sea , and one on shore , To one thing constant never . NEW YO Shakspeare IN FOUR VOLUMES . VOL . I. LONDON : SAUNDERS AND OTLEY , CONDUIT STREET ...
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Gerald Griffin. PREFACE . It would be dealing unjustly both by Ir reader and author to suffer the former to take up these volumes under the idea that he is about to peruse a histo- rical novel . That branch of literature has , within our ...
Gerald Griffin. PREFACE . It would be dealing unjustly both by Ir reader and author to suffer the former to take up these volumes under the idea that he is about to peruse a histo- rical novel . That branch of literature has , within our ...
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... authors have already chosen to treat of the manners of the middle ages : " ces temps , " says the ac- complished Sismondi , " que le plus grand historien de nos jours a appelés les siè- cles du mérite ignoré . " We allude to that ...
... authors have already chosen to treat of the manners of the middle ages : " ces temps , " says the ac- complished Sismondi , " que le plus grand historien de nos jours a appelés les siè- cles du mérite ignoré . " We allude to that ...
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... author of the first treatise on military tactics that was ever written , held a chief place . The afternoon was devoted to the management of the horse , and the day concluded , as at Muing- haridh , by public instructions and a general ...
... author of the first treatise on military tactics that was ever written , held a chief place . The afternoon was devoted to the management of the horse , and the day concluded , as at Muing- haridh , by public instructions and a general ...
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Popular passages
Page 4 - A NATURAL SYSTEM OF BOTANY; or, a Systematic View of the Organization, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution of the whole Vegetable Kingdom : together with the Uses of the most important Species in Medicine, the Arts, &c.
Page 5 - GOOD.-THE BOOK OF NATURE. A Popular Illustration of the General Laws and Phenomena of Creation. By JOHN MASON GOOD, MDFRS, &c.
Page 4 - A GRAMMAR of BOTANY, illustrative of artificial, as well as natural Classification, with an explanation of Jussieu's System.
Page 7 - COL. HAWKER'S INSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN in all that relates to Guns and Shooting.
Page 8 - CONVERSATIONS ON VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; comprehending" the Elements of Botany, with their application to Agriculture.
Page 7 - Fitzford," &c. &c. 3 vols. post 8vo. 11. 7s. boards. THE STORY OF A LIFE. Two vols. post 8vo. Third Edition. 18s. boards. " We involuntarily follow, and smile, and weep, and recover again, and pause in wonder at the skill of the magician, whose wand has such strange power over our faculties.
Page 7 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs W.
Page 4 - Svo. 1Ss. cloth. LINDLEY.— A SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH FLORA, Arranged according to the Natural Orders.
Page 6 - It is impossible to read a page in the volume before us that does not bear the stamp of originality and of high poetical talents."— Gents.
Page xiv - Irish readers who may not regret to find embodied, in a work of imagination, a synopsis of the early constitution, and of the moral history of their native land, and who may regard with an interest more permanent, if not more exciting, than that which addresses itself to the passions, an attempt at tracing, to their remotest origin, some of the influences which have concurred in the formation of the national character.