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Page 20
A young woman of not very prepossessing appearance , but abundantly civil ,
gave us what we wanted ; but while speaking to her , we awoke a man who was
sleeping in an inner apartment , and forth came the master of the house , half
drunk ...
A young woman of not very prepossessing appearance , but abundantly civil ,
gave us what we wanted ; but while speaking to her , we awoke a man who was
sleeping in an inner apartment , and forth came the master of the house , half
drunk ...
Page 44
... they were unable to crawl to the bog to bring home a creel of turf , he tried
brimstone with them , but it did not do ; all the tobaccowater and sulphur in Derry
had no effect ; so , says he , half joke half earnest , to his neighbour Jerry M '
Swine ...
... they were unable to crawl to the bog to bring home a creel of turf , he tried
brimstone with them , but it did not do ; all the tobaccowater and sulphur in Derry
had no effect ; so , says he , half joke half earnest , to his neighbour Jerry M '
Swine ...
Page 69
The man stood before us with the assured look of one who was prepared saucily
to say , what business have you here - two greyhounds were at his heels , and a
lurking grisly cur , half bull - dog , half terrier , shewed his white teeth and began ...
The man stood before us with the assured look of one who was prepared saucily
to say , what business have you here - two greyhounds were at his heels , and a
lurking grisly cur , half bull - dog , half terrier , shewed his white teeth and began ...
Page 74
A half roofed cabin , in which was a raging fire , over which was suspended the
pot with its connected head and worm ; two of the filthiest of human beings , half
naked , squalid unhealthy looking creatures , with skins encrusted with filth , hair
...
A half roofed cabin , in which was a raging fire , over which was suspended the
pot with its connected head and worm ; two of the filthiest of human beings , half
naked , squalid unhealthy looking creatures , with skins encrusted with filth , hair
...
Page 140
After satisfying myself as to the comfort of my apartments , I returned to the
kitchen , the common room of the half farm - house , half inn ; where was sitting
under the hob , which stretched out far into the apartment — one of the largest ,
and at ...
After satisfying myself as to the comfort of my apartments , I returned to the
kitchen , the common room of the half farm - house , half inn ; where was sitting
under the hob , which stretched out far into the apartment — one of the largest ,
and at ...
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Page 271 - Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method and of art...
Page 94 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Page 91 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Page 272 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing,' That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear, While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 359 - ... anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves; they did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could find them; yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves...
Page 254 - ... that purpose shall quote the remarks of a correspondent who can be depended on : — " Unfortunately the great want of this island, and the main cause of its poverty and depression, is the deficiency of a secure harbour. There are two indentures or coves by which the island is nearly bisected — one on the north, and the other on the south side — they are wide at the entrance, and without any indenture to secure vessels from a wind blowing in, or from the dangerous agitation of a high swell....
Page 17 - Gnomes ! o'er the waste you led your myriad powers, Climb'd on the whirls, and aim'd the flinty showers ! Onward resistless rolls the infuriate surge, Clouds follow clouds, and mountains mountains urge ; Wave over wave the driving desert swims, Bursts o'er their heads, inhumes their struggling limbs ; Man mounts on man, on camels camels rush, Hosts march o'er hosts, and nations nations crush, — Wheeling in air the winged islands fall, And one great earthy ocean covers all...
Page 28 - ... unknotted rod in his hand, and said, " Receive, Sire, the auspicious ensign of your dignity, and remember to imitate in your government the whiteness, straightness, and unknottiness of this rod, to the end that no evil tongue may find cause to asperse the candour of your actions with blackness, nor any kind of corruption, or tie of friendship, be able to pervert your justice; therefore, in a lucky hour, take the government of this people, to exercise the power given you with freedom and security.
Page 9 - You might have supposed that sound had no existence here, were it not that now and then a hawk shrieked while cowering over the mountain top, or a lamb bleated beneath, as it ran to its mother. I could have gone to sleep here, and dreamt of heaven purchased for...
Page 173 - ... who paid eight pence each for admission to the island. Sir William further informs the Privy Council, that in order to hinder the seduced people from going any longer to this stronghold of Purgatory, and wholly to take away the abuse hereafter, he had directed the whole to be defaced and utterly demolished ; therefore the walls, works, foundations, vaults, &c. , he ordered to be rooted up, also the place called St. Patrick's bed, and the stone on which he knelt. These and all other superstitious...
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| Title | Sketches in Ireland: descriptive of districts in the North and South [signed C.O.]. |
| Author | Caesar Otway |
| Published | 1827 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2007 |
| Length | 80 pages |
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