Sketches of History, Politics, and Manners, in Dublin, and the North of Ireland, in 1810Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1826 - 355 pages |
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... King Lear , the part of King Lear by Mr. Cooke , Cordelia by Mrs. H. Johnston . Mr. Cooke and Mrs. H. Johnston are the great load - stones of attraction at present ; they are coupled together in large characters on the play - bills ...
... King Lear , the part of King Lear by Mr. Cooke , Cordelia by Mrs. H. Johnston . Mr. Cooke and Mrs. H. Johnston are the great load - stones of attraction at present ; they are coupled together in large characters on the play - bills ...
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... king's daughter . To mend the matter , they were all imper- fect in their parts , and after the prompter was heard first , came halting and hesitating the performer , a second or two afterwards . In short , a more miserable performance ...
... king's daughter . To mend the matter , they were all imper- fect in their parts , and after the prompter was heard first , came halting and hesitating the performer , a second or two afterwards . In short , a more miserable performance ...
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... king of Munster , being on a royal tour , paid a visit to this place , which was then called Atha Cliath- Dubb - Line , " the passage of the ford of hurdles over the black pool . " King Edgar , in the preface to his charter , dated 964 ...
... king of Munster , being on a royal tour , paid a visit to this place , which was then called Atha Cliath- Dubb - Line , " the passage of the ford of hurdles over the black pool . " King Edgar , in the preface to his charter , dated 964 ...
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... king of Leinster , having quarrelled with the other princes of the kingdom , a confederacy was formed against him by Roderick O'Connor , monarch of Ireland : Dermot applied to Henry II . king of England , who sent over a number of ...
... king of Leinster , having quarrelled with the other princes of the kingdom , a confederacy was formed against him by Roderick O'Connor , monarch of Ireland : Dermot applied to Henry II . king of England , who sent over a number of ...
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... King John should be kept inviolably . In 1404 , the statutes of Kilkenny and Dublin were confirmed , in a parliament held at this city , under the Earl of Ormond . The charter of the city of Dublin was renewed in 1609 by James I ...
... King John should be kept inviolably . In 1404 , the statutes of Kilkenny and Dublin were confirmed , in a parliament held at this city , under the Earl of Ormond . The charter of the city of Dublin was renewed in 1609 by James I ...
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Page 280 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 308 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 279 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 276 - Intreat me not to leave thee, Or to return from following after thee : For whither thou goest, I will go ; And where thou lodgest, I will lodge : Thy people shall be my people, And thy God my God : Where thou diest, will I die, And there will I be buried : The LORD do so to me, and more also, If ought but death part thee and me.
Page 276 - Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from «• following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 198 - Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Page 340 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Page 53 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th
Page 72 - This was the noblest Roman of them all; All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Page 197 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.