Sketches of History, Politics and Manners: Taken in Dublin, and the North of Ireland, in the Autumn of 1810 ...C. Cradock and W. Joy, 1811 - 294 pages |
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Page 36
... shew you one , " said the gentleman , " and a very wonderful one too - the very house where Earl Strongbow lived , and , for aught I can tell , built , for houses made of stone and lime were not very much the fashion , when he came ...
... shew you one , " said the gentleman , " and a very wonderful one too - the very house where Earl Strongbow lived , and , for aught I can tell , built , for houses made of stone and lime were not very much the fashion , when he came ...
Page 52
... shew their good sense - a lord lieutenant of Ireland has now no more to do with the measures of government , than the postman with the incendiary letter he is the bearer of ; he is a mere chair of state , and has little more real power ...
... shew their good sense - a lord lieutenant of Ireland has now no more to do with the measures of government , than the postman with the incendiary letter he is the bearer of ; he is a mere chair of state , and has little more real power ...
Page 57
... shew the world likewise , that the com- mon council of Dublin does not want for understanding . Dublin , however , must be allowed to be at present in a dis- tressed situation ; several thousand manufacturers are out of employment ; and ...
... shew the world likewise , that the com- mon council of Dublin does not want for understanding . Dublin , however , must be allowed to be at present in a dis- tressed situation ; several thousand manufacturers are out of employment ; and ...
Page 139
... shew himself . When a girl of the town gets abusive in the street , there is only one method of stoppingit , that , however , is an effectual one , and succeeds as well with her as with members of parliament . I gave her some money ...
... shew himself . When a girl of the town gets abusive in the street , there is only one method of stoppingit , that , however , is an effectual one , and succeeds as well with her as with members of parliament . I gave her some money ...
Page 181
... shew the humour of the man , rather than from any merit it possesses : - " Don't you think at length , I have a good chance , " For Tommy can live , no where but in France ? " Dick's a good Father , and Tom's a good brother , " Pray ...
... shew the humour of the man , rather than from any merit it possesses : - " Don't you think at length , I have a good chance , " For Tommy can live , no where but in France ? " Dick's a good Father , and Tom's a good brother , " Pray ...
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