... to have had a death from destitution, and never to have sent a pauper to the poorhouse. They are a handsome, courteous, and amiable people. Whatever may be said of the advantages of a mixture of races, I cannot discern anything save what makes in... Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy - Page 7731893Full view - About this book
| 1853 - 820 pages
...were required, such a one might be found without going beyond the ready-cleft segments of the surface. The patches of vegetable soil which occur here and...sentiment. This delicacy of feeling is reflected in thiir figures, the hands and feet being small in proportion to the stature, and the gesture erect and... | |
| 1853 - 796 pages
...islanders here have had the singular good fortune never to have been visited by the potato blight j never to have had a death from destitution ; and never...small in proportion to the stature, and the gesture erectandgraceful. The population consists principally of the three families or tribes of O'Flaherty,... | |
| University magazine - 1853 - 812 pages
...races, leannot discern anything save what makes in favour of tiiese people of the pure ancient slock, when I compare them with the mixed populations of...being small in proportion to the stature, and the ijesturc erectand graceful. Thepopulation consists principally of the three families or tribes of O'Flaherty,... | |
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