Views of society and manners in the north of Ireland, in a series of letters written in 18181819 |
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... With what emotions swelled then my heart ; reckoning the present for nothing , and re- velling in the dream of future bliss ! But how , in the expressive language of Scripture , is the gold changed , and the pure gold become dim ! 100.
... With what emotions swelled then my heart ; reckoning the present for nothing , and re- velling in the dream of future bliss ! But how , in the expressive language of Scripture , is the gold changed , and the pure gold become dim ! 100.
Page 107
... dream . I then rose and dined , and my meal was quite a pastoral one . I had a bowl of rich cream , with bread and butter , and new laid eggs . Honey I sought , but in vain , but I was more lucky in rummaging an old shelf for books ...
... dream . I then rose and dined , and my meal was quite a pastoral one . I had a bowl of rich cream , with bread and butter , and new laid eggs . Honey I sought , but in vain , but I was more lucky in rummaging an old shelf for books ...
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... dreams ; I had slept soundly for several hours , when I was awaked by the voices of people , as I thought conversing . I wondered who these wakeful persons could be , for on looking at my watch , I found it wanted some minutes of four ...
... dreams ; I had slept soundly for several hours , when I was awaked by the voices of people , as I thought conversing . I wondered who these wakeful persons could be , for on looking at my watch , I found it wanted some minutes of four ...
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... hill its wandering spirits , and though last not least , the bed has its dreams . My hostesses , in all the business of life , are as rational as they are good women , yet so much controul has fancy over them , that they are not more 238.
... hill its wandering spirits , and though last not least , the bed has its dreams . My hostesses , in all the business of life , are as rational as they are good women , yet so much controul has fancy over them , that they are not more 238.
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... dreams would require a volume rather than a letter ; but I shall relate you two , and were all dreams like these , it would be no kindness to weaken belief in them . " Their mother was nearly eighty years of age at her death , and had ...
... dreams would require a volume rather than a letter ; but I shall relate you two , and were all dreams like these , it would be no kindness to weaken belief in them . " Their mother was nearly eighty years of age at her death , and had ...
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Page 54 - And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Page 244 - Give me another horse! bind up my wounds! Have mercy, Jesu! Soft! I did but dream. O! coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me. The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh.
Page 235 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Page 266 - like many other acts of piety, may be reasonable or superstitious, according to the principles upon which it is performed. Long journeys in search of truth are not commanded. Truth, such as is necessary to the regulation of life, is always found where it is honestly sought. Change of place is no natural cause of the increase of piety, for it inevitably produces dissipation of mind. Yet, since men go every day to view the...
Page 253 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 90 - ... once through Tara's halls The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel that pulse no more. No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara swells : The chord alone, that breaks at night, Its tale of ruin tells. Thus Freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives.
Page 212 - My mind to me a kingdom is; Such perfect joy therein I find As far exceeds all earthly bliss That God or nature hath assigned; Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave.
Page 182 - This wide and universal theatre Presents more woeful pageants than the scene Wherein we play in. Jaq. All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players : They have their exits and their entrances ; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.
Page 152 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 180 - For then, and not till then, he felt himself, And found the blessedness of being little: And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died, fearing God.