Views of society and manners in the north of Ireland, in a series of letters written in 18181819 |
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... round his neck , and , as he managed it , it was a mill - stone that weighed him down . As Mark Antony's was by Cæsar , his genius was rebuked by Munden , the inimitable performer of this part ; and , fearful to offend , he never rose ...
... round his neck , and , as he managed it , it was a mill - stone that weighed him down . As Mark Antony's was by Cæsar , his genius was rebuked by Munden , the inimitable performer of this part ; and , fearful to offend , he never rose ...
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... round you , " said the Doctor , " and tell me what you see . " " See , " repeated the other , " why hay that is not worth the saving ; what dunderhead owns it , that lives so near you , and cuts it without asking your advice ? " " I own ...
... round you , " said the Doctor , " and tell me what you see . " " See , " repeated the other , " why hay that is not worth the saving ; what dunderhead owns it , that lives so near you , and cuts it without asking your advice ? " " I own ...
Page 70
... round them and be ashamed ; let them consider the condition of their poor , of their persons , their habiliments , and their habitations , and if they can amend them , they will then have some reason to be proud . Those who could ...
... round them and be ashamed ; let them consider the condition of their poor , of their persons , their habiliments , and their habitations , and if they can amend them , they will then have some reason to be proud . Those who could ...
Page 82
... round it , and whose noisy sounds , like its own sweet notes , will soon be hushed into rest ? The hand of death just now could alone . have hushed them . We have read of the wonders wrought by music of old , and how the harps of ...
... round it , and whose noisy sounds , like its own sweet notes , will soon be hushed into rest ? The hand of death just now could alone . have hushed them . We have read of the wonders wrought by music of old , and how the harps of ...
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... round on the well - known table and clock . The air of neatness was gone with her who gave it , but the furniture was still the same . Common as is death , such unaccountable beings are we , that when our friends are the subjects of it ...
... round on the well - known table and clock . The air of neatness was gone with her who gave it , but the furniture was still the same . Common as is death , such unaccountable beings are we , that when our friends are the subjects of it ...
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acquaintance afterwards Armagh asked beautiful behold Belfast better breakfast brought called Capel Curig Castle Gore church coach Coleraine Cookstown Cootehill Corinthian order death Derry dinner dream Dublin earth England English Enniskillen evil eyes favour fear feeling fortune gentleman give greater green hand happy head heard heart hill hour instant Ireland Irish jaunting car land late leave less Lifford likewise liquor live London look Lord Lord Rokeby Lough Derg manner melancholy ment miles mind misery morning mountain murder native nature nearly neighbourhood neral never night North of Ireland occasion oftentimes Omagh passed perhaps poor Presbyterian present regarded remarkable replied rich road scarcely scene Scotland seat seemed sorrow soul Strabane suppose sure tell thought tion told took town truth village visited walked whiskey wine woman wonder wretched youth
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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.