A Statistical Account, Or Parochial Survey of Ireland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Clergy, Volumen3Graisberry and Campbell, 1819 |
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... considerable majority . " " It is to be regretted that returns have not been received for the whole , or , at least , from a much larger portion of the country ; yet from their authenticity , and their having been received from all ...
... considerable majority . " " It is to be regretted that returns have not been received for the whole , or , at least , from a much larger portion of the country ; yet from their authenticity , and their having been received from all ...
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... considerable quantity of kelp is made along this shore . In Laid parish are some good quarries of coarse Freestone . freestone , of which are made flags for floors or building . It has been thought that coals could be Fuel . found in ...
... considerable quantity of kelp is made along this shore . In Laid parish are some good quarries of coarse Freestone . freestone , of which are made flags for floors or building . It has been thought that coals could be Fuel . found in ...
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... considerable ex- pense , but will make the road completely level to Cushendall . The face of Lurg Gethan is covered with white limestone . Cushendall lies somewhat less than a quarter of a mile from the sea , between rising grounds ...
... considerable ex- pense , but will make the road completely level to Cushendall . The face of Lurg Gethan is covered with white limestone . Cushendall lies somewhat less than a quarter of a mile from the sea , between rising grounds ...
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... considerable number Gentle- of houses , one of which serves as a barrack for twenty men . It has a corn - mill , which is to be re- Corn - Mill . placed by a market - house , a new building being in forwardness for a mill by Mr. Turnly ...
... considerable number Gentle- of houses , one of which serves as a barrack for twenty men . It has a corn - mill , which is to be re- Corn - Mill . placed by a market - house , a new building being in forwardness for a mill by Mr. Turnly ...
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... considerable extent . The great curiosity is the mode of their for- mation , and its probable cause ; they have the ap- pearance of well cemented stones and gravel of va- rious kinds and dimensions ; at one part is a perpen- dicular ...
... considerable extent . The great curiosity is the mode of their for- mation , and its probable cause ; they have the ap- pearance of well cemented stones and gravel of va- rious kinds and dimensions ; at one part is a perpen- dicular ...
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Página 617 - Far from me and my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 617 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 616 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge., and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate...
Página 364 - ... he would never desire any gentleman of parts and learning to employ his time in celebrating a ministry who had neither the justice or generosity t
Página 76 - Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house...
Página 358 - Goldsmith was always plain in his appearance, but when a boy, and immediately after suffering heavily with the small-pox, he was particularly ugly. When he was about seven years old, a fiddler, who reckoned himself a wit, happened to be playing to some company in Mrs. Goldsmith's house; during a pause between the country-dances, little Oliver surprised the party by jumping up suddenly, and dancing round the room.
Página 600 - Our calmer judgment will rather tend to moderate than to suppress the pride of an ancient and worthy race. The satirist may laugh, the philosopher may preach ; but Reason herself will respect the prejudices and habits which have been consecrated by the experience of mankind.
Página 617 - Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery...
Página 616 - The losses of history, indeed," says Gibbon, "are irretrievable; when the productions of fancy or science have been swept away, new poets may invent, and new philosophers may reason ; but, if the inscription of a single fact be once obliterated, it cannot be restored by the united efforts of genius and industry. The consideration of our past losses should invite the present age to cherish and perpetuate the valuable relics which have escaped.
Página 364 - Treasurer calmly replied, That he would seriously consider of what his Lordship had said, and endeavour to give no Occasion for such Reproaches...