Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding CountryLongman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807 - 223 стор. |
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... . It is supplied by a river , from the valley between Turk and Mangerton mountains , which is augmented occasion- ally by the stream which flows from the Devil's Punch - bowl . After heavy rains , a vast body of water descends 10.
... . It is supplied by a river , from the valley between Turk and Mangerton mountains , which is augmented occasion- ally by the stream which flows from the Devil's Punch - bowl . After heavy rains , a vast body of water descends 10.
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... occasion of alarming disturbances . A funeral procession formerly , in consequence of the common notion entertained by the peasants that it was an act of duty , if they happened to be within sight , to follow it for some distance , was ...
... occasion of alarming disturbances . A funeral procession formerly , in consequence of the common notion entertained by the peasants that it was an act of duty , if they happened to be within sight , to follow it for some distance , was ...
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... occasion of the tumult . At last we learned that the Roman - catholic chapel had fallen upon great numbers of the people , and that the troopers were hastening to the spot to keep off the crowd , and to facilitate the removal of those ...
... occasion of the tumult . At last we learned that the Roman - catholic chapel had fallen upon great numbers of the people , and that the troopers were hastening to the spot to keep off the crowd , and to facilitate the removal of those ...
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... occasion the most grand and beautiful effects , at the approach of evening , but exhibit infinite vicissi- tudes of light and shade throughout the day , altering from hour to hour the face of the landscape . Occasionally an effect is ...
... occasion the most grand and beautiful effects , at the approach of evening , but exhibit infinite vicissi- tudes of light and shade throughout the day , altering from hour to hour the face of the landscape . Occasionally an effect is ...
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... occasion- ally , amounting to one hundred and thirty - seven feet : their di- ameters are from twelve to nineteen , and the thickness of the walls , in general , between three and four feet ; when the height of the tower is unusually ...
... occasion- ally , amounting to one hundred and thirty - seven feet : their di- ameters are from twelve to nineteen , and the thickness of the walls , in general , between three and four feet ; when the height of the tower is unusually ...
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abbey affords Aghadoe amongst ancient appears approach arch ascending ASTOR Atlantic ocean banks beauty behold boat bounded bridge cascade castle church cliff coast command considerable Cork cottage defile delightful Earl of Desmond elevated Engraved erected extensive feet Flesk forest formed Glena gray copper ground height hills inhabitants inlet Innisfallen Ireland Irish island Kenmare Kenmare river Kerry Kilmallock labour lake of Killarney land landscape lawns clothed Limerick lofty Lord Kenmare lower lake Mangerton miles moun mountains Mucruss nearly numerous object observable opposite passing peninsula person picturesque precipices present prospect reeks remains river Laune road rocks Ross ruins scarcely scene scenery seen shade shore short distance side siliceous situated Skibbereen spot steep stone strangers stream summit surface tain tion towers town of Killarney Tralee trees Turk lake upper lake valley variety vicinity whilst wild winding woods
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Сторінка 40 - Admit it partially, and half exclude, And half reveal its graces : in this path How long soe'er the wanderer roves, each step Shall wake fresh beauties ; each short point present A different picture, new, and yet the same.
Сторінка 36 - His gardens next your admiration call, On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene: Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Сторінка 141 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Сторінка 103 - Moisten'd their fiery beams, with which she thrill'd Frail hearts, yet quenched not ; like starry light, Which, sparkling on the silent waves, does seem more bright.
Сторінка 116 - To th' instruments divine respondence meet ; The silver sounding instruments did meet With the base murmure of the waters fall ; The waters fall with difference discreet, Now soft, now loud, unto the wind did call ; The gentle warbling wind low answered to all.
Сторінка 4 - Shade, unperceived, so softening into shade ; And all so forming an harmonious whole, That, as they still succeed, they ravish still.
Сторінка 94 - Anno 1180; this abbey of Innisf alien being ever esteemed a paradise and a secure sanctuary, the treasure and the most valuable effects of the whole country were deposited in the hands of the clergy; notwithstanding which, we find the abbey was plundered in this year by Maolduin, son of Daniel O'Donoghue. Many of the clergy were slain, and even in their cemetery, by the Macarthys. But God soon punished this act of impiety and sacrilege, by bringing many of its authors to an untimely end.
Сторінка 131 - Kilda's * shore, whose lonely race Resign the setting sun to Indian worlds, The royal eagle draws his vigorous young, Strong-pounced, and ardent with paternal fire. Now fit to raise a kingdom of their own, He drives them from his fort, the towering seat, For ages, of his empire ; which, in peace, Unstain'd he holds, while many a league to sea He wings his course, and preys in distant isles.
Сторінка 44 - ... idea of it by describing it as displaying the mountains in a transparent state, and suffused with a lively purple hue. Varying however from the aerial aspect of distant mountains, all the objects upon them, rocks, woods, and even houses, are distinctly visible, — more so, indeed, than at noon day ; whilst at the same time their forms appear so unsubstantial, so ethereal, that one might almost fancy it possible to pass through them without resistance. I happened to be alone when I first witnessed...
Сторінка 73 - When we had received our boats, each of which was capable of containing one hundred and twenty men, I ordered one of them to be rowed about the water, in order to find out the most convenient place for landing upon the enemy ; which they perceiving thought fit, by a timely submission, to prevent the danger that threatened them ; and having expressed their desires to that purpose, commissioners were appointed on both sides to treat.