Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding CountryLongman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807 - 223 стор. |
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... trees found in them . - General description of the northern shore of the great lower lake . - Extraordinary effects of sun - set . - The Earl of Kenmare's deer- park . — Hill of Aghadoe — its antiquities . — Ruined cathedral and abbey ...
... trees found in them . - General description of the northern shore of the great lower lake . - Extraordinary effects of sun - set . - The Earl of Kenmare's deer- park . — Hill of Aghadoe — its antiquities . — Ruined cathedral and abbey ...
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... trees of foreign growth drifted in there . - Shell sand manure . - Cas- tle - Freke . - Progress of agriculture - miserable system pursued heretofore . -Ross - great antiquity of its cathedral - mineralogical observations— silver ore ...
... trees of foreign growth drifted in there . - Shell sand manure . - Cas- tle - Freke . - Progress of agriculture - miserable system pursued heretofore . -Ross - great antiquity of its cathedral - mineralogical observations— silver ore ...
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... trees have fallen under the strokes of the axe , which has been plied year after year . On that side of Glena next to the bay , a con- siderable extent of wood still adorns the landscape : this last surviving remnant of the vast ...
... trees have fallen under the strokes of the axe , which has been plied year after year . On that side of Glena next to the bay , a con- siderable extent of wood still adorns the landscape : this last surviving remnant of the vast ...
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... trees ; others are broken with marble rocks , around which native vines extend their wanton tendrils ; others are over - run with a wild entangled forest . On one side a ruin , vene- rable from its antiquity , rears its mossy towers ...
... trees ; others are broken with marble rocks , around which native vines extend their wanton tendrils ; others are over - run with a wild entangled forest . On one side a ruin , vene- rable from its antiquity , rears its mossy towers ...
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... trees have been made at this place , stretching from the water nearly half way up the mountain ; which improvements are annually continued by the proprietor with skill and enter- prise . Of the grand effect they will produce at a future ...
... trees have been made at this place , stretching from the water nearly half way up the mountain ; which improvements are annually continued by the proprietor with skill and enter- prise . Of the grand effect they will produce at a future ...
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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.