The Angling Excursions of Gregory Greendrake, Esq. [pseud., I.e. J. Coad] in the Counties of Wicklow, Meath, Westmeath, Longford, and Cayan, with Additions, by Geoffrey Greydrake, Esq. [pseud., I.e. Thomas Ellingsale] Dedicated to "all Honest Brothers of the Angle".Grant and Bolton, 1832 - 313 páginas |
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... peasantry open to all the attacks of demagogues , for which they are prepared by the exactions and abuses of a second - hand authority . His lordship has lately erected a handsome mansion , having been for many years obliged to reside ...
... peasantry open to all the attacks of demagogues , for which they are prepared by the exactions and abuses of a second - hand authority . His lordship has lately erected a handsome mansion , having been for many years obliged to reside ...
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... peasantry engaged in their preservation . This , although a merry lake , is not equally so with the other , as I have already noticed . Lough - dan receives the waters of Luggela , and both combine to give birth to the river Avonmore ...
... peasantry engaged in their preservation . This , although a merry lake , is not equally so with the other , as I have already noticed . Lough - dan receives the waters of Luggela , and both combine to give birth to the river Avonmore ...
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... peasantry were assembled for religious and festive pur- poses , when a fine young woman , in that spirit of hardi- hood which distinguishes the Irish peasantry , was induced to visit Kevin's bed ; she succeeded in attaining to it , but ...
... peasantry were assembled for religious and festive pur- poses , when a fine young woman , in that spirit of hardi- hood which distinguishes the Irish peasantry , was induced to visit Kevin's bed ; she succeeded in attaining to it , but ...
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... peasantry , a superstitious devotion to the Naids , as general in Ireland as if it were the great desert . One might infer from this , that the low Irish have been des perately inclined to dirt ; they are still far from being clean ...
... peasantry , a superstitious devotion to the Naids , as general in Ireland as if it were the great desert . One might infer from this , that the low Irish have been des perately inclined to dirt ; they are still far from being clean ...
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... peasantry of more astuteness of mind , and ready perception of the right points and bearings of a subject , than the peasantry of Ireland ; and if an enlightening impression were once made upon them , its progress would be rapid beyond ...
... peasantry of more astuteness of mind , and ready perception of the right points and bearings of a subject , than the peasantry of Ireland ; and if an enlightening impression were once made upon them , its progress would be rapid beyond ...
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