The Angling Excursions of Gregory Greendrake, Esq., Pseud. in IrelandC.P. Archer, 1826 |
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... tion ; and such are the principles which the palace- yard and spafield orators and demagogues of the pre- sent day dare to promulgate to a British people . " Our way through the demesne lay along the banks of a stream , now swelled and ...
... tion ; and such are the principles which the palace- yard and spafield orators and demagogues of the pre- sent day dare to promulgate to a British people . " Our way through the demesne lay along the banks of a stream , now swelled and ...
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... tion and industry , is daily proving in this instance , as , along the line of the military road , through the mountains , tracts of the most determined bog and moor are reclaiming , and rendering amenable to , and repaying the labours ...
... tion and industry , is daily proving in this instance , as , along the line of the military road , through the mountains , tracts of the most determined bog and moor are reclaiming , and rendering amenable to , and repaying the labours ...
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... tion of that of the British river ; but my friend ex- plained to me , that Avonmore ' is Irish , merely suf- fering such degree of corruption or alteration as time introduces into most proper names . ' Owanmore , ' the Irish apellation ...
... tion of that of the British river ; but my friend ex- plained to me , that Avonmore ' is Irish , merely suf- fering such degree of corruption or alteration as time introduces into most proper names . ' Owanmore , ' the Irish apellation ...
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... tion ; where impudent and presumptuous ignorance will seize the prize legitimate to modest worth and know- ledge , and , in the words of the Mantuan poet , " in- vade the very court . " With such men , and in such a state of society ...
... tion ; where impudent and presumptuous ignorance will seize the prize legitimate to modest worth and know- ledge , and , in the words of the Mantuan poet , " in- vade the very court . " With such men , and in such a state of society ...
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... tion of the lovers of nature and romantic scenery . " From the cottage the drive is continued through woods to the bridge at the Meeting of the Waters , at about two miles distance , where we entered upon the high road to Arklow . This ...
... tion of the lovers of nature and romantic scenery . " From the cottage the drive is continued through woods to the bridge at the Meeting of the Waters , at about two miles distance , where we entered upon the high road to Arklow . This ...
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afford amusement angler Angling Excursion appearance Arklow Avoca Avonmore beautiful boat Bray bridge Castle Castlepollard CHAP character close colour companion cottage county Westmeath county Wicklow Dargle dark Delgany delighted demesne Dublin enjoyment Enniskerry erected feeling fish flies gentleman glen Glendaloch green drake GREGORY GREENDRAKE hackle hand happy hill honor Howth inhabitants Ireland Irish Irish language Isaac Walton Kevin's Knock-ion Knock-ross labours lake land Ledwiche lodge Lord Lord Longford Lough-dan Lough-Sheelan Luggela mansion ment miles mind moral morning mountain Mullingar nature neighbouring never object passed peasantry pleasure pounds weight pretty proceeded racter Rathdrum rendered residence rich rise river river Avonmore road rock round tower Round-wood rude ruins rustic saint scene scenery seat Seven Churches shew shore side spirit sport spot steep stream tion toparch town trees trout vale valley village Westmeath wild wind wood
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Página 52 - To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, The unfeeling for his own. Yet, ah ! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies ? Thought would destroy their paradise. No more ; — where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
Página 55 - There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow : there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Página 79 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Página 99 - THERE is not in the wide world a valley so sweet, As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet ; Oh ! the last rays of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
Página 93 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Página 102 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Página 33 - And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Página 93 - Sweet vale of Avoca ! how calm could I rest In thy bosom of shade, with the friends I love best, Where the storms that we feel in this cold world should cease, And our hearts, like thy waters, be mingled in peace.
Página 86 - My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life — A country cottage near a crystal flood, A winding valley, and a lofty wood.
Página 1 - The mountain shadows on her breast Were neither broken nor at rest ; In bright uncertainty they lie, Like future joys to Fancy's eye.