The new estate; or, The young travellers in Wales and Ireland, by the author of 'Portugal'.1831 |
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... , which is the last place where a traveller must expect to meet with any refreshment ; and a mile further is seen the gloomy vale , so famed for the retreat of St. Kevin from the beauteous Kathleen . 238 ST . KEVIN . " How grand , how.
... , which is the last place where a traveller must expect to meet with any refreshment ; and a mile further is seen the gloomy vale , so famed for the retreat of St. Kevin from the beauteous Kathleen . 238 ST . KEVIN . " How grand , how.
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... Kevin . He was born in 498 , and in his after - life founded the monastery in the vale of Glandalough , together with the Seven Churches . The first ruin that we come to is usually called · the Ivy - church . I remember it well , from ...
... Kevin . He was born in 498 , and in his after - life founded the monastery in the vale of Glandalough , together with the Seven Churches . The first ruin that we come to is usually called · the Ivy - church . I remember it well , from ...
Página 239
... Kevin , and the miracles wrought by him , left his native country , and fixed his residence in a cell on the east side of Glandalough . A city soon sprang up . From its being the resort of learned men , a seminary was founded , from ...
... Kevin , and the miracles wrought by him , left his native country , and fixed his residence in a cell on the east side of Glandalough . A city soon sprang up . From its being the resort of learned men , a seminary was founded , from ...
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... Kevin's Keene , which he declared possessed mi- raculous powers on the festival of St. Kevin , and on all Sundays and Thursdays . " It was , " he said , 66 particularly designed for unhealthy children ; and he remembered a child of his ...
... Kevin's Keene , which he declared possessed mi- raculous powers on the festival of St. Kevin , and on all Sundays and Thursdays . " It was , " he said , 66 particularly designed for unhealthy children ; and he remembered a child of his ...
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... bear impressed upon them the traces of legendary sculpture . The apertures by which light seems to have been admitted , were so small , that Sophia asked if they had ever been glazed . M 242 ST . KEVIN'S WINDOW . The guide assured her.
... bear impressed upon them the traces of legendary sculpture . The apertures by which light seems to have been admitted , were so small , that Sophia asked if they had ever been glazed . M 242 ST . KEVIN'S WINDOW . The guide assured her.
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Página 105 - Under an oak whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood : To the which place a poor sequester'd stag, That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt, Did come to languish, and indeed, my lord, The wretched animal heaved forth such groans That their discharge did stretch his leathern coat Almost to bursting, and the big round tears Coursed one another down his innocent nose In piteous chase...
Página 105 - Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood: » To the which place a poor sequester'd stag, That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt. Did come to languish: and, indeed, my lord, * Barbed arrows.
Página 4 - But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ! Or like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place : Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride ; That hour, o...
Página 178 - And her base elfin brood there for thee left. Such men do chaungelings call, so chaung'd by Faeries theft.
Página 230 - 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 176 - I'll set you safe from peril. Come all into this nut (quoth she), Come closely in, be ruled by me, Each one may here a chooser be, For room ye need not wrestle, Nor need ye be together heapt.
Página 176 - Forth ran they, by a secret way, Into a brake that near them lay; Yet much they doubted there to stay, Lest Hob should hap to find them; He had a sharp and piercing sight, All one to him the day and night; And therefore were resolved, by flight, To leave this place behind them. At length one chanced to find a nut, In th...
Página 125 - During a severe storm, in the winter of 1789, a ship, belonging to Newcastle, was lost near Yarmouth ; and a Newfoundland dog alone escaped to shore, bringing in his mouth the captain's pocket-book. He landed amidst a number of people, several of whom in vain attempted to take it from him.