Reminiscences of half a century, by an accurate observer1838 |
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... distance Shambally , Lord Lis- more's . Facing me every morning as I rose , I was greeted with the view of the summit of one of the highest mountains in Tipperary , “ Gaul- ty Mohr , " which I was anxious to ascend 32 REMINISCENCE .
... distance Shambally , Lord Lis- more's . Facing me every morning as I rose , I was greeted with the view of the summit of one of the highest mountains in Tipperary , “ Gaul- ty Mohr , " which I was anxious to ascend 32 REMINISCENCE .
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Reminiscences. ty Mohr , " which I was anxious to ascend ; but on stating my wish to my host and his brother , they declined the walk , but would be happy to procure me guides and every other facility . Accordingly , one fine ... ascend...
Reminiscences. ty Mohr , " which I was anxious to ascend ; but on stating my wish to my host and his brother , they declined the walk , but would be happy to procure me guides and every other facility . Accordingly , one fine ... ascend...
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... ascend to the top , from whence you command a magnificent view of the city and bay of Dublin . I went to the morning service to St. Patrick's Cathedral . The choir is small and gloomy . There the Knights of St. Patrick are installed ...
... ascend to the top , from whence you command a magnificent view of the city and bay of Dublin . I went to the morning service to St. Patrick's Cathedral . The choir is small and gloomy . There the Knights of St. Patrick are installed ...
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... ascend the highest precipices , and have sentinels placed as out- posts , which give a sort of whistling alarm on the approach of the huntsmen , and off they fly . I procured some of the horns , which take a very good polish , and are ...
... ascend the highest precipices , and have sentinels placed as out- posts , which give a sort of whistling alarm on the approach of the huntsmen , and off they fly . I procured some of the horns , which take a very good polish , and are ...
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... doffed our coats , and walked en chemise . We passed under the mountain , " Young Frau , " said never to have been ascended . Here we heard the ava- lanches tumbling with a tremendous crash like thunder . Having REMINISCENCE . 85.
... doffed our coats , and walked en chemise . We passed under the mountain , " Young Frau , " said never to have been ascended . Here we heard the ava- lanches tumbling with a tremendous crash like thunder . Having REMINISCENCE . 85.
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Página 66 - Vevay — visitez le pays, examinez les sites, promenez.vous sur le lac, et dites si la Nature n'a pas fait ce beau pays pour une Julie, pour une Claire, et pour un St. Preux ; mais ne les y cherchez pas.
Página 217 - And there — oh! sweet and sacred be the name! — Julia— the daughter, the devoted— gave Her youth to Heaven ; her heart, beneath a claim Nearest to Heaven's, broke o'er a father's grave.
Página 165 - It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
Página 66 - J'allai à Vevay loger à la Clef; et pendant deux jours que j'y restai sans voir personne, je pris pour cette ville un amour qui m'a suivi dans tous mes voyages, et qui m'ya fait établir enfin les héros de mon roman.
Página 216 - Tis the last remnant of the wreck of years, And looks as with the wild-bewilder'd gaze Of one to stone converted by amaze, Yet still with consciousness ; and there it stands Making a marvel that it not decays, When the coeval pride of human hands, Levell'd Aventicum, 21 hath strew'd her subject lands.