A Picturesque Handbook to Carlingford Bay: And the Watering Places in Its Vicinity ....Greer, 1846 - 288 pages |
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... merchants of the town having ample capital for prosecuting such trade . They have now to convey their corn , & c . , to the Newry market . A small outlay , - the one - half of which , it is understood , the inhabitants would subscribe ...
... merchants of the town having ample capital for prosecuting such trade . They have now to convey their corn , & c . , to the Newry market . A small outlay , - the one - half of which , it is understood , the inhabitants would subscribe ...
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... merchant of Kilkeel , who , it is said , has realised a large fortune . Here , also , you have a glimpse of " The Abbey , " the delightful summer residence of Thomas Gibson Henry , Esq . , J. P. and D.L. , the agent of the Kilmorey ...
... merchant of Kilkeel , who , it is said , has realised a large fortune . Here , also , you have a glimpse of " The Abbey , " the delightful summer residence of Thomas Gibson Henry , Esq . , J. P. and D.L. , the agent of the Kilmorey ...
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... merchants , lawyers , and others of the wealthy classes , who tread on the heels of the aristocracy , retire to spend the evening of their days , in the calm seclusion of this romantic retreat . It is highly fashionable in summer and ...
... merchants , lawyers , and others of the wealthy classes , who tread on the heels of the aristocracy , retire to spend the evening of their days , in the calm seclusion of this romantic retreat . It is highly fashionable in summer and ...
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... merchants and gentry of Newry , Armagh , and other inland towns ; amongst them the prettiest are those of Mr. J. T. Haly- day , Rev. John Davis , Mr. H. Thomson , Mr. John Caraher , Miss Hancock , & c . Others are fitted for bathers of ...
... merchants and gentry of Newry , Armagh , and other inland towns ; amongst them the prettiest are those of Mr. J. T. Haly- day , Rev. John Davis , Mr. H. Thomson , Mr. John Caraher , Miss Hancock , & c . Others are fitted for bathers of ...
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... merchants of Newry , whose family has long held a foremost rank in the commerce of the town , of which no stranger can fail to form an exalted estimate , if judged by the liberality , intelligence , and gentlemanly bearing of Mr. Lyle ...
... merchants of Newry , whose family has long held a foremost rank in the commerce of the town , of which no stranger can fail to form an exalted estimate , if judged by the liberality , intelligence , and gentlemanly bearing of Mr. Lyle ...
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Page 257 - That a claim of any body of men, other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.
Page 237 - Sword; was appointed ambassador to the court of Lisbon in 1806, to Sweden in 1817, to Constantinople in 1820, and to Russia in 1825 ; is author of " Poems from the Portuguese of...
Page 1 - ... improving, and beautifying the human hair. It prevents hair from falling off or turning grey, strengthens weak hair, cleanses it from scurf and dandriff, and makes it beautifully soft, pliable, and glossy. For children it is especially...
Page 21 - COMB back, come back together, All ye fancies of the past, Ye days of April weather, Ye shadows that are cast By the haunted hours before ! Come back, come back, my childhood ; Thou art summoned by a spell From the green leaves of the wild wood, From beside the charmed well ! For Red Riding Hood, the darling, — The flower of fairy lore.
Page 33 - In the descent southward, near the bottom, one is forced to slide down a sort of thatch, composed of furze, long grass, and juniper. St. Donard, a disciple of St. Patrick, is said to have spent the life of a hermit on this mountain, and built a cell, or oratory, on the top of it, towards the close of the fifth century.
Page 160 - And no spectacle was more frequent in the ditches of towns, and especially in wasted countries, than to see multitudes of these poor people dead with their mouths all coloured green by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend up above ground.
Page 255 - ... inviolable, and to deliver up the succession peaceably to his Tanist, and then hath a wand delivered unto him by some whose proper office that is; after which, descending from the stone, he turneth himself round, thrice forwards and thrice backwards. Eudox. But how is the Tanist chosen? Iren. They say he setteth but one foot upon the stone, and receiveth the like oath that the captaine did.
Page 14 - A day with not too bright a beam, A warm, but not a scorching sun, A southern gale to curl the stream, And, master, half our work is done.
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