 | John Sheppard - 1859 - 304 pages
...so that the farthest extremity is very plainly seen ; and the air within being agitated by the flux and reflux of the tides, is perfectly dry and wholesome,...caverns in general abound. We asked the name of it. The guide said, 'the Cave of Fhinn.' 'What is Fhinn?' said we. 'Fhinn MacCoul, whom the translator... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1862 - 702 pages
...that the farthest extremity is very plainly seen from without; and the air, being agitated by the flux and reflux of the tides, is perfectly dry and wholesome, free entirely from the damp vapour with which natural caverns in general abound. We asked the name of it. Said our guide, 'The... | |
 | 1887 - 768 pages
...very plainly seen from without, and the air within, being agitated by the flux and reflux of the tide, is perfectly dry and wholesome, free entirely from...vapours with which natural caverns in general abound." Apart from the strong terms of the opening sentence, and the very The cave of Fiuhn. What is Fiuhn... | |
 | 1887 - 772 pages
...error in respect to the supposed stalagmitic matter, the description is sufficiently reasonable. " We asked the name of it. Said our guide, The cave of Fiuhn. What is Fiuhn ] said we. Fiuhn MacCoul, whom the translator of Ossian's works has called Fingal.... | |
 | C. C. L. Hirschfeld, Hirschfeld Hirschfeld - 2001 - 550 pages
...farthest extremity is very plainly seen from without, and the air within being agitated by the flux and reflux of the tides, is perfectly dry and wholesome,...entirely from the damp vapours with which natural caves in general abound."5 . . . 3. As more and more Christians sought a life of seclusion, caves became... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1778 - 578 pages
...jüíjpofed of, agitated agitated by the fuix and reflux of ' the tides, is perfectly dry and wholefome, free entirely from the damp vapours with which natural caverns in general abound. " Weafked the name of it : faid our guide, the cave of Fiuhn ; what is Fiuhn ? faid we : Fiuhn Mac... | |
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... from without, and the air within, being agitated by the flux and reflux of the tides, is perfectly dry and wholesome, free entirely from the damp vapours with which natural caverns in general abound. We asked the name of it. Said our guide, The cave... 
