Letters from Ireland, MDCCCXXXVIIR.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1838 - 436 pages |
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... river can afford a more strikingly im- posing coup d'oeil than we had then full leisure to contemplate but that annoying red chimney - top marred all our gratification . The Nora Creina had cleared the lock , had put on her steam ; and ...
... river can afford a more strikingly im- posing coup d'oeil than we had then full leisure to contemplate but that annoying red chimney - top marred all our gratification . The Nora Creina had cleared the lock , had put on her steam ; and ...
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... river , with its rising banks on the oppo- site side , and regretted my inability to take a sur- vey of the town . Our starting scene was amusing enough : the car was of very ordinary materials , and the driver presented as grotesque an ...
... river , with its rising banks on the oppo- site side , and regretted my inability to take a sur- vey of the town . Our starting scene was amusing enough : the car was of very ordinary materials , and the driver presented as grotesque an ...
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... luggage piled up between . Away we went , at a tolerably equal pace , so long as the fine level pavement of the quay lay beneath us ; but , Oh ! the jolting that ensued , 1 when , after crossing the river , we began to 16 LETTER I.
... luggage piled up between . Away we went , at a tolerably equal pace , so long as the fine level pavement of the quay lay beneath us ; but , Oh ! the jolting that ensued , 1 when , after crossing the river , we began to 16 LETTER I.
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Charlotte Elizabeth. when , after crossing the river , we began to ascend and descend the abrupt little hills ! My spirits rose to the highest pitch of joyousness , while the vehicle danced along , as if in sympathy with my bounding ...
Charlotte Elizabeth. when , after crossing the river , we began to ascend and descend the abrupt little hills ! My spirits rose to the highest pitch of joyousness , while the vehicle danced along , as if in sympathy with my bounding ...
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... river Barrow , and ascended the exceedingly steep streets , I could not but shudder at the recollections excited : for , within the memory of some who then surrounded us , those streets had actually been choked up and the passage ...
... river Barrow , and ascended the exceedingly steep streets , I could not but shudder at the recollections excited : for , within the memory of some who then surrounded us , those streets had actually been choked up and the passage ...
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