Ireland Exhibited to England: In a Political and Moral Survey of Her Population, and in a Statistical and Scenographic Tour of Certain Districts; Comprehending Specimens of Her Colonisation, Natural History and Antiquities, Arts, Sciences, and Commerce ... With a Letter to the Members of His Majesty's Government on the State of Ireland, Volume 1Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1823 - Antrim (Ireland : County) |
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Page 77
... the Down and Antrim districts of Ireland ( with which this tour commences ) is not lessened by tracts of retentive soil , by the mountains of those districts , nor yet by the influence of great bodies of fresh and salt CLIMATE . 77.
... the Down and Antrim districts of Ireland ( with which this tour commences ) is not lessened by tracts of retentive soil , by the mountains of those districts , nor yet by the influence of great bodies of fresh and salt CLIMATE . 77.
Page 79
... mountains and in their vicinity ; even there they are not of long continuance , often coming on and retiring in the course of the day . - But be- tween the mountains and the plains there is a great difference in the time of ripening the ...
... mountains and in their vicinity ; even there they are not of long continuance , often coming on and retiring in the course of the day . - But be- tween the mountains and the plains there is a great difference in the time of ripening the ...
Page 85
... mountains ; and bogs , although they are frequent , are not now , as soil , objects of improvement in this district , being , in various places , insufficient to form a supply of fuel to the numerous inhabitants in their vicinity ; and ...
... mountains ; and bogs , although they are frequent , are not now , as soil , objects of improvement in this district , being , in various places , insufficient to form a supply of fuel to the numerous inhabitants in their vicinity ; and ...
Page 87
... mountains -all of which contribute to form a variety , most interesting to the beholder . - The plains are mostly confined to the banks of the rivers , the hills occupy the largest portion , and the lofty mountains are thrown together ...
... mountains -all of which contribute to form a variety , most interesting to the beholder . - The plains are mostly confined to the banks of the rivers , the hills occupy the largest portion , and the lofty mountains are thrown together ...
Page 107
... mountains of Mourne ; and it may be added , that the vast num- ber of vessels , which are reported to have been lost in this place , furnish no mean argument in proof of the necessity of this undertaking . I have now endeavoured , Mr ...
... mountains of Mourne ; and it may be added , that the vast num- ber of vessels , which are reported to have been lost in this place , furnish no mean argument in proof of the necessity of this undertaking . I have now endeavoured , Mr ...
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Page 4 - The scribes and pharisees sit in Moses' seat: all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and
Page 192 - and went to the Newrie, which is 16 miles; this is a most difficult way for a stranger to find out; herein wee wandered, and being lost fell among the Irish townes. —The Irish houses are the poorest cabins I have seen; erected in the middle of the fields and grounds, which they farm and
Page 185 - at the dissolution of religious houses in the reign of Henry VIII, it appears to have been possessed of seven townlands, and the spiritualities of sixteen and a half besides;
Page 192 - who led us like a villain directly out of the way, and soe left us; soe as by this deviation it was three houre before wee came to the Newrie.*— Much land there is about this
Page 192 - the Irish townes. —The Irish houses are the poorest cabins I have seen; erected in the middle of the fields and grounds, which they farm and
Page 185 - castle was in repair, it often proved a good guard to the pass, and as often an offensive neighbour to the English planted in Lecale, according to the hands that possessed
Page 192 - hath a castle in this towne, but is for the most part resident att Green Castle; a great part of this towne is his, and itt is reported he hath £1000 or £1500
Page 185 - which, at some period prior to the building of the tower, seemed to have extended considerably beyond it! This curious circumstance was observed by several gentlemen, at the spring assizes of
Page 48 - on the east by St. George's Channel and the Irish Sea, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Its greatest
Page 191 - which he holds by lease, and which has still 40 years to come; the land is my Lord Chichester's, and the lease was made