The Ancient and Modern History of the Maritime Ports of IrelandThe Author, 1855 - 633 oldal |
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The Ancient and Modern History of the Maritime Ports of Ireland Anthony Marmion Korlátozott előnézet - 2013 |
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acres amount Anglo-Norman army Ballina Bank of Ireland Belfast borough bridge Britain and Coastways British and Coasting building built Carrickfergus castle Catholic cent Church Clonmel Coasting trade Coleraine commenced Commissioners Company considerable Cork corporation cost Customs decrease Derry Donegall Drogheda Dublin Dundalk Duties collected therein Earl ending 5th January England English entering inwards entrance erected established exports extensive feet of water flax Foreign ports Foreign shipping Foreign trade formed former Galway garrison granted harbour houses imports improvements increase inhabitants inwards and clearing Irish Island James Killala land latter Limerick linen Londonderry Lord Lord Kingsborough Lough Lough Neagh manufacture mayor Messrs miles Munster navigation Newry Number and Tonnage OUTWARDS parliament population portion possession Protestant quays Railway registered shipping revenue river School Shannon Skibbereen Sligo Society steamers tion Tnge tonnage tons were Foreign town Tralee Ulster Vess vessels Waterford Wexford William
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23. oldal - And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
18. oldal - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
39. oldal - I have caused divers of them to be translated unto me, that I might understand them, and surely they savoured of sweet wit and good invention, but skilled not of the goodly ornaments of poetry ; yet were they sprinkled with some pretty flowers of their natural device, which gave good grace and comeliness unto them...
42. oldal - For in these the modulation is not slow and solemn, as in the instruments of Britain, to which we are accustomed, but the sounds are rapid and precipitate, yet, at the same time, sweet and pleasing. It is wonderful how, in such precipitate rapidity of the fingers, the musical proportions are observed, and, by their art, faultless throughout.
201. oldal - ... costly dress, undertook a journey alone, from one end of the kingdom to the other, with a wand only in her hand, at the top of which was a ring of exceeding great value ; and such an impression had the laws and government of this Monarch made on the minds of all the people, that no attempt was made upon her honour, nor was she robbed of her clothes or jewels.
41. oldal - ... in which the original chromatic tones were retained, and the whole formed on the oral improved system. Under these improvements, though the instrument had increased in the number of its strings, it was somewhat reduced in capacity ; for instead of beginning in the lower E in the bass, it commenced in C, a sixth above, and terminated in G in the octave below ; and, in consequence, became much more melodious, and capable of accompanying the voice. These improvements were...
96. oldal - Bennet, a committee of the House of Commons was appointed to inquire into the state of the police of the metropolis.
6. oldal - Far westward lies an isle of ancient fame, By Nature blessed — Hibernia is her name. Enrolled in books — exhaustless is her store Of veiny silver and of golden ore. Her fruitful soil for ever teems with wealth. With gems her waters, and her air with health ; Her verdant fields with milk and honey flow, Her woolly fleeces vie with virgin snow ; Her waving furrows float with bended corn, And arms and arts her envied sons adorn.
42. oldal - This eminence of the Irish harpers is not exaggerated, nor is it a compliment paid to the nation, as some have imagined. Cambrensis was one of the most accomplished scholars of his time, and perfectly understood both the theory and practice of music at that period cultivated in...
3. oldal - On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When the clear, cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days, In the wave beneath him shining! Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over, Thus, sighing, look through the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover!