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Page 80
... notable . From Glengariffe the journey is resumed , again by mail - car , through and over the mountains of Cork and Kerry ; one of the most striking of all the objects of interest being the Road itself , laid under great difficulties ...
... notable . From Glengariffe the journey is resumed , again by mail - car , through and over the mountains of Cork and Kerry ; one of the most striking of all the objects of interest being the Road itself , laid under great difficulties ...
Page 94
... notable public ground is St. George's Square , lying in the centre of the town , surrounded by the principal hotels and many public buildings , and containing monuments to Scott , Nelson , etc. Among the special " lions " of Glasgow may ...
... notable public ground is St. George's Square , lying in the centre of the town , surrounded by the principal hotels and many public buildings , and containing monuments to Scott , Nelson , etc. Among the special " lions " of Glasgow may ...
Page 104
... notable as the scene of Scott's " Fair Maid of Perth , " and the alleged death by starving , in the dungeons of the now demolished castle , of the Duke of Albany , brother to King Robert the Third - which incident is interwoven in that ...
... notable as the scene of Scott's " Fair Maid of Perth , " and the alleged death by starving , in the dungeons of the now demolished castle , of the Duke of Albany , brother to King Robert the Third - which incident is interwoven in that ...
Page 106
... notable as having been one of the places visited by Charles Edward Stuart both before and after the defeat at Culloden . Here occurs the junction with the road from Aberdeen . Beyond Forres , and ap- proaching the Moray Firth , is ...
... notable as having been one of the places visited by Charles Edward Stuart both before and after the defeat at Culloden . Here occurs the junction with the road from Aberdeen . Beyond Forres , and ap- proaching the Moray Firth , is ...
Page 107
... notable as supplying one of the largest wool - markets in Europe ( with an immense wool fair of three days , every year in July ) , and as forming a great depot for the sale of High- land plaids , dresses and ornaments . The Castle , a ...
... notable as supplying one of the largest wool - markets in Europe ( with an immense wool fair of three days , every year in July ) , and as forming a great depot for the sale of High- land plaids , dresses and ornaments . The Castle , a ...
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Page 73 - On this I ponder, where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, sweet Cork, of thee ; With thy bells of Shandon that sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the River Lee.
Page 418 - ... Boston philosopher of the last century, whose visit to Philadelphia is still remembered in that city,) set himself at work to contrive a limb which should take the place of the one he had lost, fulfilling its functions and counterfeiting its aspect so far as possible. The result was the " Palmer leg," one of the most unquestionable triumphs of American ingenuity. Its victorious march has been unimpeded by any serious obs'tacle since it first stepped into public notice. The inventor was introduced...