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... ruins of his palace , wrecking and drowning eight thousand sailors , blowing down seven- teen thousand trees in Kent alone , and eliciting a description from Defoe , the author of " Robinson Crusoe . " The next point , some three hours ...
... ruins of his palace , wrecking and drowning eight thousand sailors , blowing down seven- teen thousand trees in Kent alone , and eliciting a description from Defoe , the author of " Robinson Crusoe . " The next point , some three hours ...
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... ruin , with the donjon - keep still more then an hundred feet in air , much better preserved than most ruins , and said to have been originally the home of the royal McCarthys . The original “ Blarney Stone " hangs at near the top of ...
... ruin , with the donjon - keep still more then an hundred feet in air , much better preserved than most ruins , and said to have been originally the home of the royal McCarthys . The original “ Blarney Stone " hangs at near the top of ...
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... ruins of castles and abbeys studding the way on either side , to MACROOM , a large village , where the mail - car is taken or post - horses procured , and of which the principal attraction is to be found in Macroom Castle , seat of the ...
... ruins of castles and abbeys studding the way on either side , to MACROOM , a large village , where the mail - car is taken or post - horses procured , and of which the principal attraction is to be found in Macroom Castle , seat of the ...
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... ruins of the very old Monastery of St. Finbar - un- doubtedly one of the most beautiful as well as one of the most interesting spots in the Emerald Isle . Shortly after leaving Gougane - Barra , way is taken through the Pass of ...
... ruins of the very old Monastery of St. Finbar - un- doubtedly one of the most beautiful as well as one of the most interesting spots in the Emerald Isle . Shortly after leaving Gougane - Barra , way is taken through the Pass of ...
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... ruins in Ireland , standing near the eastern side of Mucross Lake ( Middle ) , with an ivy - grown square tower of wonderful beauty ; the tombs of O'Don- oghue , McCarthy More and other kings of Munster yet remaining in the chancel ; a ...
... ruins in Ireland , standing near the eastern side of Mucross Lake ( Middle ) , with an ivy - grown square tower of wonderful beauty ; the tombs of O'Don- oghue , McCarthy More and other kings of Munster yet remaining in the chancel ; 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...