The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 15Charles Knight, 1839 |
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Page 37
... Mullingar in West Meath . The principal roads for the conveyance of goods are from Dublin by Navan and Kells to Virginia ; and from Drogheha ( one of the principal ports of Ireland ) by Slane to Kells , and by road to Navan . The land ...
... Mullingar in West Meath . The principal roads for the conveyance of goods are from Dublin by Navan and Kells to Virginia ; and from Drogheha ( one of the principal ports of Ireland ) by Slane to Kells , and by road to Navan . The land ...
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... Mullingar in the present county of West Meath , by Melaghlin , or Malachi , king of Meath , who afterwards acquired the supreme power . The Northmen how- ever soon renewed their attacks , and civil dissensions diverted the Irish from ...
... Mullingar in the present county of West Meath , by Melaghlin , or Malachi , king of Meath , who afterwards acquired the supreme power . The Northmen how- ever soon renewed their attacks , and civil dissensions diverted the Irish from ...
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... Mullingar into Lough Ennel , 4 or 5 miles long from north - east to south - west , and above 2 miles broad at the widest part . This lake , sometimes called Belvidere , is studded with small islands . A number of streams flow into this ...
... Mullingar into Lough Ennel , 4 or 5 miles long from north - east to south - west , and above 2 miles broad at the widest part . This lake , sometimes called Belvidere , is studded with small islands . A number of streams flow into this ...
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... Mullingar ; the parliamentary borough and market - town of Athlone is partly in this county , partly in that of Roscommon ; and there are the market and post towns of Kilbeggan , Moate , Rathowen , Castletown - Delvin , Ballinacargy ...
... Mullingar ; the parliamentary borough and market - town of Athlone is partly in this county , partly in that of Roscommon ; and there are the market and post towns of Kilbeggan , Moate , Rathowen , Castletown - Delvin , Ballinacargy ...
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... Mullingar , and 37 from Dublin . It is in a great tho- roughfare , just at the separation of the roads from Dublin to Longford and Athlone , and consists of one principal street . It has 123 houses , with a population of 670. The church ...
... Mullingar , and 37 from Dublin . It is in a great tho- roughfare , just at the separation of the roads from Dublin to Longford and Athlone , and consists of one principal street . It has 123 houses , with a population of 670. The church ...
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Page 227 - Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure.
Page 290 - ... and even handsome. The ease, elegance and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in listening and laying up lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really surprising, and mark the peculiarity of his genius.
Page 226 - Lastly, I should not choose this manner of writing, wherein knowing myself inferior to myself, led by the genial power of nature to another task, I have the use, as I may account it, but of my left hand...
Page 259 - A miracle may be accurately defined, a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent.
Page 215 - That the militia, when called into the actual service of the United States, shall be subject to the same Rules and Articles of War as the regular troops of the United States.
Page 299 - Verily, Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, is the apostle of God, and his word, which he conveyed unto Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from him: honourable in this world, and in the world to come; and one of those who approach near to the presence of God.
Page 258 - ... the testimony, considered apart and in itself, amounts to an entire proof; in that case, there is proof against proof, of which the strongest must prevail, but still with a diminution of its force in proportion to that of its antagonist.
Page 290 - ... rapidity. He repeats the tune' taught him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and faithfully. He runs over the quiverings of the canary, and the clear whistlings of the Virginia nightingale or red-bird, with such superior execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat, by redoubling his exertions.
Page 290 - Blue-bird, which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of Swallows, or the cackling of hens; amidst the simple melody of the...
Page 290 - ... movements, the animation of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in listening and laying up lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really surprising, and mark the peculiarity of his genius. To these qualities we may add that of a voice full, strong, and musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear, mellow tones of the wood-thrush to the savage scream of the bald eagle. In measure and accent he faithfully follows his originals....