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diff --git a/43563-h/43563-h.htm b/43563-h/43563-h.htm index 9e6b429..e9cf1fa 100644 --- a/43563-h/43563-h.htm +++ b/43563-h/43563-h.htm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /><title> The Project Gutenberg's eBook of Bits of Blarney, by R. Shelton Mackenzie. </title> <link rel="coverpage" href="images/front_cover.jpg" /> @@ -280,45 +280,7 @@ h2, h3, h4 </head> <body> - - -<pre> - -The Project Gutenberg EBook of Bits of Blarney, by R. Shelton Mackenzie - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: Bits of Blarney - -Author: R. Shelton Mackenzie - -Release Date: August 26, 2013 [EBook #43563] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BITS OF BLARNEY *** - - - - -Produced by Nicole Henn-Kneif, sp1nd and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43563 ***</div> <h1 class="p4">BITS OF BLARNEY</h1> <p class="mediumc">BY</p> @@ -615,8 +577,8 @@ except that immediately washed by the waters of the lake. It was now far in the summer; and, although the mowers had to cut down the rich grass of the other fields, there was scarcely a blade upon this. It was as smooth, green, and close-shaven as the trim turf before a cottage -<i>ornée</i>. While I was remarking this, I was startled by a sudden touch -upon the shoulder, and, turning round, I found myself <i>vis-à-vis</i> with a +<i>ornée</i>. While I was remarking this, I was startled by a sudden touch +upon the shoulder, and, turning round, I found myself <i>vis-à -vis</i> with a Herculean-built fellow, who doffed his hat, with a sort of rude courtesy, made an attempt at a bow, and, before I could say a word, struck into conversation.</p> @@ -1135,7 +1097,7 @@ the orator and patriot, member for Rathcormac, when he was a young man? Did not Colonel Tonson get made an Irish peer, out of this very borough, which his son William is, to this very day, by the title of Baron Riversdale of Rathcormac? Does not his shield bear an open hand between -two castles, and is not the motto, 'Manus hæc inimica tyrannis'—which +two castles, and is not the motto, 'Manus hæc inimica tyrannis'—which means that it was the enemy of tyrants? Did not the Ulster King of Arms make the Tonsons a grant of these arms, in the time of Cromwell? But here I have left poor little Con mounted on his donkey all this time.</p> @@ -1185,7 +1147,7 @@ air—quick as if they were on a steeplechase. Moss and moor—mountain and valley—green field and brown bog—land and water were all left behind, and they never once halted until they reached the coast of France.</p> -<p>"They immediately made for the house (there it is called the <i>château</i>) +<p>"They immediately made for the house (there it is called the <i>château</i>) of a great lord—one of the Seigneurs of the Court—and bolted through the key-hole into his wine-cellar, without leave or license. How little Con was squeezed through, I never could understand, but it is as sure as @@ -1266,7 +1228,7 @@ followed his example, with all the pleasure in life. You may be certain that Con played away finely at the wine—you know the fairies had made him free of the cellar—so he knew the taste of the liquor, and relished it too. There can be no doubt that there was a regular jollification in -the château that night.</p> +the château that night.</p> <p>"Con remained in France for a month, and was perfectly in clover, for, from the lord to the lackey, every one liked him. When he returned, he had a heavy purse of gold for himself, and many fine presents for his @@ -1344,12 +1306,12 @@ traditional stories are derived? Some years ago, a supplement to the Thousand-and-One Nights, containing an Arabian tale called the Sage Heycar, was published at Paris, and the translator noted the curious fact that this Oriental story contained many incidents exactly similar -to passages in the life of Æsop: such as sixteen pages of details of a +to passages in the life of Æsop: such as sixteen pages of details of a visit made by Heycar to the court of Pharaoh, which are the same, word -for word, with the account of the like visit made by Æsop. So, too, the +for word, with the account of the like visit made by Æsop. So, too, the challenge which Pharaoh sent to the King of Abyssinia, demanding him to -build a palace in the air, and the ingenious means to which Æsop had -recourse, are transferred to Heycar. Even the fables of Æsop, the +build a palace in the air, and the ingenious means to which Æsop had +recourse, are transferred to Heycar. Even the fables of Æsop, the Phrygian, have been claimed for Lokman, the Arabian philosopher, and now the very incidents of his life are taken from him by Heycar.</p> <p>The Coventry legend of Lady Godiva is claimed by the Arabians. In Von @@ -1573,7 +1535,7 @@ and the small hand, and the dark blue eye, and the long black lash, and the bounding step," and prophesied more good fortune than (to one of the party, at least) has yet been fulfilled.</p> <p>This old woman was a good specimen of a shrewd Irish peasant. Her -compliments were insinuated, rather than expressed; and, <i>malgré</i> the +compliments were insinuated, rather than expressed; and, <i>malgré</i> the brogue, I question when more delicate flattery—pleasant, after all, to one's <i>amour propre</i>—could be more dexterously conveyed in the circles which we call brilliant. This tact in the matter of compliment appears @@ -1772,7 +1734,7 @@ describe him. Irish parlance emphatically distinguished him as "a mighty clever boy," which did not mean a compliment to his capacity or acquirements, but was simply a figure of speech to declare that this Hibernian Orpheus stood about "six feet two in his stocking-vamps." -Remmy Carroll's personal appearance was not quite as <i>distingué</i> as that +Remmy Carroll's personal appearance was not quite as <i>distingué</i> as that of his great contemporary, Beau Brummell. His coat, originally of blue frieze, had worn down, by age and service, to a sort of bright gray, tessellated, like mosaic-work, with emendations of the original @@ -1833,8 +1795,8 @@ enlist in an infantry regiment, and was shot through the head at the storming of Badajoz some short time after.</p> <p>Remmy Carroll could do, and had done more than defeat Brown. He could swim like a fish, was the only man ever known to dive under that -miniature Maëlstrom which eddies at the base of The Nailer's Rock -(nearly opposite Barnäan Well), and, before he was one-and-twenty, had +miniature Maëlstrom which eddies at the base of The Nailer's Rock +(nearly opposite Barnäan Well), and, before he was one-and-twenty, had saved nine unfortunates from being drowned in the fatal Blackwater.<span class="fnanchor"><a name="fnanchor_4" id="fnanchor_4"></a><a href="#footnote_4">4</a></span></p> <p>No man in the county could beat him at hurly, or foot-ball. He was a @@ -1879,7 +1841,7 @@ closely her image was blended with the very life of his being.</p> breathing loveliness, with dark hair, fair skin, and violet eyes, a combination to which the brilliant pencil of Maclise has often rendered justice. She had a right to look high, in a matrimonial way, for she was -an heiress in her own right. She had £500 left her as a legacy by an old +an heiress in her own right. She had £500 left her as a legacy by an old maiden-aunt, near Mitchelstown, who had taken care of her from her twelfth year, when she left the famous Academy of the renowned Tim Daly (where she and Remmy used to write together at the same desk), until @@ -2778,7 +2740,7 @@ until it be lost in the sunshine of the morrow.</p> passed by since the mysterious and unforgotten disappearance of Remmy Carroll, our very humble hero. Many changes have taken place, locally and generally. Fermoy, rapidly rising into opulence, as the greatest -military depôt in Ireland, still kept a memory of Remmy Carroll. Death +military depôt in Ireland, still kept a memory of Remmy Carroll. Death had laid his icy hand upon Mr. Bartle Mahony, whose fair daughter, Mary, had succeeded to his well-stocked farm and his prudent accumulations, which, joined with her own possessions, made her comparatively wealthy. @@ -3330,7 +3292,7 @@ family is settled in the State of New York, and doing well.</p> <div class="verse">Within his tent the warrior lay, by his side his children three;</div> <div class="verse">There was Thomas, with the haughty brow, the Lord of Offaley;</div> <div class="verse">There was gentle Ina, wedded to proud Desmond's gallant son;</div> - <div class="verse">There was Richard, he the youngest born and best belovéd one.</div> + <div class="verse">There was Richard, he the youngest born and best belovéd one.</div> <div class="verse">Lord Thomas near his father stood, fair Ina wept apace,</div> <div class="verse">Young Richard by the couch knelt down and hid his pale, sad face;</div> <div class="verse">He would not that the common eye should gaze upon his woe,</div> @@ -3638,7 +3600,7 @@ company—the gallantry of the men excepting the fair sex from any share in the payment. The necessary amount was speedily collected, and a supply of whiskey (which had not condescended to acknowledge the reigning dynasty by any contribution to the excise duties) was procured -from the next <i>shebeen</i>—an unlicensed dépôt for the sale of "mountain +from the next <i>shebeen</i>—an unlicensed dépôt for the sale of "mountain dew,"—and placed upon the table.</p> <p>The stranger, who had appeared quite unobservant of this proceeding, and @@ -3867,7 +3829,7 @@ place in which the contest was hotly proceeding. At last, unable any longer to resist the passionate impulse, he mounted on one of the many war-steeds which were wildly galloping over the battle-field, caught the eye of the officer whom he had rescued, rushed forward to join the -<i>mêlée</i>, and bravely fought side by side with him, when the "Up, Guards, +<i>mêlée</i>, and bravely fought side by side with him, when the "Up, Guards, and at them!" of Wellington urged on the soldiers to that last terrific charge which shook the imperial diadem from the brow of the first Napoleon.</p> @@ -4596,7 +4558,7 @@ received strict injunctions to avoid unnecessary violence. It was anticipated, from his determined character and great personal strength, that he would resist any attempt to make him a prisoner. Contrary to expectation, he surrendered himself without struggle or hesitation. He -was found sitting tête-à-tête with old Frank Drew, at Drew's Court,—the +was found sitting tête-à -tête with old Frank Drew, at Drew's Court,—the same to whom he had spoken so freely about the particulars of the attack on Churchtown Barracks,—and when he heard the measured tread of the military, as they came up the avenue, he paused in his conversation, and @@ -5715,7 +5677,7 @@ among them—a Laputan flap to make the Irish world quite aware of the fact of his immeasurable merit.</p> <p>There was a rumour—but I hate scandal—that the Bard (being a poet, and -lame to boot, like the Grecian) had an ambition to be the new Tyrtæus of +lame to boot, like the Grecian) had an ambition to be the new Tyrtæus of the Irish Rebels, in 1798. He has been seen to smile, rather assentingly, at "the soft impeachment," although, no doubt, while the insurgents were liable to punishment, he had very <i>capital</i> reasons for @@ -6109,7 +6071,7 @@ impetuous frolic, the deep erudition which distinguishes the said extraordinary manner.</p> <p>What is there in the language more spirited than the Prout translations -from Béranger? As was said of Goethe's Faust, translated by Anster, the +from Béranger? As was said of Goethe's Faust, translated by Anster, the fact was <i>transfused</i> into our vernacular. What wondrous flexibility is given to the old Latin tongue, by the versions of Moore into that language! What charming mastery of learning, as exhibited in the @@ -6232,7 +6194,7 @@ he would long since have elevated Father Prout to the episcopal dignity. His chief regret, when dying, was, that he did not survive to see <i>this</i> consummation.</p> -<p>Sometimes Pat Murphy would condescend to enter into a <i>vivâ voce</i> +<p>Sometimes Pat Murphy would condescend to enter into a <i>vivâ voce</i> controversy with one of the "heretics," (as he invariably designated the Protestants,) on the comparative merits of the rival churches. His invariable wind-up, delivered gravely and authoritatively, as a @@ -6573,7 +6535,7 @@ that the County Kerry-men preferred the culture of the head, while the others rather cared for the education of the heels.</p> <p>To have a first-rate hedge-schoolmaster was a credit to any parish. To -have engrossed the services of an eminent <i>maître de danse</i> was almost a +have engrossed the services of an eminent <i>maître de danse</i> was almost a matter of considerable pride and boasting, but to possess <i>both</i> of these treasures was indeed a triumph.</p> @@ -6588,7 +6550,7 @@ They were invariably middle-aged men, at the youngest; but professors of "the poetry of motion," who were about seventy, appeared the greatest favourites. It was dreaded, perhaps, that the attraction of youth and good dancing combined would be too much for the village beauties to -resist. On the same system, in all probability, it was a <i>sine quâ non</i> +resist. On the same system, in all probability, it was a <i>sine quâ non</i> that the dancing-master should be married.</p> <p>The Irish peasantry used to have a sort of passion for dancing. Hence @@ -6630,7 +6592,7 @@ historian may record.</p> <p>That the hours passed away on swift pinions at these dancing academies, may well be imagined. There was any quantity of flirtation at all times, and about half the marriages in the country owed their origin to these -<i>réunions</i>. It is creditable to the proverbial good conduct of my +<i>réunions</i>. It is creditable to the proverbial good conduct of my countrywomen, that loss of character rarely, if ever, resulted from these free-and-easy meetings.</p> @@ -7157,7 +7119,7 @@ man had acquired a vast fortune by following the business of a grazier, and had invested large sums in the purchase of landed estates. His sons, determined to cut a figure in the county, indulged in all manner of excess and extravagance. At the time of Charley Crofts' visit, they -issued cards for a splendid <i>déjeuner à la fourchette</i>, to which the +issued cards for a splendid <i>déjeuner à la fourchette</i>, to which the leading people of the district were invited. As Charley Crofts was on intimate terms with everybody who had pretensions to notice, the Lyons family, in solemn conclave assembled, determined that it would be a @@ -7457,7 +7419,7 @@ took part in public business. There, too, was Lord North—shrewd, obese, good-tempered, and familiar. There was Charles James Fox, just commencing public life, alternately coquetting with politics and the faro-table—his great rival, Pitt, had not then arisen, nor his eminent -friend Sheridan, but Edmund Burke had already made his mark, Barrè was +friend Sheridan, but Edmund Burke had already made his mark, Barrè was in full force, as well as Grenville, and the great lawyers Loughborough and Thurlow had already appeared above the horizon, while Lords Camden and Mansfield were in the maturity of fame. Then, also, flourished @@ -7498,7 +7460,7 @@ discourse. He appeared more like a pure character advising, than mixing in the debate. It was something superior to that—<i>it was teaching the lords, and lecturing the King</i>. He appeared the next greatest thing to the King, though infinitely superior. What Cicero says in his '<span class="smcap">Claris -Oratoribus</span>' exactly applies: '<i>Formæ dignitas, corporis motus plenus et +Oratoribus</span>' exactly applies: '<i>Formæ dignitas, corporis motus plenus et artis el venustatis, vocis et suavitas et magnitudo.</i>' 'Great subjects, great empires, great characters, effulgent ideas, and classical illustrations formed the material of his speeches.'"<a name="FNanchor_15_11" id="FNanchor_15_11"></a><a href="#Footnote_15_11" class="fnanchor">15</a></p> @@ -7604,7 +7566,7 @@ that the <i>dernier resort</i>, in all cases of law and equity, was to the peers of Great Britain.</p> <p>For his great services in thus establishing Ireland's rights, the -Parliament voted him £50,000. He considered that this was a retainer for +Parliament voted him £50,000. He considered that this was a retainer for the future as well as a mark of gratitude for the past, and henceforth devoted the remainder of his life—a period of nearly forty years—to the service of his country.</p> @@ -7983,7 +7945,7 @@ I do not rise at the bar, I will not have to meet the reproaches of my own conscience. * * * Indeed, as for my knowledge in the professional line, that cannot be discovered for some years to come; but I have time in the interim to prepare myself to appear with greater -<i>éclat</i> on the grand theatre of the world."</p> +<i>éclat</i> on the grand theatre of the world."</p> <p>As a barrister, he naturally took the Munster circuit, and here his family connexion operated very much in his favour. In the counties of @@ -8241,8 +8203,8 @@ gratitude for his services, confidence in his fidelity, or attachment for his person.</p> <p>He continued increasing in influence for many years. From 1815, until he relinquished most of his practice in 1831, the annual income from his -professional pursuits cannot have averaged less than from £6000 to -£8000—an immense sum for a lawyer to make in Ireland. No man could make +professional pursuits cannot have averaged less than from £6000 to +£8000—an immense sum for a lawyer to make in Ireland. No man could make such an income, except one who was at once an excellent Nisi Prius pleader, as well as a good Crown lawyer. He united the highest qualifications of both. He could wield at will immense power over a @@ -8605,13 +8567,13 @@ arose in the House of Commons on this subject, and personalities were so much and so tumultuously bandied to and fro, that Mr. Abercrombie, the Speaker, threatened to resign if they were repeated,—as if, grasping Scotchman as he was, he <i>could</i> ever have brought himself to -resign the £6,000 a-year attached to the office!</p> +resign the £6,000 a-year attached to the office!</p> <p>The controverted elections were duly referred to the usual Election Committees, ballotted for out of the members then in the House. These committees were duly sworn, as juries are, to do justice between man and man. But it was unhappily notorious that when the majority were Whigs, -they almost invariably decided against Tory members, and <i>vice versâ</i>. +they almost invariably decided against Tory members, and <i>vice versâ</i>. As ill luck would have it, the majority of the decisions went to unseat Liberal members. As parties were nearly balanced in Parliament, at that time—indeed the Whigs remained in office merely because there was a new @@ -8944,7 +8906,7 @@ of England is an Imperial Crown, but that Ireland is a distinct Kingdom, with a Parliament of her own, the sole Legislature thereof." He had accomplished a bloodless Revolution. He had thrown himself into political life, abandoning the profession on which rested nearly his -whole worldly dependence. A grant of £100,000 was proposed to him in the +whole worldly dependence. A grant of £100,000 was proposed to him in the Irish Parliament, "to purchase an estate, and build a suitable mansion, as the reward of gratitude by the Irish nation, for his eminent services to his country." It was intended as a mark of national gratitude to a @@ -8958,20 +8920,20 @@ expectation or desire of reward. But his private fortune was so inadequate to his public position that he must retire from politics or become a placeman under the Crown. The grant would give him an independent position. He consented to accept half of the proffered -amount (£50,000), and determined under no circumstances to take office. +amount (£50,000), and determined under no circumstances to take office. He was, ever after, the retained servant of the nation. Yet, high as he stood, he did not escape contumely. Even Henry Flood, his rival, publicly said, in a Parliamentary controversy, "I am not a mendicant patriot, who was bought by my country for a sum of money, and then sold my country to the Minister for prompt payment."</p> -<p>O'Connell's "Rent" was estimated as yielding from £10,000 to £20,000 a +<p>O'Connell's "Rent" was estimated as yielding from £10,000 to £20,000 a year—thrice the amount, probably, that he could have realized at the bar, had he not devoted his time to politics. It was duly paid for nearly twenty years. Thus O'Connell received, in this annuity from his party, about five times as much as the Irish Parliament had given to Grattan. Besides, since 1825, when Derrynane became his by the death of -his uncle, O'Connell's landed property was not less than £4,000 a year. +his uncle, O'Connell's landed property was not less than £4,000 a year. The most potent objection to "the Rent" was that, collected year after year, it rendered its recipient liable to the imputation of keeping up Agitation in order to collect the Rent.</p> @@ -9643,7 +9605,7 @@ LYRA, AND OTHER POEMS. By Alice Carey. 1 vol. 12mo, cloth, </td> <td class="tdrb">2.50</td> </tr> <tr> - <td class="tdl">HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES. By Joseph François Michaud. Translated by W. + <td class="tdl">HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES. By Joseph François Michaud. Translated by W. Robson. 3 vols. 12mo, maps,</td> <td class="tdrb">3.75</td></tr> <tr> @@ -9651,11 +9613,11 @@ Robson. 3 vols. 12mo, maps,</td> cloth, eighth edition,</td> <td class="tdrb">2.50</td></tr> <tr> -<td class="tdl">HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. <span class="smcap">French Domination</span>. By Charles Gayarré, Esq. 2 vols. +<td class="tdl">HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. <span class="smcap">French Domination</span>. By Charles Gayarré, Esq. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth,</td> <td class="tdrb">3.50</td></tr> <tr> -<td class="tdl">HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. <span class="smcap">Spanish Domination</span>. By Charles Gayarré, Esq. 1 vol. +<td class="tdl">HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. <span class="smcap">Spanish Domination</span>. By Charles Gayarré, Esq. 1 vol. 8vo, cloth,</td> <td class="tdrb">2.50</td></tr> <tr> @@ -9704,11 +9666,11 @@ IN BOTH HEMISPHERES; or, Reminiscences of a Merchant's Life. 1 vol. 12mo, cloth,</td> <td class="tdrb">1.25</td></tr> <tr> -<td class="tdl">MEN AND WOMEN OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. By Arsène Houssaye. +<td class="tdl">MEN AND WOMEN OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. By Arsène Houssaye. 2 vols. 12mo, on extra superfine paper, 450 pages each, cloth, second edition,</td> <td class="tdrb">2.50</td></tr> <tr> -<td class="tdl">PHILOSOPHERS AND ACTRESSES. By Arsène Houssaye, author of "Men and +<td class="tdl">PHILOSOPHERS AND ACTRESSES. By Arsène Houssaye, author of "Men and Women of the Eighteenth Century." 2 vols. 12mo, cloth, second edition,</td> <td class="tdrb">2.50</td></tr> <tr> @@ -9771,7 +9733,7 @@ Map of the Turkish Empire. Third edition, 12mo, cloth,</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl">NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA, in the -years 1811, '12, '13 and '14; or the First Settlement on the Pacific. By Gabriel Franchère. +years 1811, '12, '13 and '14; or the First Settlement on the Pacific. By Gabriel Franchère. Translated and edited by J. V. Huntington. 12mo, cloth, plates,</td> <td class="tdrb">1.00</td> </tr> @@ -9798,7 +9760,7 @@ Illustrations by Strother. 12mo, cloth,</td> <tr><th>BELLES-LETTRES.</th></tr> <tr> - <td class="tdlh">CHRISTOPHER NORTH'S GREAT WORK. THE NOCTES AMBROSIANÆ. By Professor + <td class="tdlh">CHRISTOPHER NORTH'S GREAT WORK. THE NOCTES AMBROSIANÆ. By Professor Wilson, J. G. Lockhart, James Hogg, and Dr. Maginn. Edited, with Memoirs and Notes, by Dr. R. Shelton Mackenzie. In 5 vols.</td> <td class="tdrb">$5.00</td> @@ -10077,7 +10039,7 @@ edition,</td> </tr> </table> -<h3 class="p4">THE NOCTES AMBROSIANÆ;</h3> +<h3 class="p4">THE NOCTES AMBROSIANÆ;</h3> <p class="p2center"><span class="smcap">With Portraits</span> OF <span class="smcap">Wilson, Lockhart, Maginn, Hogg, and fac-similes</span>.</p> @@ -10096,7 +10058,7 @@ thirty years ago.</p> <p><span class="smcap">Dr. Shelton Mackenzie</span>, already favorably known as editor of Sheil's "Sketches of the Irish Bar," has undertaken the editorship of <span class="smcap">The Noctes -Ambrosianæ</span>, for which a familiar acquaintance, during the last +Ambrosianæ</span>, for which a familiar acquaintance, during the last twenty-five years, with the persons, events, and places therein noticed may be assumed to qualify him. He has been on terms of intimacy with most of the eminent political and literary characters treated of in the @@ -10143,7 +10105,7 @@ had the art of putting a vast quantity of animal spirits upon paper, but his graver articles—which contain sound and serious principles of criticism—are earnest and well-reasoned.</p> -<p>The collection now in hand will contain his Facetiæ (in a variety of +<p>The collection now in hand will contain his Facetiæ (in a variety of languages), Translations, Travesties, and Original Poetry, also his prose Tales, which are eminently beautiful, the best of his critical articles, (including his celebrated Shakspeare Papers), and his Homeric @@ -10168,7 +10130,7 @@ THE SHAKSPERE PAPERS—HOMERIC BALLADS—FRASERIAN PAPERS, ETC.</p> <p class="center">ANNOTATED BY<br /> <span class="smcap">Dr</span>. SHELTON MACKENZIE<br /> -EDITOR OF "SHEIL'S SKETCHES OF THE IRISH BAR"—"THE NOCTES AMBROSIANÆ," +EDITOR OF "SHEIL'S SKETCHES OF THE IRISH BAR"—"THE NOCTES AMBROSIANÆ," ETC.</p> <h3 class="p4"><i>Nearly ready, in Two Volumes</i>,</h3> @@ -10250,7 +10212,7 @@ soil."</p> and his remarkable skill as a diver. Whenever any person had been drowned in the Blackwater, (which runs through Fermoy,) Carroll was sent for, and never quitted the river until he had found the body. There is one part considered - particularly dangerous, opposite Barnäan Well, in which a large projection, + particularly dangerous, opposite Barnäan Well, in which a large projection, called the Nailer's Rock, shelves out into the water, making an under-current of such peculiar strength and danger, that even expert swimmers avoid it, from a fear of being drawn within the vortex. Many lives have been lost in @@ -10404,7 +10366,7 @@ soil."</p> Pope is roasted on a spit, and basted with the fat of Charles James Fox, while the Devil stands by pelting him with Cardinals!"</p> <p class="footnote"><a name="Footnote_19_15" id="Footnote_19_15"></a><a href="#FNanchor_19_15"><span class="label">19</span></a> - Mr. Grattan says, at an expense of £20,000—an amount which seems incredible, + Mr. Grattan says, at an expense of £20,000—an amount which seems incredible, as there was only a brief shadow of opposition.</p> <p class="footnote"><a name="Footnote_20_16" id="Footnote_20_16"></a><a href="#FNanchor_20_16"><span class="label">20</span></a> O'Connell had high judicial authority for the use of bad language. Sir Archibald @@ -10463,388 +10425,6 @@ soil."</p> <p>Points have been inserted in the <a href="#price">prices</a> at the end of book.</p> </div> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Bits of Blarney, by R. 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