...the person of Friar John, of which it may be said, Ex uno, tyc. For the edification of our friends in the • first flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea' we prefer giving the following facts, which occurred in the dominions of the Emperor Maximilian of...

...good which hey have done us ! IRELAND. I WONDER whether a body might just ask, What maggot has bitten the " first ' flower of the earth, and first gem of ' the sea," at this moment ! Or, rather, what torpedo has got hold of her ! Still as a mouse, while all England...

...good which they have done us ! IRELAND. I WONDBR whether a body might just ask, What maggot has bitten the " first " flower of the earth, and first gem of " the sea," at this moment ! Or, rather, what torpedo has got hold of her ! StiU as a mouse, while all England...

...Belloua, but that with the peculiar modesty, so inherent in natives of what O'Connell once called " the first flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea," he accompanied his protestations of love by enquiries, which the lady deemed too minute, into the nature...

...which might give you a hint what it once was. " Ireland as sho used to he, great, glorious and free, The first flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea! " " Mait nout avons change tout cela ! " Now sinco you have owned never having heen there, I need not...

...Oh, blow away, my darling," said the merry-looking gentleman, with a fine rich brogue, redolent of the " first flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea," apostrophizing the wind that howled and raged in fury around the invulnerable ca'iin — " blow away...

...Oh, blow away, my darling," said the merry-looking gentleman, with a fine rich brogue, redolent of the " first flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea," apostrophizing the wind that howled and raged in fury around the invulnerable cabin — ''blow away...

...this moment, whilst Harry was meditating on this singular exhibition of steeple cbace polemics that the first flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea alone could have afforded ; the race-course became suddenly a scene of indescribable confusion. Mr....

...celebrated impost in the Lower Empire was appropriately designated. Why is Ireland, for example, called the First flower of the earth, And first gem of the sea, but because she is always in tribulation, and for ever in the dumps ? Her true emerald is her distress;...

...all spots and the place of all places ; the whereabout which the poet dreamed of when he spoke of " the first flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea ;" and once more here, too, not to look upon it for a moment, and then depart, but to stay, to live,...