The British IslesHoughton Mifflin, 1909 - 283 pages This book, written for young adults, gives an overview of the British Isles: the scenery and people; customs, homes, cities, and industries; castles, cathedrals, estates, and famous schools. |
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... DUBLIN TO THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY XV . IN ST . DAVID'S LAND 224 . 252 APPENDIX CONTRASTS AND COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE UNITED STATES 269 AREA OF THE BRITISH ISLES 270 POPULATION 270 CHIEF CITIES AND TOWNS , WITH ...
... DUBLIN TO THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY XV . IN ST . DAVID'S LAND 224 . 252 APPENDIX CONTRASTS AND COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE UNITED STATES 269 AREA OF THE BRITISH ISLES 270 POPULATION 270 CHIEF CITIES AND TOWNS , WITH ...
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... Dublin , Lon- donderry , Cork , Limerick , Queenstown , Waterford , and Wex- ford are also all on or near the sea . Ship- Shipbuilding is carried on extensively in the coast cities of the British Isles . The foremost shipbuilding cen ...
... Dublin , Lon- donderry , Cork , Limerick , Queenstown , Waterford , and Wex- ford are also all on or near the sea . Ship- Shipbuilding is carried on extensively in the coast cities of the British Isles . The foremost shipbuilding cen ...
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... DUBLIN RISH Wicklow CHANNEL SEA Ord Clapham Lancaster York Bradford Leeds Blackburn Bur Halifax Liverpool Bettws - y - Coed Birkenhead Hd . ANGLESEA SLAND Holyhead Conway Menai Sto Carnarvon Snowdon Cardigan Bay Bolton Rochdale O Oldham ...
... DUBLIN RISH Wicklow CHANNEL SEA Ord Clapham Lancaster York Bradford Leeds Blackburn Bur Halifax Liverpool Bettws - y - Coed Birkenhead Hd . ANGLESEA SLAND Holyhead Conway Menai Sto Carnarvon Snowdon Cardigan Bay Bolton Rochdale O Oldham ...
Page 212
... Dublin and Limerick . Our girls are so deeply interested , and make so many purchases , that it is late when we return to our hotel . The entire day , however , has been so full of pleasures that no one complains . Early the next ...
... Dublin and Limerick . Our girls are so deeply interested , and make so many purchases , that it is late when we return to our hotel . The entire day , however , has been so full of pleasures that no one complains . Early the next ...
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... United States ? SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITTEN WORK Look up and tell briefly the story of St. Patrick . Describe a visit to a linen factory . Write about a ride in a jaunting car . CHAPTER XIV FROM DUBLIN TO THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY -
... United States ? SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITTEN WORK Look up and tell briefly the story of St. Patrick . Describe a visit to a linen factory . Write about a ride in a jaunting car . CHAPTER XIV FROM DUBLIN TO THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY -
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Abbey acres America arrive beautiful Belfast Ben Nevis Blarney Castle boats boys Bridge Bristol Bristol Channel Britain British Isles building built busy Caledonian Canal called castle cathedral cattle Channel coal coast colleges Cork crowd docks Dublin early Edinburgh England English enter factories famous feet gardens giant Giant's Causeway girls Glasgow harbor hills House hundred industry inquires interesting Ireland Irish Irish Sea island jaunting cars Killarney King lake land largest linen Liverpool Loch London look Melrose Abbey miles mills mines morning North Parliament party pass port quaint region ride river river Dee Scotch Scotland seen sheep ships shore soon South Southampton square miles steamer stone stop streets SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITTEN Thames thousand to-day Tower town train United Kingdom valleys villages Wales walk walls Welsh Westminster Abbey wonderful
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Page 100 - Forty years on, when afar and asunder Parted are those who are singing today, When you look back, and forgetfully wonder What you were like in your work and your play; Then, it may be, there will often come o'er you Glimpses of notes like the catch of a song Visions of boyhood shall float them before you, Echoes of dreamland shall bear them along.
Page 245 - WITH deep affection And recollection I often think of Those Shandon bells, Whose sounds so wild would, In the days of childhood, Fling round my cradle Their magic spells.
Page 73 - London bridge is falling down, Falling down, falling down. London bridge is falling down, My fair lady!
Page 100 - God gives us bases to guard or beleaguer, Games to play out, whether earnest or fun, Fights for the fearless, and goals for the eager, Twenty, and thirty, and forty years on!
Page 38 - I'm amused at the signs As I pass through the town, To see the odd mixture — A
Page 100 - When you look back, and forgetfully wonder What you were like in your work and your play ; Then it may be, there will often come o'er you Glimpses of notes like the catch of a song — Visions of boyhood shall float them before you, Echoes of dreamland shall bear them along. Follow up! Follow up! Follow up! Follow up ! Till the field ring again and again, With the tramp of the twenty-two men, Follow up...
Page 38 - I'm amazed at the signs As I pass through the town ; To see the odd mixture A Magpie and Crown, The Whale and the Crow, The Razor and Hen, The Leg and Seven Stars, The Axe and the Bottle, The Sun and the Lute, The Eagle and Child, The Shovel and Boot.
Page 28 - There was a jolly miller Lived on the river Dee, He looked upon his pillow, And there he saw a flea, "O! Mr. Flea, You have been biting me, And you must die :" So he cracked his bones Upon the stones, And there he let him lie.
Page xix - Lords and the House of Commons. Members of the House of Commons are elected by the people, while birth or rank determines the membership of the House of Lords. Parliament can make new laws or alter those previous!}
Page 178 - And he played bonnilie. He played a spring the laird to please, A spring brent new frae yont the seas ; And then he ga'e his bags a wheeze, And played anither key. And wasna he a roguey, A roguey, a roguey, And wasna he a rogney, The piper o' Dundee ? He played " The welcome ower the main," And " Ye'se be fou and I'se be fain," And "Auld Stuarts back again," Wi