...times ten thousand futile fruitless " battles " this brawling unreasonable people has fought,—the saddest of distinctions to them among peoples! In...peace, or else try to fight with some chance of success ! " Hill of Tarah " visible too, of conical shape; but not the historical illustrious Tara,—that...

...was impossible for me to be popular. '"England does not hate you at all, nor love you at all,' lie replies to some one who fancies England hates Ireland,...revolting ' is not the trade which will profit you. The unprofltablest of all trades if you exceed in it ! In Heaven's name either be at peace, or else try...

...where the chief scenes of the Rebellion of 1798 stand clear against the sky. I thought (he writes) of the battle of Vinegar Hill, but not with interest...the saddest of distinctions to them among peoples. At Dublin he met Gavan Duffy again ; stayed several days; saw various notabilities — Petrie, the...

...where the chief scenes of the Rebellion of 1798 stand clear against the sky. I thought (he writes) of the battle of Vinegar Hill, but not with interest...the saddest of distinctions to them among peoples. At Dublin he met Gavan Duffy again ; stayed several days ; saw various notabilities — Petrie, the...

...battle of Vinegar Hill, but not with interest, with sorrow rather and contempt ; You xiv. No. 161. 45 one of the ten times ten thousand futile fruitless...revolting is not the trade which will profit you." Arrived at Dublin he went to the Imperial Hotel in Sackvillestreet ; but had hardly been there three...

...would be the prelude to their marching on Waterford, ten miles distant. CHAPTER VI VINEGAR HILL " I thought of the battle of Vinegar Hill, but not with...saddest of distinctions to them among peoples."— CARLYLE. 1 "^HE hopes of opening a communication with their confederates of Wicklow and Kildare having...

...history — the defeat of the 1798 rising of the United Irishmen: "one of the ten times ten thousand fruitless 'battles' this brawling, unreasonable people...fought, — the saddest of distinctions to them among peoples!"12 Wicklow Head, Wicklow Town, and Bray Head went by in turn, and in the late afternoon, the...