The Cornhill MagazineWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1909 |
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Page 204
... Slieve Donard . The mountains , valleys , and shores of Mourne are not un- accustomed to the footstep of the soldier , for in this district , from time immemorial , strategy and leadership , tactical talent and courage have left their ...
... Slieve Donard . The mountains , valleys , and shores of Mourne are not un- accustomed to the footstep of the soldier , for in this district , from time immemorial , strategy and leadership , tactical talent and courage have left their ...
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... Slieve Donard , 2,796 feet high , not later than a named hour . On arriving there they were to search with their glasses and telescopes for any sign of the invader's troops which were known to be not more than six miles North , and had ...
... Slieve Donard , 2,796 feet high , not later than a named hour . On arriving there they were to search with their glasses and telescopes for any sign of the invader's troops which were known to be not more than six miles North , and had ...
Page 212
... Slieve Donard and gained the summit long before the time at which we might expect to detect any advance upon the part of our scouts . The view from the top is superb . Sea and mountain , heather and fertile plain , richly wooded demesne ...
... Slieve Donard and gained the summit long before the time at which we might expect to detect any advance upon the part of our scouts . The view from the top is superb . Sea and mountain , heather and fertile plain , richly wooded demesne ...
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... Slieve Donard is a large cairn and beneath it local tradition declares the saintly Donard ( who was ever fond of solitude ) lies buried ; quite close is a well named St. Donard's Well . Under the shelter of this cairn the examination of ...
... Slieve Donard is a large cairn and beneath it local tradition declares the saintly Donard ( who was ever fond of solitude ) lies buried ; quite close is a well named St. Donard's Well . Under the shelter of this cairn the examination of ...
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... Slieve Donard from the ground where these picquets and sentries were posted , it is perfectly easy with strong glasses to discern people moving on the summit , yet when the position was reversed we could read nothing at all , the angle ...
... Slieve Donard from the ground where these picquets and sentries were posted , it is perfectly easy with strong glasses to discern people moving on the summit , yet when the position was reversed we could read nothing at all , the angle ...
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