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"There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting."
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"There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting."
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"At first I threw my weight upon my heels, as one does naturally in a boot, and was a good deal bruised, but after a few hours I learned the natural walk of man, and could follow my guide in any portion of the island."
Adaptability
"In this cry of pain the inner consciousness of the people seems to lay itself bare for an instant, and to reveal the mood of beings who feel their isolation in the face of a universe that wars on them with winds and seas."
People
"Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty of medieval life."
Life
"The absence of the heavy boot of Europe has preserved to these people the agile walk of the wild animal, while the general simplicity of their lives has given them many other points of physical perfection."
People
"Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her."
Family
"What is the price of a thousand horses against a son where there is one son only?"
Family
"I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen."
Writing
"In a good play every speech should be as fully flavored as a nut or apple."
Art
"The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind."
Time
"A low line of shore was visible at first on the right between the movement of the waves and fog, but when we came further it was lost sight of, and nothing could be seen but the mist curling in the rigging, and a small circle of foam."
Travel
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