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Antrim and the adjoining districts of Down, Armagh, Derry, and Tyrone, without being struck by the great number and variety of the igneous dykes by which the rocks are traversed. The great majority of these dykes are basaltic, and they are found traversing all the formations, including the Cretaceous and Tertiary basaltic sheets.
The building is crowned by a sort of observatory, from which we enjoyed a noble prospect overlooking the whole city and miles of the beautiful country around. A haze on the horizon hid the coast of Scotland, which is quite visible under a clear sky. The Queen's Bridge over the Lagan, built in 1842 between Antrim and Down, was a conspicuous feature in the panorama.
"'Deed no, Anna, says I. "'I'm not ravin' now, am I? "'Acushla, why do ye ask sich a question? "'Tell 'im I didn't like "fisher ov men" as well as "th' plowman." It's aisy t' catch thim fish, it's hard t' plow up ignorance an' superstition tell 'im that fur me, Jamie? "'Aye, I'll tell 'im, dear. "'Ye mind what I say'd t' ye on th' road t' Antrim, Jamie? That "love is Enough"? "'Aye.
The refusal of the Irish to merge their sense of nationality in a common British whole cannot be explained by any difference in blood or race. We shall get nearer to the heart of the problem if we can discover why the people on the north-east of Ireland, particularly in counties Antrim and Down, in contrast with the rest of Ireland, are sharers in the common British spirit.
It had been that spirit that had always enraged Antrim that had always made him realize his inferiority to her husband, and to the steady-eyed son who had shamed him publicly at Willets. It was a thing that physical violence could not conquer; it revealed a quiet courage that had always disconcerted him. "Hell!" he sneered; "you can't come any of that high an' mighty stuff on me!"
Antrim were ever physically connected with those of the west of Scotland, though they may be considered as contemporary with them; and in all cases the existing tracts of volcanic rock are mere fragments of those originally formed by the extrusion of lavas from vents of eruption. In addition to these, there are large areas of volcanic rock overspread by the waters of the ocean.
"I wish to God we were better at the endings," he added, bitterly. "If these Athole and Antrim caterans have the secret of our passes, we may be rats in a trap before the morn's morning." The hall emptied quickly, a commotion of folks departing rose in the courtyard, and candle and torch moved about.
The dancers and the onlookers stopped singing and saluted him respectfully. He spoke to the piper. "Don't be playing that tune, Phelim. Play your reel again. There's trouble where those French tunes are played. It was so in Belfast a while ago. We want no riot in Antrim nor dragoons in our streets." "I'm thinking," said the blind man, "that it's the voice of Mr.
Smoke was rising from every chimney in the castle, which, with its moat and guns, and its secret underground passage to the seashore, was safe against surprises or attacks through all this disastrous Antrim occupation.
If Antrim expected him to come to his cabin, Antrim would be ready for him. He might expect craft and cunning from the outlaw an ambuscade, a trap anything but the cold, sheer courage that would be required for him to face an enemy upon equal terms.
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