Author: Nicholas Patrick Wiseman

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-08

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 9781330994498

Excerpt from The Dublin Review, Vol. 47 Art. I. - A History of the City of Dublin. By J. T. Gilbert, Member of the Committee of Antiquities of the Royal Irish Academy; Hon. Sec. Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society. Vols. 1. 2, 3. Dublin: McGlashan and Gill, 1859. We have occasionally met with men who, when questioned as to the land of their birth, refused to acknowledge any particular country, but boasted of their independent existence as cosmopolites or children of the world. We have always considered this as a very unestimable and unenviable idiosyncrasy, and, indeed, looked on such declarations as an affectation of indifference which even the worst of men but rarely feel. Patriotism, indeed, in its exalted sense, is now little more than known by name and through the medium of history; but there is a material and grosser affection for the land of one's birth, which is almost a common feeling, and which causes a pang in even the most callous heart, when forced to wander an exile on the cold shores of the stranger. When stern necessity, the chill grasp of penury at home, and the hope of better progress abroad, force a man to quit his native land, closing the long vista of the future prospect he sees the shadow of his native hills, and the crowning of all his hopes is his return to the old country. "I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return and dwell at home at last." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."