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The history and topography of Ireland
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The Isle of Man…is equidistant from the north of Ireland and Britain. There was a great controversy in antiquity concerning the question, to which of the two countries should the island properly belong?…All agreed that since it allowed poisonous reptiles to live in it, it should belong to Britain.
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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
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Gerald of Wales
Born:
1146
Died:
1223
(aged 77)
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