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Crossing the Dodder by a ford, and proceeding along its southern bank towards Rathfarnham, a splendid gateway at left, accounted among the best productions of that species of architecture in Ireland, invites the tourist to explore the once beautiful grounds of Rathfarnham Castle, but they are now all eloquently waste, the undulating hills covered with rank herbage, the rivulet stagnant and sedgy, the walks scarce traceable, the ice-houses open to the prying sun, the fish-pond clogged with weeds, while the mouldering architecture of the castle, and the crumbling, unsightly offices in its immediate vicinity ,… The castle, so long the residence of the Loftus family, and still the property of the Marquis of Ely, subject, however, to a small chief rent to Mr. Conolly, is an extensive fabric ,..... The great hall is entered from a terrace, by a portico of eight Doric columns, which support a dome, painted in fresco with the signs of the Zodiac and other devices.
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In 1902 William Crossing wrote that he had been told by an old moorman that some of the granite blocks from the tomb's pedestal had also been used to make a clapper bridge across a stream flowing into the River Swincombe near the farm.
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Malherb is introduced as the younger son of a noble family and he builds the Fox Tor house to be the impressive gentleman's residence suggested by William Crossing rather than the humble cottage which it actually is.
Washington Crossing the Delaware, December 25, 1776, by Emanuel Leutze, 1851
These were followed by Gregory Benford's The Martian Race ( 1999 ), Geoffrey A. Landis's Mars Crossing ( 2000 ), and Robert Zubrin's First Landing ( 2002 ), which took as their starting points the smaller and more focussed expedition strategies evolved in the late 1990s, mostly building on the concepts of Mars Direct.
* Mars Crossing ( 2000 ) by Geoffrey A. Landis, about a stranded expedition ; which won the Locus Award for best first novel.
Crossing the lines between " classic " punk, post-punk, and hardcore, San Francisco's Flipper was founded in 1979 by former members of Negative Trend and The Sleepers.
After appearing in the TV series Neighbours and Living with the Law, Crowe was cast in his first film, The Crossing ( 1990 ), a small-town love triangle directed by George Ogilvie.
Most tourists arrive at Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, through Eilat, Israel and the Taba Border Crossing, by train or bus from Cairo or by Ferry from Aqaba in Jordan.
The Dartmoor Worker is a collection, first assembled in 1966, of newspaper articles originally written for The Western Morning News by the principal authority on Dartmoor and its history, William Crossing, in the early 1900s.
* April 26 – May 24, 1827-The Royal Netherlands Navy's British-built paddle steamer Curaçao makes the first Transatlantic Crossing by steam, from Hellevoetsluis to Paramaribo.
* April 26 – May 24 – The Royal Netherlands Navy's British-built paddle steamer Curaçao makes the first Transatlantic Crossing by steam, from Hellevoetsluis to Paramaribo.
* 5 September: A Merkava heavy tank was destroyed by a mine near the Kissufim Crossing, killing 1 soldiers and wounding 3.
* July 9 – Crossing of the Düna: Following his victories over Denmark and Russia in 1700, Karl XII of Sweden escalates the conflict in the Great Northern War by an invasion of Poland.
Other facilities managed by the Port Authority include the George Washington Bridge, the Lincoln Tunnel, and the Holland Tunnel, which all connect Manhattan and Northern New Jersey ; the Goethals Bridge, the Bayonne Bridge, and the Outerbridge Crossing which connect Staten Island and New Jersey.
Crossing the Volga, he mustered a new army, which was totally annihilated by the Mongols in the Battle of the Sit River on March 4.
* Segments of the East Asia Crossing network ( reported by PacNet )
In addition to the five Douglas Theatres venues in Omaha, two more are opening, including Midtown Crossing Theatres, located on 32nd and Farnam Streets by the Mutual of Omaha Building.
Building good relations with local Native Americans Hualapai Nation and white settlers, he discovered the Crossing of the Fathers, Lee's Ferry in 1858 and Pierce Ferry ( later operated by, and named for, Harrison Pierce ) – the latter two the only two sites suitable for ferry operation.
" The Children of Israel Crossing the Jordan " by Gustave Doré
* 2005: Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
* Pitikwahanapiwiyin ( Pîhtokahânapiwiyin-‘ Poundmaker ’, Chief of the River Cree, born about 1842 in the North Battleford Region in Saskatchewan ; son of Sikakwayan (‘ Skunk Skin ’), an shaman of the Assiniboine and a Franco-Canadian Métisse, the sister of Chief Mistāwasis (" Big Child "), Chief of a band consisting of Plains River Cree ( Sīpīwininiwak-paskwāwiyiniwak ), Woods River Cree (‘ Sīpīwininiwak-sakāwiyiniwak ’), Western Woodland Cree ( Sakāwiyiniwak ) and Nakoda ( Stoney ), was adopted in 1873 by the Siksika chief Crowfoot as son, lived several years by the Blackfeet-name Makoyi-koh-kin (‘ Wolf Thin Legs ’) under the Siksika, returned to the Cree, became counselor of the Chief Pihew-kamihkosit (‘ Red Pheasant ’), was involved in the negotiations for the Treaty 6 in 1876 and went in 1879 in the Poundmaker reservation, later he participated in the siege of Battleford and the Battle of Cut Knife, died 4 July 1886 in Blackfoot Crossing, Alberta )
Crossing and ford
In the late nineteenth century trading posts were established at Tanana Crossing, a ford along the Eagle Trail, directly across the Tanana River from the present-day village of Tanacross.
Thus, the two main fords of the lower Bow River, Blackfoot Crossing and a ford near the Bow's convergence with the Elbow River ( central Calgary today ), became important gathering points for southern Alberta's First Nations to exchange goods and celebrate festivities.
At Shallow Crossing, The River Road crosses the Clyde River at a concrete ford
* Stewart's Crossing is a ford on Stewart's Crossing Road.
* Dickson's Crossing, built on Darley Road in 1977 to replace a ford.
The alignment of Liversidge Street and Lennox Crossing follows the original line of the pre-1911 road towards the major ford across the Molonglo River.
Crossing and proceeding
*" Crossing the Rubicon " is a metaphor for deliberately proceeding past a point of no return.
In the hamlet of Weiders Crossing, the route intersects the northern termini of Pennsylvania Route 873 and Pennsylvania Route 145 before proceeding on a southeast direction to become Lehigh Drive.
Crossing and along
Crossing the Aniene and turning to the right, the path rises along the left face off the ravine and soon reaches the site of Nero's villa and of the huge mole which formed the lower end of the middle lake ; across the valley were ruins of the Roman baths, of which a few great arches and detached masses of wall still stand.
The trail extends northwest to Robbins ' Crossing and Hocking College in Nelsonville and on to the Rocky Brands complex near the Public Square, and approximately further east along East State Street to Holzer Clinic.
The NES version was included as a piece of furniture in Animal Crossing for the Nintendo GameCube, along with many other NES games, though this one required the use of a Nintendo e-Reader, a Game Boy Advance accessory, and an Animal Crossing e-Card.
Crossing the Alps by the easiest passage, the Col de Montgenèvre ( 1850 m ), it followed the valley of the Durance, crossed the Rhône at Beaucaire passed through Nîmes ( Nemausus ) then followed the coastal plain along the Gulf of Lion.
* Country Crossing is a multimillion-dollar country music venue being constructed south of Dothan along U. S. Highway 231.
A new bike loop is being built that circles north along Valparaiso Street to Bullseye Lake Rd, east to Cumberland Crossing ( not open to the public ( 2008 ), south to Vale Park, turning west to on Vale Park to return to the corner of Vale Park and Valparaiso Street.
Grantsville, half a mile west of the Casselman River, began as a small Amish and Mennonite settlement, called Tomlinson's or Little Crossing, along Braddock Road, which wound westward from Cumberland over Negro Mountain.
Victory trail begins in nearby Washington Crossing State Park, enters Ewing Township at Jacobs Creek Road and continues along Bear Tavern Road.
From being built along the high waterfront cliffs, many of the houses have a waterfront view overlooking the Rartian Bay, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing and New York ( Lower Manhattan, Staten Island and Brooklyn ) in the distance.
In Hamilton the flood waters rose with unexpected and frightening suddenness, reaching over three to eight feet in depth in downtown, and up to fifteen or more feet in the North End, along Fifth Street and through South Hamilton Crossing.
Popular tourist draws include the Oklahoma Aquarium ( the state's only freestanding aquarium ) and the Riverwalk Crossing shopping / walking district along the Arkansas River.
Harris starred in the Man in the Wilderness in 1971, Juggernaut in 1974 ( a British suspense movie about the hijacking of an ocean liner ), in 1976 in The Cassandra Crossing, along with the actresses Sophia Loren and Ava Gardner, and in a B-movie, Orca, in 1977.
Harmony Hill was a residential area of Benwood that was located on the hillside between the mouth of Boggs Run and Schad's Crossing ( former entrance to the north end of Center Benwood at Fourth Street ) along West Virginia Route 2.
Kentucky Heights was another residential area located on the hillside along Route 2 between Schad's Crossing at Center Benwood and The Bellaire Bridge.
The new course, renamed the Brickyard Crossing Golf Resort features 14 holes outside, and 4 holes in the infield, along with an infield lake.
Popular fishing spots include Ivanhoe Crossing, The Diversion Dam, Buttons Crossing, and various locations along the Dunham and Ord Rivers.
Crossing the commune along its north – south axis is the national forest.
The Zoo ’ s Koala Crossing opened in 1999 and the new $ 6 million McGovern Children ’ s Zoo made its debut in 2000 along with the zoo ’ s new West Entry ( now Medical Center Gate ).
Roland cries out all their names — both his first and second Ka-Tet's — when he reaches the door of the Dark Tower, along with other characters whom he cared for in some way or another: Susan Delgado, Roland's first ( and only true ) love, who was killed while he was in Mejis ; Father Callahan, who was also a member of Roland's second Ka-Tet, albeit for a much shorter time ; Hax the cook, whom Roland betrayed to the gunslingers because he was a traitor, something that deeply affected Roland ; his teachers Cort and Vannay ; his parents ' names ; the name of David the Hawk, whom Roland used in the trial for his revolvers ; and the name of Aunt Talitha of River Crossing, whose cross he lays at the base of the tower.
As proposed, it would begin at the Outerbridge Crossing and run along the west shore of Staten Island to meet the Clove Lakes Expressway ( I-278 ) near the Goethals Bridge.
There are primitive campsites along the trail at the Lower Crossing Way Trail junction and Spruce Bottom.
Crossing the border to Bavaria ( Germany ) at Melleck it flows along the northern slopes of the Reiteralm known for its famous climbing routes.
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