The Irish Penny Journal: Sat Aug 1, 1840

The Irish Penny Journal: Sat Aug 1, 1840

Sat Aug 1, 1840 is a collection of articles, essays, and stories published in the Irish Penny Journal, a weekly magazine published in Dublin, Ireland from 1840 to 1841. The magazine was founded by William Maginn and John O'Connell, and was edited by Maginn. The magazine was known for its political and social commentary, as well as its literary content. This volume contains articles on topics such as the Irish Famine, the Irish language, the Irish economy, and the Irish political system. It also includes stories, poems, and essays by authors such as William Carleton, Thomas Moore, and Charles Lever. The volume also includes illustrations and advertisements.

By The Irish Penny Journal · First published 1840 · Genre: Historical Fiction, Periodical, Literary Fiction · 11 chapters · 11,007 words

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If the citizens of our capital have to acknowledge, and perhaps lament, that they are unable to compete with some other cities of the empire in the extent of their commerce, the number of their manufactories, the wealth of their resident aristocracy, or, in short, any of the various results which a long and uninterrupted course of artificial prosperity is certain to bestow, they may still console themselves with the reflection, that in the singularly varied beauties of scenery with which their city is surrounded they possess riches of greater value, and enjoyments of a higher nature, of which they cannot be deprived by any circumstance, and in which no other city can ever hope to rival them. And although to the mere grovelling pursuer of gain, who is incapable of a single elevated or ennobling feeling, such a consideration may seem a matter of trivial importance, to those of wiser, better, and more happily constituted minds, it will always be a source of self-gratulation, as affording pleasures easily procured, and which they would not exchange for any of a grosser kind. It is, indeed, beyond a question, that there is no city in the British empire exhibiting around it such a variety of picturesque beauties as our own dear Dublin. We have the villa-studded, pastoral plain--the spacious bay, with all its variety of coast, from the sandy beach to the bluff sea-promontory--the richly-wooded valley with its limpid river--the lonely mountain glen with its cataracts and tiny trout-streams--the purple heath and the solitary tarn, or pool--the rural village and the gay watering-place; while in addition to all these, the interest imparted to natural scenery, by remains of ancient times, is every where present. In short, there is no class of scenery which the poet, the painter, the geologist, the botanist, or the mere man of pleasure, could desire, that may not be reached in a drive of an hour or two from any part of our city. Nature has showered on us, with a generous hand, her various riches--the riches derived from her and our Creator.

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