 | 1799 - 202 דפים
...year, he expended more than four thousand pounds in the building and books ; and to make everything secure to perpetuity, he obtained an Act of Parliament...obtained by donation. Harris wrote in 1739. Marsh's library, though a most munificent boon to the city, has long ceased to be " the only useful library... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - 1820 - 298 דפים
...continuation of Ware's Bishops, mentions it: "I am under the necessity," he observes, " of acknowledging, from long experience, that this is the only useful library...the kingdom, being open to all strangers, and at all seasonable hours. But there is one thing wanting to render it more complete, which is a supply of books,... | |
 | Patrick E. Lynch - 1828 - 352 דפים
...to secure its perpetuity, he obtained an act of parliament for the settling and preserving of itThis is the only useful library in the kingdom, being open to all the curious at stated times. The only thing •wanting to render it complete, is a supply of modern... | |
 | John D'Alton - 1838 - 866 דפים
...manuscripts by the bequest of Doctor Sterne, Hishop of Clogher. "I am under a ncccvMty," bays Harris, " of acknowledging from a long experience, that this...the kingdom, being open to all strangers, and at all seasonable times ;'° nor have the facilities for conftulting both its books and manuscripts been lessoned... | |
 | Edward Edwards - 1859 - 1198 דפים
...historian Harris, "to : acknowledge, from long experience, that Marsh's Library is the only useful public Library in the kingdom, being open to all strangers , and at all seasonable hours. But there is one thing wanting ," he adds , — " a supply of books; there being... | |
 | Edward Edwards - 1859 - 1196 דפים
...historian Harris, "to acknowledge, from long experience, that Marsh's Library is the only useful^niblic Library in the kingdom, being open to all strangers, and at all seasonable hours. But there is one thing wanting," he adds, — "a supply of books; there being only... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1893 - 462 דפים
...died in 1672, are said to have found their way to this library. As late as 1764 Harris was ' under a necessity of acknowledging, from a long experience, that this is the only useful library in Ireland, being open to all strangers and at all seasonable time. The library still exists, and is known... | |
 | 1921 - 992 דפים
...Harris, in his continuation of Sir James Ware's History and Antiquities of Ireland, wrote " I am under a necessity of acknowledging from a long experience that this is the only useful * William King (1650—1729), Archbishop of Dublin, 1703—1729. —29— Library in the Kingdom, being... | |
 | Marsh's Library, Newport John Davis White, Newport Benjamin White - 1926 - 62 דפים
...maintain in up-to-date efficiency a public library. Walter Harris, in his edition of Ware, 1739, says : "I am under the necessity of acknowledging from a...the kingdom; being open to all strangers, and at all seasonable times. But there is one thing wanting to render it more compleat; which is a supply of books... | |
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I am under the necessity of acknowledging from .a long experience that this is the only useful library in the kingdom, being open to all strangers, and at all reasonable times. 