"New ireland" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... reclaiming the savage North. Half the human endeavour, half the human suffering, would have made the whole South Protestant and the whole East Christian, and our civilisation would now be there. No, I shall never go back to New England. New England? New Ireland——New Canada! Half the farms in Haddam are in the hands of our Irish friends, and the labour on the rest is half done by French Canadians. That is all right and well. New England must come to me here, by way of the great middle West and ...
— Indian Summer • William D. Howells
... him as a cannibal. This fellow's name was Sumasai. He had spent three years on a Queensland plantation. He had been to Samoa, and Fiji, and Sydney; and as a boat's crew had been on recruiting schooners through New Britain, New Ireland, New Guinea, and the Admiralties. Also, he was a wag, and he had taken a line on his skipper's conduct. Yes, he had eaten many men. How many? He could not remember the tally. Yes, white men, too; they were very good, unless they were sick. He had once ...
— Great Sea Stories • Various
... 20 provinces; Bougainville, Central, Chimbu, Eastern Highlands, East New Britain, East Sepik, Enga, Gulf, Madang, Manus, Milne Bay, Morobe, National Capital, New Ireland, Northern, Sandaun, Southern Highlands, Western, Western Highlands, ...
— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
... the languages of British Columbia we find a similar formation for 8 and 9, or for 9 alone. The same formation occurs in Malay, resulting in the numerals delapan, 10 - 2, and sambilan 10 - 1.[57] In Green Island, one of the New Ireland group, these become simply andra-lua, "less 2," and andra-si, "less 1."[58] In the Admiralty Islands this formation is carried back one step further, and not only gives us shua-luea, "less 2," and shu-ri, "less 1," but also makes 7 appear as sua-tolu, "less 3."[59] Surprising ...
— The Number Concept - Its Origin and Development • Levi Leonard Conant
... if her life seemed solitary she had the free air and the mountains; she had her dear land; above all, she had her dreams. Perhaps when these were realised—and the time seemed very near now—and a new Ireland was created, to her too a brighter ...
— The Wild Geese • Stanley John Weyman |
