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THE

ANNALS OF BALLITORE.

CHAPTER I.

1766.

Preliminary Reflections.—Description of Ballitore in prose and verse. The first Abraham Shackleton.—His ancient mansion in Ballitore. The forge, Mick Murray, and his dentistry.— Reminiscences of Peter Widdows.—The widow Taylor and her daughter Polly, Sarah Braddock, the widow Jackson and her daughter Julia, Joseph Wills, Jonathan Haughton, and Lee Masters —————— 13 to 36

WHY do we not better remember that truth which we know so well, that we are not sensible of the value of our blessings till we lose them? In sickness the comfort of health is painfully recollected, though apparently in little esteem when possessed. When death has deprived us of our tender parents, affectionate friends, or engaging children,—sensible that we are cut off from every hope of again enjoying their society, how is every endearing circumstance of the past revived, and every omission on our part towards them roused to anguish!

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