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Identifier: literarydigest60newy (find matches)
Title: The literary digest
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York : Funk & Wagnalls (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ed round tower. Caves beneaththe castle and a natural moat formed by theCoomaun River made this fortress on itslimestone rock a ))lace hard to capture.It has seen strenuous times and its bat-tered walls bear witness to the fact that inspite of the strength of its walls—ninefeet in thickness at its base—and in spiteof the valor of soldiers of King Charles,who formed its garrison, Cromwells officer,Ireton, was able, with his ordnance, tobatter its walls down about the heads ofits defenders and capture it. Even in itsruin it gives one the impression of tremen-dous strength and durability. No one happened to be there when Ivisited the castle. I climbed the windingstone staircase to within one story of thetop. A twelve-inch ledge railed oft bystout iron bars attracted my attention.Seeing a blackberry \nne at the oppositeend of the waU on which were some ripeblackberries ready to be eaten, I climbedover the iron bars, got on the narrow ledge, The Literary Digest for February 8, 1919 113
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