An Extract of Reflection

The meanderings of a muddled mind

Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Fifty Years of Belfast Life (1866-1916) part 2

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By "THE MAN IN THE STREET." II. Having regard to my "Witness" associations, it is not unnatural that I should give ...
Wednesday, 22 June 2016

Fifty Years of Belfast Life (1866-1916)

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By "THE MAN IN THE STREET." I. Fifty years seem an eternity to youth, but only a brief breathing time to age. I have spent th...
Wednesday, 15 June 2016

Merchant Seamen

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I've read about soldiers and sailors,     Of infantry, airmen and tanks, Of battleships, corvettes, and cruisers,     Of Anzacs, ...
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Tuesday, 31 May 2016

To Ships and Men in War

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Peace washes silent o'er the ocean bed,   It sweeps both time and substance in its path. The years roll forward, pass and make no ...
Wednesday, 25 May 2016

The Madman's Grave

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IN the year 1793, an unknown maniac, whose dress and figure bore the vestiges of a once better lot, wandered to Ballycastle, a beautiful ...
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Tuesday, 17 May 2016

Light Cruisers (Old)

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When you've marshalled your navies and gloried your fill In the latest they show of invention and skill, The lion in strength an...
Wednesday, 11 May 2016

On Witchcraft (1812)

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"What silly notions crowd the clouded mind, "That is through want of education blind." I SHALL not attempt, in the prese...
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