"I at length reached the goal of my long-nourished desire"

"I at length reached the goal of my long-nourished desire"

Travelogues--James Spencer Knox--Lough Derg--Description

Knox describes the scene of crowds waiting to cross to Station Island

James Spencer Knox, 1789-1862

Pastoral Annals. By an Irish Clergyman [i.e. James S. Knox], pp. 383-84

R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, London

1840

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Public domain

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English

Travelogue

DD_0270

54.606912, -7.860865

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"Through such scenes I passed, until I at length reached the goal of my long-nourished desire. Many boats, which had conveyed many voyagers to the 'Saint-ridden Isle' (asking favour of the 'First gem of the sea,') were still moored along the beach. In one of these I took my seat, and was quickly transported to this 'elysium on earth' - Purgatory."

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