Irish life [by I. Butt].1840 |
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... interest . At the time of my birth , a high office , the immediate stepping - stone to the bench , had already rewarded the long labour necessary for its procurement . As usual too , friends , as mutually useful acquaintances are termed ...
... interest . At the time of my birth , a high office , the immediate stepping - stone to the bench , had already rewarded the long labour necessary for its procurement . As usual too , friends , as mutually useful acquaintances are termed ...
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... interest ; you , perhaps , know whom I mean . " Gerald McCullagh , I was about to say , but stopping myself short , half - way , he perceived my intention and subsequent change , and completing the words for me , added , " Yes , that is ...
... interest ; you , perhaps , know whom I mean . " Gerald McCullagh , I was about to say , but stopping myself short , half - way , he perceived my intention and subsequent change , and completing the words for me , added , " Yes , that is ...
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... interest in such an affecting event , I could not avoid experiencing a sensation of pride and pleasure in thus witnessing so general an exhibition of sound genuine nationality . There were , amongst the vast crowd , a great many little ...
... interest in such an affecting event , I could not avoid experiencing a sensation of pride and pleasure in thus witnessing so general an exhibition of sound genuine nationality . There were , amongst the vast crowd , a great many little ...
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... interest in your welfare ; and desired me to request your unprejudiced attention to the contents , though the letter be anonymous ; and to say , that it came from one whose wish ought to have weight with you . ” M'Cullagh , as I spoke ...
... interest in your welfare ; and desired me to request your unprejudiced attention to the contents , though the letter be anonymous ; and to say , that it came from one whose wish ought to have weight with you . ” M'Cullagh , as I spoke ...
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... interests as regarded their bottles , gradually the distinction wore away , and those of the more liberal ones began to circulate in a more extended sphere - a relaxation of the incomparable selfishness of an ordinary into a maudlin ...
... interests as regarded their bottles , gradually the distinction wore away , and those of the more liberal ones began to circulate in a more extended sphere - a relaxation of the incomparable selfishness of an ordinary into a maudlin ...
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance altogether amongst appearance arrival assure attention Aurelian better called Captain Barry carriage character command consequence course court Cullen dear dinner door doubt Dublin Duffy Emily exclaimed father feel fellow Foster Gautois gentleman George Green Gerald give Halford hand head heard Highbred honour hope horse hour Ireland kind Kinnegad knew lady Lieutenant look Lord Lord Lieutenant Lord Mowbray loud M'Cullagh ma'am matter means ment mind Miss Crossley Miss Moville morning Morton Castle nature never O'Donnell O'Donnell's O'Reilly once Oswin party passed person Pertinax pleasure Polesworth political poor position present proceeded replied respect Rooney scarcely scene Secretary at War seemed servant sincere Sir Charles Tarleton Sir Morton Moville Sleekly sort stranger sufficiently tell thing thought Timothy Timothy O'Neil tion told turned Tyrawley Wakefield Watkins whilst whole Wigton wish young
Pasajes populares
Página 88 - O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Página 170 - Welcome to their roar ! Swift be their guidance, wheresoe'er it lead ! Though the strain'd mast should quiver as a reed, And the rent canvas fluttering strew the gale, Still must I on ; for I am as a weed, Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam to sail Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail.
Página 354 - As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true: They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast: ' In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our private ends; While nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.
Página 266 - Oh, sweet's the cup that circles then To those we've left behind us ! And when, in other climes, we meet Some isle or vale enchanting, Where all looks...
Página 280 - In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear: Those days are gone — but Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but Nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy!
Página 33 - Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.) Boast not my fall (he cry'd) insulting foe ! Thou by some other shalt be laid as low.
Página 280 - She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers...
Página 174 - Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? By their right arms the conquest must be wrought? Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye ? No ! True, they may lay your proud despoilers low, But not for you will freedom's altars flame.
Página 344 - The rich buffet well-coloured serpents grace, And gaping Tritons spew to wash your face. Is this a dinner? this a genial room? No, 'tis a temple, and a hecatomb.
Página 307 - My tables, — meet it is, I set it down, That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain; At least, I am sure, it may be so in Denmark : [ Writing. So, uncle, there you are. Now to my word ; It is, Adieu, adieu ! remember me.