Irish life [by I. Butt].1840 |
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... now see that you are the master of your own future prospects , you must do as I have done ; if not , I give you fair warning that I shall disinherit you . My carriage waits ; Lady Tarleton is in the next room , IRISH LIFE . 5.
... now see that you are the master of your own future prospects , you must do as I have done ; if not , I give you fair warning that I shall disinherit you . My carriage waits ; Lady Tarleton is in the next room , IRISH LIFE . 5.
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Isaac Butt. waits ; Lady Tarleton is in the next room , and you are already late . " It was certainly one con- solation to me , that I had not to suffer any of the mental anguish which a first departure from a happy home must cause to a ...
Isaac Butt. waits ; Lady Tarleton is in the next room , and you are already late . " It was certainly one con- solation to me , that I had not to suffer any of the mental anguish which a first departure from a happy home must cause to a ...
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... lady a sharer in the new train of thought that had occurred to him ; in his effort , however , I could see that he signally failed . A slight shake of the head , as it fell upon her breast , was an answer more eloquent than words , and ...
... lady a sharer in the new train of thought that had occurred to him ; in his effort , however , I could see that he signally failed . A slight shake of the head , as it fell upon her breast , was an answer more eloquent than words , and ...
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... lady of the house , whom I had observed reconnoitering us from be- hind the curtain . Both efforts however seemed ineffectual , for whether from natural obtuseness , or the din made by himself , as he rattled the neces- sary implements ...
... lady of the house , whom I had observed reconnoitering us from be- hind the curtain . Both efforts however seemed ineffectual , for whether from natural obtuseness , or the din made by himself , as he rattled the neces- sary implements ...
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... ladies ' part by our entrance ; of which , how- ever , the gentleman disdained all other notice than a sidelong look at the dingy mirror that crowned the mantelpiece , reflecting as it did , the scene below . " Mr. M'Cullagh , I am so ...
... ladies ' part by our entrance ; of which , how- ever , the gentleman disdained all other notice than a sidelong look at the dingy mirror that crowned the mantelpiece , reflecting as it did , the scene below . " Mr. M'Cullagh , I am so ...
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
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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.