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Maria Nethercott. for the first time with a mother it has never seen , my heart bounded with love towards my native country . I now could understand why the Irish feel such a passionate devotion to their land , why their poets speak of ...
Maria Nethercott. for the first time with a mother it has never seen , my heart bounded with love towards my native country . I now could understand why the Irish feel such a passionate devotion to their land , why their poets speak of ...
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Maria Nethercott. and boundless bogs ; no tree to be seen , far as the eye could reach . The desolation of the scene was savage , yet sublime . A sound , as ... seen any- thing greater or grander than the sea at Brighton . 16 VERNEY COURT :
Maria Nethercott. and boundless bogs ; no tree to be seen , far as the eye could reach . The desolation of the scene was savage , yet sublime . A sound , as ... seen any- thing greater or grander than the sea at Brighton . 16 VERNEY COURT :
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... seen it before it was settled . Oh , such mountains of dust as were swept out of those corners and down from the roof of that bed , yester- day . You would have thought it was raining dust . The room has not been in use for years ...
... seen it before it was settled . Oh , such mountains of dust as were swept out of those corners and down from the roof of that bed , yester- day . You would have thought it was raining dust . The room has not been in use for years ...
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... was now ready to go downstairs , and Catherine took me by the hand . " I am going to introduce you to old Donal . You haven't seen him yet . He's the greatest specimen of antiquity in the place . The people AN IRISH NOVEL . 27.
... was now ready to go downstairs , and Catherine took me by the hand . " I am going to introduce you to old Donal . You haven't seen him yet . He's the greatest specimen of antiquity in the place . The people AN IRISH NOVEL . 27.
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... seen your father yet , " I said to Catherine . " It's easy to see you have not , indeed . When you have seen Mr. Verney , you won't be impatient for a repetition of the honour ! " This was a strange speech from a daughter . I had ...
... seen your father yet , " I said to Catherine . " It's easy to see you have not , indeed . When you have seen Mr. Verney , you won't be impatient for a repetition of the honour ! " This was a strange speech from a daughter . I had ...
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