Paddiana: Or, Scraps and Sketches of Irish Life, Present and Past, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1847 - Ireland |
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... feet : sure they've their brogues on . " " Were ye hurted , sir ? Faith , it's a shame to spancel the gentleman , and he looking out for the Hill o ' Howth ! " Some whisky having been produced , and served out in a small conical glass ...
... feet : sure they've their brogues on . " " Were ye hurted , sir ? Faith , it's a shame to spancel the gentleman , and he looking out for the Hill o ' Howth ! " Some whisky having been produced , and served out in a small conical glass ...
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... my legs , a wisp of straw thrust under my feet , and rapidly leaving the town of Dun- leary ( since Kingstown ) to the cry of " Hup ! hup ! Go ' long out o ' that ! Hup ! " MR . SMITH'S IRISH LOVE . HE must be a INTRODUCTION TO IRELAND .
... my legs , a wisp of straw thrust under my feet , and rapidly leaving the town of Dun- leary ( since Kingstown ) to the cry of " Hup ! hup ! Go ' long out o ' that ! Hup ! " MR . SMITH'S IRISH LOVE . HE must be a INTRODUCTION TO IRELAND .
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... feet , and in a burst of impassioned eloquence declare my intintions , as that fellow in Stephen's Green would say , or steal in on the pensive tack ? No , that will never do she may drop off in a doze before she fully comprehends the ...
... feet , and in a burst of impassioned eloquence declare my intintions , as that fellow in Stephen's Green would say , or steal in on the pensive tack ? No , that will never do she may drop off in a doze before she fully comprehends the ...
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... feet , embonpoint , and six children . Are you prepared to nurse the baby ? At this thought Smith made two rapid steps in advance , when the dining - room curtains caught his eye . They were evidently the same moreen - faded , but the ...
... feet , embonpoint , and six children . Are you prepared to nurse the baby ? At this thought Smith made two rapid steps in advance , when the dining - room curtains caught his eye . They were evidently the same moreen - faded , but the ...
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... feet over the dark water , envied the agility she displayed , and the extraordinary sagacity with which she steered her course . It was warm work , for the lady held on at a killing pace ; and when her companion halted for a moment to ...
... feet over the dark water , envied the agility she displayed , and the extraordinary sagacity with which she steered her course . It was warm work , for the lady held on at a killing pace ; and when her companion halted for a moment to ...
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Paddiana, Or, Scraps and Sketches of Irish Life, Present and Past Adam Blenkinsop,William Henry Gregory No preview available - 2015 |
Paddiana, Or, Scraps and Sketches of Irish Life, Present and Past Adam Blenkinsop,William Henry Gregory No preview available - 2015 |
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amongst appearance arms Barney Biddy boat brogue cads called Clonakilty coat Conray creatures Daley Dan Murphy dark divle Donovan door doubt Dublin eyes face fair Faith Falaba fancied fellow fire Fogarty Geoghegan hand harse head heard hill Holyhead hoont horse Howth Insurrection Act Ireland Irish joke Killarney Kinsale Kisbey Kitty ladies Lanty laugh legs looked ma'am Mahony master ment Mick Miss morning mouth murther never night O'Hay occasion party passed Pat and Mike Pat Finn perhaps poor poteen pretty punch racter roar roast shild Rooney round says screeching seemed seen shew side Smith sperrits sportsman Stephen's Green stick Sure tail talk Thady there's thing thought town turf turned walking whole wid ye wind ye'r yer honour young
Popular passages
Page 10 - ... but they were too hungry to think of gratifying their propensities that way, and the quarrels were disposed of summarily. But towards the close of the day, when they were more at leisure and had time to look about them, a cause of quarrel was discovered between two rival factions ; whether Connaught and Munster, or Connaught and Leinster, I forget, but it was quite enough of a quarrel to produce a fight. It commenced with talk, then came a hustling in the centre, then the sticks began to rise...
Page 169 - We tread the land that bore us, Her green flag glitters o'er us, The friends we've tried Are by our side, And the foe we hate before us.
Page 22 - A TABLE OF KINDRED AND AFFINITY, WHEREIN WHOSOEVER ARE RELATED ARE FORBIDDEN IN SCRIPTURE AND OUR LAWS TO MARRY TOGETHER A man may not marry his: 1 . Grandmother 2.
Page 307 - tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door ; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve : ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man.
Page 219 - An Irishman may be called par excellence the bone-breaker amongst men, the homo ossifragus of the human family; and in the indulgence of this their natural propensity there is a total and systematic disregard of fair play : there is no such thing known whether at a race ur a fight.
Page 219 - Painfully ludicrous to see a man rush from a tent, flourishing his stick, dancing about, and screaming " High for Cloney!" He is speedily accommodated with a man who objects to the exaltation of Cloney, and pronounces a "High'
Page 96 - don't alarm the town ; what would folks say, and see ye stuck in yer own windy? Faith, ye must be swelled with the bad sperrits ye tuck ; sure Cronin's sperrits never did that for ye. Betther for ye,' says he, ' to marry your daughter to an honest boy that does ye no harm,' says he, ' than an ould spalpeen that blows ye out like a cow in clover.
Page 11 - ... tiller, and getting over the side contrived to crawl by the chains till he reached the shrouds, and so escaped aloft. At the time the row broke out the vessel was lying her course with the wind a point or two free. When the man left the helm she came of course head to wind, and the mainsail jibbing swept the boom across the deck, flooring every body abaft the mast. Hardly were they on their legs again before the boom came back with still greater force, and swept them down in the opposite direction....
Page 90 - When I courted a lass that was froward and shy, I stuck to her stuff till I made her comply. I took her so lovingly round the waist, And I smack'd her lips- and I held her fast. Oh ! these were the joys of our dancing days.
Page 91 - Between two large hunches, or tussucks, of the grey moss, there peered forth the good-humoured face of a man about thirty, lying flat upon the bog, while the moss nearly meeting above his head, and coming down in a flowing, pear-like shape on either side of his face, gave him much the appearance of wearing a judge's wig, though the countenance showed nothing of the judge's gravity. — The first impulse of the shooter was to start up and seize his gun, the second to burst out into loud laughter —...