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... felt than at most others , and , among a people who are , generally speaking , so easily satisfied as to the external comforts of life , that a comparative alleviation of suffering is hailed with as hearty a welcome as if it were a ...
... felt than at most others , and , among a people who are , generally speaking , so easily satisfied as to the external comforts of life , that a comparative alleviation of suffering is hailed with as hearty a welcome as if it were a ...
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... felt himself sinking rather than rising in the world , and was , indeed , on the eve of ruin , or more properly of an ejectment , when a desperate re- source presented itself in the form of a smuggling enterprise , so daring in its ...
... felt himself sinking rather than rising in the world , and was , indeed , on the eve of ruin , or more properly of an ejectment , when a desperate re- source presented itself in the form of a smuggling enterprise , so daring in its ...
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... felt too unbounded a confidence in his own powers of discrimination , to doubt his being able to recognise them when they should occur . But those who have been similarly circumstanced will easily acknow- ledge the probability of a ...
... felt too unbounded a confidence in his own powers of discrimination , to doubt his being able to recognise them when they should occur . But those who have been similarly circumstanced will easily acknow- ledge the probability of a ...
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... felt hat , pressed down upon his brows . There was , nevertheless , something of finery in his address , which seemed inconsistent with this coarseness of appearance . " A question from a stranger is hardly sinful in 16 THE AYLMERS OF ...
... felt hat , pressed down upon his brows . There was , nevertheless , something of finery in his address , which seemed inconsistent with this coarseness of appearance . " A question from a stranger is hardly sinful in 16 THE AYLMERS OF ...
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... felt satisfied that he had never seen the countenance before , and yet its expression startled him with a feeling of sud- den recognition , for which he afterwards conld in no man- ner account . He had not an opportunity of pursuing his ...
... felt satisfied that he had never seen the countenance before , and yet its expression startled him with a feeling of sud- den recognition , for which he afterwards conld in no man- ner account . He had not an opportunity of pursuing his ...
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afther appearance arms Aylmer Bally-Aylmer barber began beheld Brian Boru Castle Tobin Charlie Moran child Cormac countenance daughter door Edmund exclaimed eyes father fear feeling felt Fitzmaurice followed Garret gentleman GERALD GRIFFIN girl give glance Godfrey hand head hear heard heart horse hurried instant Ireland Irish Kate Kilkee laugh light Limerick lips looked manner master Melcha mind Minny Moran morning mother Moynehan murder neighbouring never night O'Berne O'Melachlin occasion ould Owney Owney-na-peak passed person poor portmanteau racter rason recollection replied Rick Lillis round Sandy says says Mun seemed Shamus Shaun Dooley side silence sound spirit stood story stranger sure tax-gatherer tell there's thing thought Tim Dalton Tipsy Hall to-night took turned village voice walked Whist White Knight whole wife window woman word Yamon young
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Page 363 - And hang their heads with sorrow. Good grows with her; In her days every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours.
Page 345 - I love my love in the morning, I love my love at even; Her smile's soft play is like the ray That lights the western heaven: I loved her when the sun was high, I loved her when he rose; But best of all when evening's sigh Was murmuring at its close.
Page 341 - I'm no way dry at all.' Well and good, in he came, and he sat among them telling stories until past midnight, eating and laughing ; and every now and then, when he'd stop in the story, he'd turn about and make as if he was taking a good drink out of the can. ' You seem to be very fond of that tin can, whatever you have in it ;' says one of the men that was sitting near him. ' Oh, its no signify,' says Mun, shutting it up as if not anxious to share it.
Page 331 - When the old knight heard this, he felt as if somebody was running him through with a sword. " And this," said he, " was the way poor Garret spent the hundhred pounds! Oh, murther! murther! my poor boy, what had I to do at all, to go turn you adhrift as I done, for no raison ! I took the wrong for the right, an
Page 136 - The guests sit round the bridal bed, And break the bridal cake ; But they sit by the dead man's head, And hold his wedding wake. The bride is praying in her room, The place is silent all ! A fearful call ! a sudden doom ! Bridal and funeral. Ululah! Ululah) A youth to Kilfieheras" ta'en, That never will return again.
Page 4 - ... may yet diminish his little store : he sees the potatoes ; they are his and his pig's by right, and he and his pig are merry fellows while they last, and while they can procure a turfen fire, or the smoke of a fire, to warm the little cabin about them.
Page 349 - She was rewarded for this effort of heroism, by a fervent pressure of the hand from her betrothed ; and the exchange of accoutrements was presently effected. The Knight mounted Cormac's mare, and prepared to depart.
Page 352 - She seems as if she would more willingly omit that office," said the Englishman. " The maiden droops sorely for your misfortune, Knight." " Poor girl !" Cormac exclaimed, venturing to look round upon her for the first time since his capture — " it is little wonder that she should wear a troubled brow. You have disturbed her bridal feast.
Page 339 - I'll be bound he'll come home to us a good hand at his business,' says he. Well and good, they sent off the boy to Kerry, and bound him for seven years to a thief that was well known in these parts, and counted a very clever man in his line. They heard no more of him for the seven years, nor hardly knew that they were out, when he walked in to them one morning, with his ' Save all here !' and took his seat at the table along with them — a fine, handsome lad, and mighty well spoken.
Page 349 - They listened for a considerable time to the changeful rushing of the night wind among the trees that clothed the hill side — and the howling of the wolves, who were disturbed in their retreats by the sounds of combat. Those sounds, renewed after long intervals, and in an irregular manner, gradually approached more near; and they could plainly distinguish the trampling of horses' feet, over the beaten track that winded among the crags as far as the cottage door. Again, and with great earnestness,...