Diary of a Tour in AmericaSealy, Bryers & Walker, 1886 - 384 páginas |
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... played for the amusement of the people , who listened with great attention , and displayed a praise- worthy decorum as well in their costume as in their conduct . We dined to day at Brooklyn . We had a very agreeable evening ...
... played for the amusement of the people , who listened with great attention , and displayed a praise- worthy decorum as well in their costume as in their conduct . We dined to day at Brooklyn . We had a very agreeable evening ...
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... played when a boy . I fancy I am at home once more , but I wake and find that I am in Montreal , and am likely never to see my native land again . " This dreaming of Ireland I found to be quite common ; many people would give all they ...
... played when a boy . I fancy I am at home once more , but I wake and find that I am in Montreal , and am likely never to see my native land again . " This dreaming of Ireland I found to be quite common ; many people would give all they ...
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... played . The game somewhat resembles our game of " hurling , " and is played in this manner . There are twelve at each side , each armed with a weapon somewhat resembling a " racket , " only that the net - work is much larger and looser ...
... played . The game somewhat resembles our game of " hurling , " and is played in this manner . There are twelve at each side , each armed with a weapon somewhat resembling a " racket , " only that the net - work is much larger and looser ...
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... played again and again , and were beaten , but they persevered , and some few months before my arrival in Mon- treal , they beat the Indians , and became the champions much to the delight of all the Irish , and to the extreme ...
... played again and again , and were beaten , but they persevered , and some few months before my arrival in Mon- treal , they beat the Indians , and became the champions much to the delight of all the Irish , and to the extreme ...
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... played by the " Shamrocks " and the Indians of Changanawagh . Thousands are to assemble , and having paid fifty cents a head , are to enjoy a similar privilege , and by paying other cents may indulge in the cooling luxury of " ginger ...
... played by the " Shamrocks " and the Indians of Changanawagh . Thousands are to assemble , and having paid fifty cents a head , are to enjoy a similar privilege , and by paying other cents may indulge in the cooling luxury of " ginger ...
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Términos y frases comunes
admire America amongst amused appears arrived beautiful Bishop Boston boys Brooklyn called Captain carriage Catholic celebrated charming church Cooperstown Cork crowd dine dinner dollars dress drive Dunmanway elegant Father Crowley Father Hogan feel Fenian flags of Germany flax Fredericton French French Canadian friends gentleman ground Halifax Hall hand heard honour horses hour Indian Ireland Irish Irishman Island John kind lake Lake Otsego land lecture live look magnificent miles Montreal Montreal Lacrosse Club morning Mott Haven never night Nova Scotia o'clock o'er Parker House passed Patrick Donahoe Patrick's pleasant pleasure present pretty priest Quebec Queenstown reach remarkable river Saguenay scene scenery seems ship smiling spectacle splendid steamer streets style Sunday Tadousac thing to-day told town village walk whole wood Yankee York young lady
Pasajes populares
Página 376 - Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone ; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone ; No flower of her kindred, No rose-bud is nigh, To reflect back her blushes, Or give sigh for sigh. I'll not leave thee, thou lone one ! To pine on the stem; Since the lovely are sleeping, Go, sleep thou with them. Thus kindly I scatter Thy leaves o'er the bed, Where thy mates of the garden Lie scentless and dead. So soon may / follow, When friendships decay, And from Love's shining circle The gems drop...
Página 376 - I'll not leave thee, thou lone one, To pine on the stem ; Since the lovely are sleeping, Go sleep thou with them. Thus kindly I scatter Thy leaves o'er the bed, Where thy mates of the garden Lie scentless and dead. So soon may I follow, When friendships decay. And from Love's shining circle The gems drop away ! When true hearts lie withered And fond ones are flown, Oh ! who would inhabit This bleak world alone ? THE YOUNG MAY MOON.
Página 377 - FILL the bumper fair ! Every drop we sprinkle O'er the brow of care Smooths away a wrinkle.
Página 332 - How did he git thar? Angels. He could never have walked in that storm. They jest scooped down and toted him To whar it was safe and warm. And I think that saving a little child. And bringing him to his own, Is a derned sight better business Than loafing around The Throne.
Página 163 - Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world, and the child of the skies.
Página 224 - Shoo, Fly, Don't Bother Me Shoo, fly, don't bother me. Shoo, fly, don't bother me.
Página 360 - The tide rose calm above her ! Though Time has since flown fast away The Shannon rolls as ever, And oft upon a moonlit bay That hems the noble river, The midnight wanderer has espied A steed, while o'er the water The tiny bark is seen to glide That wafted Burgo's daughter. BC Bsdtaras A LAY SERMON.
Página 219 - He writes a letter, (1) presents his compliments, (2) presents his cheque, (3) presents himself. But modesty is a virtue unknown in Yankeedom. Behold another sample of it. There are loud cries of " Roberts, Roberts ! " This is the famous Colonel Roberts, once the head of a Fenian split of a split. I learn afterwards that the gallant Colonel had a lot of fellows paid to call on him. The air was filled with cries of " Eoberts," and at last the Chairman came forward and asked was Colonel Roberts in...
Página 220 - Ireland's imperishable rights, founded on the principles of God's eternal justice", etc. etc. . . all "O'Mahony's statement, Irishman, 21 March 1868, pp. 598—9. well committed to memory. He paced the stage, and if England saw him then she would have trembled for her very existence. All this was a bid for the Irish vote ! All got up by the astute Colonel himself. Curious engraftation on the programme of the evening, but puffing and advertising is the great Yankee notion. General Burke in returning...
Página 170 - I admire the democratic character of the people, the apparent equality of intercourse that exists between them, and the more absurd appears to me the aristocratic spirit at home, the lines of demarcation between the different ranks of society, and the cringing respect with which those of the lower rungs of the social ladder regard those above them.