Rory O'More: A National RomanceF. M. Lupton, 1860 - 390 páginas |
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... stood a cottage which in England would have been considered a poor habitation , but in Ireland was absolutely comfortable , when contrasted with the wretched hovels that most of her peasantry are doomed to dwell in . The walls were only ...
... stood a cottage which in England would have been considered a poor habitation , but in Ireland was absolutely comfortable , when contrasted with the wretched hovels that most of her peasantry are doomed to dwell in . The walls were only ...
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... stood as follows : - IHIS PRAY FOR the SOW Lof RORY OMO RERE QUIES CATINPACE You were thus called on to pray for the Sow in one corner , while the Cat was conspicuous in the other . Such was Rory's first attempt in this way , and though ...
... stood as follows : - IHIS PRAY FOR the SOW Lof RORY OMO RERE QUIES CATINPACE You were thus called on to pray for the Sow in one corner , while the Cat was conspicuous in the other . Such was Rory's first attempt in this way , and though ...
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... stood , he would look round the circle with a patronising air , saying , You persaive - Q . E. D. what was to be demonsthe- rated ! ' This always finished the argument in the letter , but not in the spirit ; for Phelim , though he ...
... stood , he would look round the circle with a patronising air , saying , You persaive - Q . E. D. what was to be demonsthe- rated ! ' This always finished the argument in the letter , but not in the spirit ; for Phelim , though he ...
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... stood his trial for tus offence , it was expected , would be sentenced to transportation , should he escape the forfeiture of his life to the law . The evidence on his trial was clear and convincing , and all attempts at defence had ...
... stood his trial for tus offence , it was expected , would be sentenced to transportation , should he escape the forfeiture of his life to the law . The evidence on his trial was clear and convincing , and all attempts at defence had ...
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... stood , so thick , that the passengers could hardly press their way through them into the house ; and while they were thus struggling for admittance , obstreperous prayers assailed their ears on all sides , in horrid discord and strange ...
... stood , so thick , that the passengers could hardly press their way through them into the house ; and while they were thus struggling for admittance , obstreperous prayers assailed their ears on all sides , in horrid discord and strange ...
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Adèle Admiral De Winter afeard afther aisy amongst answer Arrah asked b'lieve better Betty bless captain Collector colonel Conolly cottage Counsel craythur darlin dear divil door ducks eyes Faith fear feelings fellow Finnegan Flannerty Folly Frenchman gave gentlemen gintleman girl give goin hand hanged hear heard heart heerd Hoche honour hope Ireland Irish jist jury Kathleen knew Lacy Lacy's laugh lave looked Lord lugger mane Mary O'More mind mother Mullingar murder never O'Dempsy owld party person Phelim plaze poor priest prisoner Regan Rory O'More Rory's round Scrubbs Shan Dhu silence sitch Slink smuggler soldiers Solomon soon sowl stood sure Sweeny tell Texel there's thim thin thing thought Throth thrue tone traveller turned undher United Irishmen voice Welskein widow wish Witness woman wonder word
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Página 119 - ... he found the coal vault extensive, for it was some time before he was stopped by a wall. As soon as he went as far as he could go, he crouched down, keeping his face however turned towards the point whence he entered, and he soon heard the descending footsteps of the person he was taught to believe was the colonel. The footsteps seemed to ramble over a great space of flagged apartments, and various doors squeaked on their hinges as they were opened and shut in succession by the invisible perambulant....
Página 350 - And the prisoner after? Witness: Yis. Counsel: Then he followed him? Witness: Yis. . Counsel: You observe, gentlemen of the jury, Mr. Scrubbs went first, and the prisoner followed him. Witness: Why, you wouldn't have him go before the gintleman ! Counsel: Silence, sir! Remember that, gentlemen — he followed Mr. Scrubbs. There was a good deal more of examination which it would be uninteresting to record; and after the landlord of the " Black Bull " had been bullied and tormented as much as the counsel...
Página 19 - No,' says I, ' it's a stick ; ' for I was determined to have no cane, but to stick to the stick. ' Here's a nate one,' says he. ' I don't want a nate one,' says I, ' but a responsible one,
Página 19 - You see how good and light it is,' says he. Think o' that, sir ! — to call a stick good and light — as if there could be any good in life in a stick that wasn't heavy, and could sthreck a good blow ! ' Is it jokin' you are ? ' says I. ' Don't you feel it yourself ? ' says he. ' Throth, I can hardly feel it at all,' says I. ' Sure that's the beauty of it,
Página 350 - Counsel. You say that the prisoner at the bar and the late Mr. Scrubbs ." The counsel for the defence here interposed, and said he objected to the term, the late Mr. Scrubbs, as it was assuming the fact he was dead, which was not proven. The examination then proceeded. Counsel. The prisoner at the bar and the late — I beg pardon — Mister Scrubbs were the last to leave the " Black Bull " on that day ? — Witness. Yis, sir. Counsel. How did they go ? — Witness. They wint out o
Página 16 - I want to know the size of,' says he. So I persaived he was jeerin' me, and says I, ' Why, thin, you disrespectful vagabone o' the world, you Dublin jackeen ! do you mane to insinivate that Father Kinshela ever wint barefutted in his life, that I could know the size of his fut,' says I ! and with that T threw the boots in his face.
Página 22 - Bad luck to you, you disrespectful baste ! would nothin' sarve you but the priest's dinner ?' and she made a crack o' the gridiron at him. ' As you have the mate, you shall have the gridiron too,' says she ; and with that she gave him such a rap on the head with it, that the bars flew out of it, and his head went through it, and away he pulled it out of her hands, and ran off with the gridiron hangin...
Página 354 - Faith, I think a few glasses only helps to brighten a man! — and, betune ourselves, Counsellor , I think you 'd be a grate dale the better of a glass yourself this minit. The laugh which this rejoinder produced finished " the counsellor," and he sat down without roaring, as usual, at the witness, " Go down, sir." But Larry kept his seat until the laugh was over ; and not receiving the ordinary mandate to retire, he looked at the discomfited barrister with the most provoking affectation of humility,...
Página 17 - Arrah ! bekase they never throuble people in the counthry at all with takin' their measure ; but you jist go to a fair, and bring your fut along with you, and somebody else dhrives a cartful o' brogues into the place, and there you sarve yourself; and so the man gets his money, and you get your shoes, and every one's plazed. " But what I mane is — where did I lave off tellin' you about the present for the priest ? — wasn't it at the bootmaker's shop ? — yes, that was it. Well, sir, on laving...
Página 352 - By the varth o' my oath." Counsel (slapping the table fiercely with his hand) : " Now, sir, how do you know he came for that purpose ? Answer me that, sir." Witness: "Faith, thin, I'll tell you. When he came into the place that morning, it was the first thing he ax'd for; and by the same token, the way I remember it is, that when he ax'd for the crow-bar he lint me, some one stan'in...