The wife hunter, and Flora Douglas, tales by the Moriarty family, ed. [or rather written] by D.I. Moriarty |
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... manner ; but as to what they would say , that's quite another affair , there is so little common sense among them . " " Why , uncle , you speak like one who had sustained disappointments in love ; your lan- guage has far too much ...
... manner ; but as to what they would say , that's quite another affair , there is so little common sense among them . " " Why , uncle , you speak like one who had sustained disappointments in love ; your lan- guage has far too much ...
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... manners , and her music , and her long con- certos and bravuras . Truly she turned his old rat - eaten mansion into an opera house . Faith there was a little too much of it . The poor man would have liked the bagpipes at a pattern ten ...
... manners , and her music , and her long con- certos and bravuras . Truly she turned his old rat - eaten mansion into an opera house . Faith there was a little too much of it . The poor man would have liked the bagpipes at a pattern ten ...
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... manners betrayed not the slightest trace of Caledonian origin , being both as completely Hibernicized as might be expected from the constant residence of his family in Ireland for nearly two centuries , and their frequent matrimonial ...
... manners betrayed not the slightest trace of Caledonian origin , being both as completely Hibernicized as might be expected from the constant residence of his family in Ireland for nearly two centuries , and their frequent matrimonial ...
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... a flashy , clever adventurer of plausible manners , had very nearly persuaded this Nisbett to join him in a stage - coach speculation , the profits of which were to be boundless : Nisbett was to furnish THE WIFE HUNTER . 29.
... a flashy , clever adventurer of plausible manners , had very nearly persuaded this Nisbett to join him in a stage - coach speculation , the profits of which were to be boundless : Nisbett was to furnish THE WIFE HUNTER . 29.
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... manners appeared to possess the highest polish , which was the more remarkable from his being placed in contrast with the uncouth country squires with whom he associated in our neighbourhood . There seemed to exist an intuitive free ...
... manners appeared to possess the highest polish , which was the more remarkable from his being placed in contrast with the uncouth country squires with whom he associated in our neighbourhood . There seemed to exist an intuitive free ...
Términos y frases comunes
admiration appearance archbishop of Rheims asked auld Ballyduff Barsac beauty better borough Captain Grant Carlist carriage Cherokee songs Clara count county Galway dear devil dinner door Dublin duchess duke of Angoulême Dunsneath Emily entered exclaimed eyes father fear feel fellow Flora frae Galway Garrydangan gentleman girl Glannatour hand happy Harriet hear heard heart Holyrood hour Ireland Jack Jerry John O'Brien Johnston Kilnaflesk Kilshindy king lady Dalton laughing Lawlor look lord Louis Philippe Lynch M'Neile M'Quade madame majesty Malcolm Malcolm Hay marry Mary ment mind Miss O'Moore Miss St monsieur mother Murrough O'Driscoll never night O'Brien Grant parliament Pat Lawlor patriotic person Peter Lynch pon my honour poor pray Prefêt replied royal Sandy scene seemed Sholto sir Dugald smile soon sure tell there's thing thought tion told uncle weel young
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Página 69 - Tam had got planted unco right; Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely ; And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither; They had been fou for weeks thegither. The night drave on wi...
Página 122 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Página 203 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Página 127 - And here we go backwards and forwards, And here we go round, round, roundy.
Página 1 - Let greatness of her glassy sceptres vaunt, " Not sceptres, no, but reeds, soon bruis'd, soon broken; " And let this worldly pomp our wits enchant, " All fades, and scarcely leaves behind a token. " Those golden palaces, those gorgeous halls, " With furniture superfluously fair, " Those stately courts, those sky-encount'ring walls, " Evanish all, like vapours in the air.
Página 178 - Let us take the road. Hark! I hear the sound of coaches! The hour of attack approaches. To your arms, brave boys, and load. See the ball I hold! Let the chymists toil like asses, Our fire their fire surpasses, And turns all our lead to gold.
Página 28 - Nora's gown for me, That floats as wild as mountain breezes. Leaving every beauty free To sink or swell as Heaven pleases. Yes, my Nora Creina, dear, My simple, graceful Nora Creina, Nature's dress Is loveliness— The dress you wear, my Nora Creina.
Página 239 - Oh ! colder than the wind that freezes Founts, that but now in sunshine play'd, Is that congealing pang which seizes The trusting bosom, when betray'd.
Página 326 - Viceroy, and then, standing on the right hand of the throne, commanded the gentleman usher of the black rod to repair to the House of Commons and acquaint the Commons that it was His Excellency's pleasure that they should immediately attend him in the House of Peers.
Página 28 - LESBIA hath a beaming eye, But no one knows for whom it beameth ; Right and left its arrows fly, But what they aim at no one dreameth. Sweeter 'tis to gaze upon My Nora's lid that seldom rises ; Few its looks, but every one, Like unexpected light, surprises.