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... believe myself to have acquired . Some time ago I resided , during a portion of each year , in a wild corner of County Mayo , where I had purchased a tract of five thousand acres , and where I rented , for thirty pounds a year , on a ...
... believe myself to have acquired . Some time ago I resided , during a portion of each year , in a wild corner of County Mayo , where I had purchased a tract of five thousand acres , and where I rented , for thirty pounds a year , on a ...
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... believe it is called , was gradually emptying itself , handed to me , with some expression in an un- known tongue , which I assumed to be a token of hospitality . Shutting my eyes , perforce , for the " THE SMALL STILL . " 23.
... believe it is called , was gradually emptying itself , handed to me , with some expression in an un- known tongue , which I assumed to be a token of hospitality . Shutting my eyes , perforce , for the " THE SMALL STILL . " 23.
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... believe that wicked bull is loose again . " A sharp note , which I should never have attributed to its proper origin , at once struck my ear . It was more like the early effort of a newly made " M. F. H. " to sound his horn than the ...
... believe that wicked bull is loose again . " A sharp note , which I should never have attributed to its proper origin , at once struck my ear . It was more like the early effort of a newly made " M. F. H. " to sound his horn than the ...
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... believe he had tried the plan and found it answer . In proof of his first proposition as to the value- less nature of the land in its present condition , he told me he had farms of from five hundred to a thousand acres let from seven to ...
... believe he had tried the plan and found it answer . In proof of his first proposition as to the value- less nature of the land in its present condition , he told me he had farms of from five hundred to a thousand acres let from seven to ...
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... believe their as- sumed ability to work miracles . Burns tells us , " On brandy , man fears nae evil ; On usqebaugh he'll face the devil . " And on whisky , Paddy will face almost anything mortal . Mick Sheehan , though a good Catholic ...
... believe their as- sumed ability to work miracles . Burns tells us , " On brandy , man fears nae evil ; On usqebaugh he'll face the devil . " And on whisky , Paddy will face almost anything mortal . Mick Sheehan , though a good Catholic ...
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Page 115 - Yet," upon the river; Some jealousy of some one's heir, Some hopes of dying broken-hearted; A miniature, a lock of hair, The usual vows, — and then we parted. We parted: months and years rolled by; We met again four summers after. Our parting was all sob and sigh, — Our meeting was all mirth and laughter; For, in my heart's most secret cell, There had been many other lodgers; And she was not the ball-room's belle, But only Mrs. — Something — Rogers!