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... frequently discovered by the smoke emitted during the process of making poteen . A few turfs lighted in different parts of the bog , and occasionally re- plenished by sympathizing passers - by , will keep alight for weeks , nay , months ...
... frequently discovered by the smoke emitted during the process of making poteen . A few turfs lighted in different parts of the bog , and occasionally re- plenished by sympathizing passers - by , will keep alight for weeks , nay , months ...
Page 21
... the dangerous ground . Gradually I * That is , whisky which has paid duty and sold by " Act of Par- liament ; ” most abominable stuff it frequently is . edged a little away from the bog , and was " THE SMALL STILL . " 21.
... the dangerous ground . Gradually I * That is , whisky which has paid duty and sold by " Act of Par- liament ; ” most abominable stuff it frequently is . edged a little away from the bog , and was " THE SMALL STILL . " 21.
Page 47
... frequently charred appearance , and the absence of trunks , to have been destroyed by fire ; the other , which furnishes the pine torches that burn so brightly , is of pine and fir , and has evidently succumbed before the wasting ...
... frequently charred appearance , and the absence of trunks , to have been destroyed by fire ; the other , which furnishes the pine torches that burn so brightly , is of pine and fir , and has evidently succumbed before the wasting ...
Page 62
... frequently found these heaps , as big as haycocks , at the entrance of their holes ; they are formed of short grass , mixed with the sand in which the animal generally burrows , and , I have no doubt , constitute his last season's bed ...
... frequently found these heaps , as big as haycocks , at the entrance of their holes ; they are formed of short grass , mixed with the sand in which the animal generally burrows , and , I have no doubt , constitute his last season's bed ...
Page 70
... frequently standing up as it were in the water , and peering suspi- ciously round under their fins for any sign of danger . A low bleat occasionally interchanged seemed reciprocally to assure them , and at last * The collector , I may ...
... frequently standing up as it were in the water , and peering suspi- ciously round under their fins for any sign of danger . A low bleat occasionally interchanged seemed reciprocally to assure them , and at last * The collector , I may ...
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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!