A month in Mayo. With miscellaneous papers1876 |
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... IRISH OF LIFE ; WITH MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS . BY GEORGE ROOPER , AUTHOR OF flood , field , and forest ; ' ' TALES AND SKETCHES ' THAMES AND TWEED , ' ETC. , ETC. LONDON : BODE ROBERT HARDWICKE , 192 , PICCADILLY , W. 1876 . 203. f . 527 ...
... IRISH OF LIFE ; WITH MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS . BY GEORGE ROOPER , AUTHOR OF flood , field , and forest ; ' ' TALES AND SKETCHES ' THAMES AND TWEED , ' ETC. , ETC. LONDON : BODE ROBERT HARDWICKE , 192 , PICCADILLY , W. 1876 . 203. f . 527 ...
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... IRISH OF LIFE ; WITH MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS . By GEORGE ROOPER , AUTHOR OF FLOOD , FIELD , AND FOREST ; ' ' TALES AND SKETCHES ' THAMES AND tweed , ' etc. , ETC. BODLE HLO ! LONDON : ROBERT HARDWICKE , 192 , PICCADILLY , W. 1876 . 203. f ...
... IRISH OF LIFE ; WITH MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS . By GEORGE ROOPER , AUTHOR OF FLOOD , FIELD , AND FOREST ; ' ' TALES AND SKETCHES ' THAMES AND tweed , ' etc. , ETC. BODLE HLO ! LONDON : ROBERT HARDWICKE , 192 , PICCADILLY , W. 1876 . 203. f ...
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... purchased a tract of five thousand acres , and where I rented , for thirty pounds a year , on a long lease , the shooting over upwards of thirteen thousand acres more , and which I enjoyed until Irish shootings rose in value , when I was.
... purchased a tract of five thousand acres , and where I rented , for thirty pounds a year , on a long lease , the shooting over upwards of thirteen thousand acres more , and which I enjoyed until Irish shootings rose in value , when I was.
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George Rooper. until Irish shootings rose in value , when I was informed that my lessor had no title whatever to the property . During this period I had many opportunities of studying the habits and customs of the " natives , " and I ...
George Rooper. until Irish shootings rose in value , when I was informed that my lessor had no title whatever to the property . During this period I had many opportunities of studying the habits and customs of the " natives , " and I ...
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George Rooper. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PAGE THE LODGE I CHAPTER II . " THE SMALL STILL " CHAPTER III . GROUSE SHOOTING MY FIRST FISH CHAPTER IV . AN IRISH BULL CHAPTER V. : 13 : 26 : : 333 43 SEA FISHING CHAPTER VI . CHAPTER VII . FOX AND.
George Rooper. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PAGE THE LODGE I CHAPTER II . " THE SMALL STILL " CHAPTER III . GROUSE SHOOTING MY FIRST FISH CHAPTER IV . AN IRISH BULL CHAPTER V. : 13 : 26 : : 333 43 SEA FISHING CHAPTER VI . CHAPTER VII . FOX AND.
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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!