A month in Mayo. With miscellaneous papers1876 |
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Page 44
... at short intervals the sharp menacing note that had alarmed my companion . There was indeed cause for apprehension , in the event of the animal proving mischievous . The road was narrow , and though open on one side , 44 AN IRISH BULL .
... at short intervals the sharp menacing note that had alarmed my companion . There was indeed cause for apprehension , in the event of the animal proving mischievous . The road was narrow , and though open on one side , 44 AN IRISH BULL .
Page 47
... animal in my life ; the lurid fire in his eye was quenched as completely as that in a red - hot cinder would have been under similar circumstances ; he looked terri- fied , cowed , almost pitiable ; but there was no time for moralizing ...
... animal in my life ; the lurid fire in his eye was quenched as completely as that in a red - hot cinder would have been under similar circumstances ; he looked terri- fied , cowed , almost pitiable ; but there was no time for moralizing ...
Page 60
... , sitting in a sort of burrow , for the animal partakes in Ireland largely of the nature of the rabbit , and we slipped our solitary greyhound on her back , if we had the opportunity . A quick , wiry little terrier took second.
... , sitting in a sort of burrow , for the animal partakes in Ireland largely of the nature of the rabbit , and we slipped our solitary greyhound on her back , if we had the opportunity . A quick , wiry little terrier took second.
Page 61
... animal in her turns , and always ready to seize her should she stop for a moment after baffling the greyhound's more rapid pursuit . The priest had a wonderful dog ; I have seen him , with the aid of the terrier , kill half - a - dozen ...
... animal in her turns , and always ready to seize her should she stop for a moment after baffling the greyhound's more rapid pursuit . The priest had a wonderful dog ; I have seen him , with the aid of the terrier , kill half - a - dozen ...
Page 62
... animal generally burrows , and , I have no doubt , constitute his last season's bed ; for the badger is a cleanly animal , and sleeping , as he does , much in the winter , prefers clean sheets when he retires to winter quarters . The ...
... animal generally burrows , and , I have no doubt , constitute his last season's bed ; for the badger is a cleanly animal , and sleeping , as he does , much in the winter , prefers clean sheets when he retires to winter quarters . The ...
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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!