A month in Mayo. With miscellaneous papers1876 |
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... half - starved Irish retriever , a yellowish- brown , curly - haired beast , with hazel eyes and a sandy top - knot , a member of perhaps the wisest race of dogs in existence . " Well , Larry , what is it ? What scrape have you been ...
... half - starved Irish retriever , a yellowish- brown , curly - haired beast , with hazel eyes and a sandy top - knot , a member of perhaps the wisest race of dogs in existence . " Well , Larry , what is it ? What scrape have you been ...
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... half- frozen , half - rotten , ten - days - from - the - water fish , not uncommonly a kelt , which is sold at a fabulous price in London , and eaten with its rich adjunct of lobster sauce and dressed cucumber , can form the least idea ...
... half- frozen , half - rotten , ten - days - from - the - water fish , not uncommonly a kelt , which is sold at a fabulous price in London , and eaten with its rich adjunct of lobster sauce and dressed cucumber , can form the least idea ...
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... , and fowl , salmon , chops , and grouse , tea and coffee , eggs , milk , and honey ; conspicuous above all , the bright shells of half a dozen small lobsters , peeping with their round black eyes 14 " THE SMALL STILL . ”
... , and fowl , salmon , chops , and grouse , tea and coffee , eggs , milk , and honey ; conspicuous above all , the bright shells of half a dozen small lobsters , peeping with their round black eyes 14 " THE SMALL STILL . ”
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... pool Jemmy , the under keeper , was to meet us with the fishing- rods , and Miss Honor half promised to accompany him and give me my first lesson in the art and mystery of throwing a fly . Of fishing , save " THE SMALL STILL . ” 15.
... pool Jemmy , the under keeper , was to meet us with the fishing- rods , and Miss Honor half promised to accompany him and give me my first lesson in the art and mystery of throwing a fly . Of fishing , save " THE SMALL STILL . ” 15.
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... floor of their wretched cage in the Zoological Gardens . Let the situation of the nest , however , be what it may , the materials and the construction are the same . four half - fledged young ones , I could hardly 18 " THE SMALL STILL . "
... floor of their wretched cage in the Zoological Gardens . Let the situation of the nest , however , be what it may , the materials and the construction are the same . four half - fledged young ones , I could hardly 18 " THE SMALL STILL . "
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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!