A month in Mayo. With miscellaneous papers1876 |
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... present day ; smile not , sage of the past time : we lived in a day when chivalry , or something akin to chivalry , still existed ; when to ride across two counties to in- quire of the well - being of " the ball's fair partner , " was ...
... present day ; smile not , sage of the past time : we lived in a day when chivalry , or something akin to chivalry , still existed ; when to ride across two counties to in- quire of the well - being of " the ball's fair partner , " was ...
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... , or some over - bold young cock , was sure to be found to have tarried behind , and paid the penalty for having done so . On the present occasion Rap sat on his haunches , evidently aware that grouse were close GROUSE SHOOTING . 27.
... , or some over - bold young cock , was sure to be found to have tarried behind , and paid the penalty for having done so . On the present occasion Rap sat on his haunches , evidently aware that grouse were close GROUSE SHOOTING . 27.
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... present passable by a pony , there being , as Larry expressed it , a " bad step or two , " so we agreed to walk , sending that dis- creet attendant , with the pony , round by the river bank . We had not proceeded more than half a mile ...
... present passable by a pony , there being , as Larry expressed it , a " bad step or two , " so we agreed to walk , sending that dis- creet attendant , with the pony , round by the river bank . We had not proceeded more than half a mile ...
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... present I really think they are begging us to help their savage master out of the fix he has got into . " The cows ' demeanour , meanwhile , was as much changed as that of the bull ; they stood on the brink of the flood , lowing and ...
... present I really think they are begging us to help their savage master out of the fix he has got into . " The cows ' demeanour , meanwhile , was as much changed as that of the bull ; they stood on the brink of the flood , lowing and ...
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... present condition , he told me he had farms of from five hundred to a thousand acres let from seven to ten pounds a year . The mistakes people who are not accustomed to the peculiarities of the Irish make in this matter are ...
... present condition , he told me he had farms of from five hundred to a thousand acres let from seven to ten pounds a year . The mistakes people who are not accustomed to the peculiarities of the Irish make in this matter are ...
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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!