A month in Mayo. With miscellaneous papers1876 |
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... rocks , and constructing huge balls of yellow - tinged foam , which floated merrily along , and , careless of the rapids which vainly sought to engulph them , circled demurely round the outer 1/2 edge of the whirlpool and sailed ...
... rocks , and constructing huge balls of yellow - tinged foam , which floated merrily along , and , careless of the rapids which vainly sought to engulph them , circled demurely round the outer 1/2 edge of the whirlpool and sailed ...
Page 17
... rocks , might readily have been crossed dry - foot by an active man ; in others , stretching over a great bank of flat shingle , it spread uncon- fined for sixty yards or more , in a uniform depth of less than a yard . In others , the ...
... rocks , might readily have been crossed dry - foot by an active man ; in others , stretching over a great bank of flat shingle , it spread uncon- fined for sixty yards or more , in a uniform depth of less than a yard . In others , the ...
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... rock , the river rolling at our feet , the blue mountains in the distance , with ample store of creature comforts , and a youthful appetite to enjoy them , a charming companion by my side , surely I had a right to feel , and felt ...
... rock , the river rolling at our feet , the blue mountains in the distance , with ample store of creature comforts , and a youthful appetite to enjoy them , a charming companion by my side , surely I had a right to feel , and felt ...
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... 'll fish fine now , Miss Honor ; and I saw a salmon rise just now , under the rock beyant there , in the ripple . " The long springy rod was speedily spliced , the reel attached , and run through the rings , a 36 MY FIRST FISH .
... 'll fish fine now , Miss Honor ; and I saw a salmon rise just now , under the rock beyant there , in the ripple . " The long springy rod was speedily spliced , the reel attached , and run through the rings , a 36 MY FIRST FISH .
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... rocks , smoke or drive them out with the terriers , shoot or course them down , was con- sidered quite legitimate ; and when it is remembered that there was no legitimate pack within a hundred miles , and that the foxes , which there ...
... rocks , smoke or drive them out with the terriers , shoot or course them down , was con- sidered quite legitimate ; and when it is remembered that there was no legitimate pack within a hundred miles , and that the foxes , which there ...
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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!