A month in Mayo. With miscellaneous papers1876 |
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... throw in an additional handful of salt : this will form a sort of crust , into which plunge the slices . Serve up , with the liquor in which they were boiled for sauce . " " Can ye fish , Charlie ? " asked my 10 THE LODGE .
... throw in an additional handful of salt : this will form a sort of crust , into which plunge the slices . Serve up , with the liquor in which they were boiled for sauce . " " Can ye fish , Charlie ? " asked my 10 THE LODGE .
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... sort of hut , or cave , filled with smoke , through which a turf fire , ap- parently distant , but within a few feet of my nose , glared red and angry , like the sun through a November fog in London . As my smarting eyes accommodated ...
... sort of hut , or cave , filled with smoke , through which a turf fire , ap- parently distant , but within a few feet of my nose , glared red and angry , like the sun through a November fog in London . As my smarting eyes accommodated ...
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... sort of pot or caldron beneath which the turf fire was lighted , were sufficient of themselves to affect inconveniently any ordinary brain . His greeting , however , though rough , was , as is always the case with the Irish peasant ...
... sort of pot or caldron beneath which the turf fire was lighted , were sufficient of themselves to affect inconveniently any ordinary brain . His greeting , however , though rough , was , as is always the case with the Irish peasant ...
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... some fifteen yards from where I stood and fell light as thistle- down a few feet above the spot where the fish had been seen to rise . As it touched the surface a sort of wave , self - formed apparently , advanced towards 38 MY FIRST FISH .
... some fifteen yards from where I stood and fell light as thistle- down a few feet above the spot where the fish had been seen to rise . As it touched the surface a sort of wave , self - formed apparently , advanced towards 38 MY FIRST FISH .
Page 44
... sort of " wha ' daur meddle wi ' me " air , uttered 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 ...
... sort of " wha ' daur meddle wi ' me " air , uttered 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 ...
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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!