A month in Mayo. With miscellaneous papers1876 |
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... desire , and far more than I ever expected or even hoped for , from young people of both sexes , and it is to them more especially that I now commend my " MONTH IN MAYO . " THE LODGE .. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II . iv PREFACE .
... desire , and far more than I ever expected or even hoped for , from young people of both sexes , and it is to them more especially that I now commend my " MONTH IN MAYO . " THE LODGE .. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II . iv PREFACE .
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... young guest , presented by no means an ordinary appearance . He was at least six feet two in his socks , and his attire , a flowered dressing - gown reaching down to his ankles , made him look even taller than he was ; his age some ...
... young guest , presented by no means an ordinary appearance . He was at least six feet two in his socks , and his attire , a flowered dressing - gown reaching down to his ankles , made him look even taller than he was ; his age some ...
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... young sorrow , Minnie's dead . " " Yes , shure , but dadda's got a new Minnie , and she bid me bring him to yer ' onner to take the pledge . " Here entered a wild - looking man , lightly clad in what was once a shooting - jacket ...
... young sorrow , Minnie's dead . " " Yes , shure , but dadda's got a new Minnie , and she bid me bring him to yer ' onner to take the pledge . " Here entered a wild - looking man , lightly clad in what was once a shooting - jacket ...
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... young heart's affec- tions were fixed - irrevocably fixed . Laugh not , blasé boy of the 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 ...
... young heart's affec- tions were fixed - irrevocably fixed . Laugh not , blasé boy of the 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 ...
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... , make a brew for the two of us ; " and the bright girl at once busied herself in the mystic compound : it was delicious ! " And now , Honor , sing your old uncle a song . " There was no coy refusal on the young lady's part THE LODGE . II.
... , make a brew for the two of us ; " and the bright girl at once busied herself in the mystic compound : it was delicious ! " And now , Honor , sing your old uncle a song . " There was no coy refusal on the young lady's part THE LODGE . II.
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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!