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Memoirs of Joseph Holt: General of the Irish Rebels, in 1798 - Page 189
by Joseph Holt - 1838 - 432 pages
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History of the Insurrection of the County of Wexford, A. D. 1798: Including ...

Edward Hay - Ireland - 1803 - 432 pages
...fhocked that fhe turned about to a window, holding hex hand to her face to avoid »he horrid fight. Mr. Gowan perceiving this, took the finger from his daughters, and archly dropped it into the difgufted lady's boforn. She inftantly fainted, and thus the fcene ended ! ! ! Mr. Gowan conftantly...
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The History of the Late Grand Insurrection: Or the Struggle for Liberty in ...

Ireland - 1805 - 428 pages
...to them. Misses dandled it about with senseless exultation, at which a young lady in the room was so shocked that she turned about to a window, holding...bosom. She instantly fainted, and thus the scene ended ! ! I Mr. Gowan constantly boasted of this, and other similar heroic actions, which he repeated in...
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Memoirs of William Sampson: Including Particulars of His Adventures in ...

William Sampson - Europe - 1817 - 452 pages
...to them. Misses dandled it about with senseless exultation, at which a young lady in the room was so shocked, that she turned about to a window, holding...heroic actions, which he repeated in the presence of brigadlfe major Fitzgerald, on whom he waited officially, but so fc.r from meeting his applause, the...
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The Dublin and London magazine

1825 - 508 pages
...them. Misses dandled it about with senseless exultation ; at which a young lady in the room was so shocked, that she turned about to a window, holding...She instantly fainted ; and thus the scene ended! ! !' * ' It is said that the North Cork regiment were also the inventors — but they certainly were...
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The United Irishmen, Their Lives and Times, Volume 1

Richard Robert Madden - 1842 - 328 pages
...her hands, to avoid the horrid sight. Mr. Gowan, perceiving this, took the finger from his daughter, and archly dropped it into the disgusted lady's bosom....ended ! ! ! Mr. Gowan constantly boasted of this and similar heroic actions, which he repeated in the presence of Brigade Major Fitzgerald, on whom he had...
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History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Philip Harwood - Great Britain - 1844 - 268 pages
...them, Misses dandled it about with sense-less exultation, at which a young lady in the room was so shocked that she turned about to a window, holding...archly dropped it into the disgusted lady's bosom. She * Hay, pp. 63-64. Mr. Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald, the " flogging sheriff " of Tipperary, was particularly...
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History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Philip Harwood - Great Britain - 1844 - 268 pages
...to them, Misses dandled it about with senseless exultation, at which a young lady in the room was so shocked that she turned about to a window, holding...archly dropped it into the disgusted lady's bosom. She • Hay, pp. 63-64. Mr. Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald, the " flogging sheriff " of Tipperary, was particularly...
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History of the Irish Insurrection of 1798,: Giving an Authentic Account of ...

Edward Hay - Ireland - 1847 - 452 pages
...to them. Misses dandled it about with senseless exultation, at which a young lady in the room was so shocked that she turned about to a window, holding...heroic actions, which he repeated in the presence of Brigademajor Fitzgerald, on whom he had waited officially ; but, so far from meeting with his wonted...
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History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Philip Harwood - Ireland - 1848 - 264 pages
...to them, Misses dandled it about with senseless exultation, at which a young lady in the room was so shocked that she turned about to a window, holding...archly dropped it into the disgusted lady's bosom. She * Hay, pp. 63-64. Mr. Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald, the " flogging sheriff" of Tipperary, was particularly...
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The History of Ireland,: From the Treaty of Limerick to the ..., Volume 1

John Mitchel - Ireland - 1869 - 316 pages
...to them. Misses dandled it about with senseless exultation, at which a young lady in the room was so shocked that she turned about to a window, holding...bosom. She instantly fainted, and thus the scene ended! ! ! "Having spent Friday, the 25th of May, with Mr. Turner, a magistrate of the county, at Newfort,...
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