University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, Volume 8W. Curry, jun., and Company, 1836 |
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... turned a moment from the gloomy contem- plation of the present condition of the country , to brighter visions of what may yet be her lot ; it needs some such relief to the eye that is called to look upon the black picture of Ireland's ...
... turned a moment from the gloomy contem- plation of the present condition of the country , to brighter visions of what may yet be her lot ; it needs some such relief to the eye that is called to look upon the black picture of Ireland's ...
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... turned for softer souls and scenes . I sought the genial noondays of the South And its empurpled sunsets , for my soul Sank in the sinking of its cell of clay , And craved the mild variety of dreams Which indolent travel in a lovely ...
... turned for softer souls and scenes . I sought the genial noondays of the South And its empurpled sunsets , for my soul Sank in the sinking of its cell of clay , And craved the mild variety of dreams Which indolent travel in a lovely ...
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... turned him agin ' humblin ' himself to the work ; but it's remarkable neither him nor the father ever let on a word about it good or bad ; only still when you'd offer the fellow a piece o ' neighbourly advice , 6 Och tundher an ' agers ...
... turned him agin ' humblin ' himself to the work ; but it's remarkable neither him nor the father ever let on a word about it good or bad ; only still when you'd offer the fellow a piece o ' neighbourly advice , 6 Och tundher an ' agers ...
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... turned into a shebeen , to take a dhrop o ' refreshment . We were gettin ' middlin pleasant , for it was comin ' on a rough night , when all at oncet a little ould man , that was sittin ' by the hob when we kem in to dhrink , raiches ...
... turned into a shebeen , to take a dhrop o ' refreshment . We were gettin ' middlin pleasant , for it was comin ' on a rough night , when all at oncet a little ould man , that was sittin ' by the hob when we kem in to dhrink , raiches ...
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... turned stag . " 66 Then , may God forgive them , " says Brian ; " for their evil thoughts- that's all I say . Now may I never lave this spot if I wouldn't sooner leap from the top , o ' that ould turret , than inform agin one that has ...
... turned stag . " 66 Then , may God forgive them , " says Brian ; " for their evil thoughts- that's all I say . Now may I never lave this spot if I wouldn't sooner leap from the top , o ' that ould turret , than inform agin one that has ...
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