Irish Literature: Justin McCarthy, M. P., Editor in Chief, Volume 8Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Lady Gregory, Charles Welsh, James Jeffrey Roche J. D. Morris, 1904 - English literature |
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Page 2855
... Dublin , said to the driver , " Help me in , my good man , for I ' m very old . " " Begor , ma'am , " said he , " no matter what age you are , you don't look it . " No one mingles fun with flattery so genially as the Irish peasant . You ...
... Dublin , said to the driver , " Help me in , my good man , for I ' m very old . " " Begor , ma'am , " said he , " no matter what age you are , you don't look it . " No one mingles fun with flattery so genially as the Irish peasant . You ...
Page 2858
... Dublin showed me the envelope of a letter received by one of the maids of the establishment from her old mother in County Mayo . The superscription was as follows : - " For Margaret Maloney , Rotunda Hotel . All modern improvements ...
... Dublin showed me the envelope of a letter received by one of the maids of the establishment from her old mother in County Mayo . The superscription was as follows : - " For Margaret Maloney , Rotunda Hotel . All modern improvements ...
Page 2859
... Dublin , during the week of the fa- mous August Horse Show , when the Irish metropolis is crowded with visitors from every province . An elderly country gentleman , in pronounced " horsey " attire , came into the stalls ; and the " gods ...
... Dublin , during the week of the fa- mous August Horse Show , when the Irish metropolis is crowded with visitors from every province . An elderly country gentleman , in pronounced " horsey " attire , came into the stalls ; and the " gods ...
Page 2864
... Dublin - an office which he filled for many , many years - was a well - known character . Many funny stories are told of him . He was once guilty of some neglect of duty , and was summoned before the Lord Mayor , who said : " White , I ...
... Dublin - an office which he filled for many , many years - was a well - known character . Many funny stories are told of him . He was once guilty of some neglect of duty , and was summoned before the Lord Mayor , who said : " White , I ...
Page 2879
... Dublin in 1789. His father , James Petrie , was a noted portrait painter and a man of much intellect and culture . Mr. Whyte of Dublin , who taught Sheridan and Moore , had charge of his early education . He was intended for a surgeon ...
... Dublin in 1789. His father , James Petrie , was a noted portrait painter and a man of much intellect and culture . Mr. Whyte of Dublin , who taught Sheridan and Moore , had charge of his early education . He was intended for a surgeon ...
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Page 3226 - My uncle Toby went to his bureau, put his purse into his breeches pocket, and having ordered the Corporal to go early in the morning for a physician, he went to bed and fell asleep.
Page 3015 - Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them, Volleyed and thundered ; Stormed at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell...
Page 3220 - It was not till my uncle Toby had knocked the ashes out of his third pipe that corporal Trim returned from the inn, and gave him the following account : —
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Page 2891 - In the production of Washington, it does really appear as if Nature was endeavoring to improve upon herself, and that all the virtues of the ancient world were but so many studies preparatory to the patriot of the new.
Page 3226 - He shall not drop." said my uncle Toby, firmly. "A-well-o'day, do what we can for him, said Trim, maintaining his point,; "the poor soul will die." "He shall not die, by G— !" cried my uncle Toby. The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Page 3071 - Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade : " ' Whose eloquence — brightening whatever it tried, Whether reason or fancy, the gay or the grave, — Was as rapid, as deep, and as brilliant a tide, As ever bore Freedom aloft on its wave...
Page 3014 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die : Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them...