Irish Wit & Humor: Containing the Best Sayings of All Irish Speakers and the Efforts...of All Famous Irish Dialect Writers; Classified Under Appropriate Subject Headings, Together with a Reference Table of AuthorsF. J. Drake, 1908 - 151 oldal |
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148. oldal - than I can say ; I never remember any weather that was not too hot, or too cold ; too wet, or too dry ; but, however, God Almighty contrives it, at the end of the year, 'tis all very well.
92. oldal - Then the hangman dhrew near, an' the people grew still, Young faces turned sickly, and warm hearts turn chill ; An' the rope bein' ready, his neck was made bare, For the gripe iv the life-strangling chord to prepare ; An' the good priest has left him, havin
88. oldal - Before GOD and the world I would answer you, no ! But if you would ask me, as I think it like, If in the rebellion I carried a pike, An' fought for ould Ireland from the first to the close, An...
55. oldal - " The curse o' Crum'll on you ! in the bottles." " Is this it, sir ? " said Andy, producing a bottle of ale. " No, bad cess to you ! — the little bottles.
89. oldal - Then the silence was great, and the jury smiled bright, An' the judge wasn't sorry the job was made light ; By my sowl, it's himself was the crabbed ould chap ! In a twinklin' he pulled on his ugly black cap. Then SHAMUS' mother in the crowd standin...
91. oldal - From thought, labor, and sorrow, forever shall rest. Then, mother, my darlin', don't cry any more, Don't make me seem broken, in this, my last hour, For I wish, when my head 's lyin' undher the raven, No thrue man can say that I died like a craven! " Then towards the Judge SHAMUS bent down his head, An' that minute the solemn death-sentence was said. The mornin' was bright, an' the mists rose on high, An...
148. oldal - That is more," rejoined Swift, " than I can say. I never remember any weather that was not too hot or too cold, too wet or too dry ; but, however God Almighty contrives it, at the end of the year 'tis all very well.
37. oldal - Curran was engaged in a legal argument ; behind him stood his colleague, a gentleman whose person was remarkably tall and slender, and who had originally intended to take orders. The judge observing that the case under discussion involved a question of ecclesiastical law — " Then," said Curran, " I can refer your lordship to a high authority behind me, who was once intended for the church, though in my opinion he was fitter for the steeple.
38. oldal - I see the motion of his lordship's head ; common observers might imagine that implied a difference of opinion, but they would be mistaken ; it is merely accidental. Believe me, gentlemen, if you remain...
83. oldal - An' because they loved Erin, an' scorned to sell it, A prey for the bloodhound, a mark for the bullet— Unsheltered by night, and unrested by day, With the heath for their barrack, revenge for their pay; An' the bravest an' hardiest boy iv them all Was SHAMUS O'BRIEN, from the town iv Glingall.