"Holland-tide": Or, Munster Popular TalesW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1827 - 378 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 25 találatból.
4. oldal
... leaves upon their stem . The stroke of the flail , and the clack of the water - mill are in his ear - the meadow - land is green and fresh with its after - grass - and the haggart , or hay - yard , is stacked into a labyrinth with hay ...
... leaves upon their stem . The stroke of the flail , and the clack of the water - mill are in his ear - the meadow - land is green and fresh with its after - grass - and the haggart , or hay - yard , is stacked into a labyrinth with hay ...
31. oldal
... leave this at Bally - Aylmer , for some one of the family there . If you will pardon the liberty of my offering it , you will do me a great service , and save me a long journey out of my way . " Aylmer readily took the letter , and in ...
... leave this at Bally - Aylmer , for some one of the family there . If you will pardon the liberty of my offering it , you will do me a great service , and save me a long journey out of my way . " Aylmer readily took the letter , and in ...
32. oldal
... leave him little hope of clearing the mountains so speedily as he in- tended , he pushed on at a vigorous rate . The storm which had been threatening , however , in a very short time burst forth in all its violence . The sky became one ...
... leave him little hope of clearing the mountains so speedily as he in- tended , he pushed on at a vigorous rate . The storm which had been threatening , however , in a very short time burst forth in all its violence . The sky became one ...
42. oldal
... Leaving his hat where it hung , in order the more effectually to baffle the suspicions which his absence might occasion , he made some trifling remark to the old woman , and passed into the air . After he had crept a few paces from the ...
... Leaving his hat where it hung , in order the more effectually to baffle the suspicions which his absence might occasion , he made some trifling remark to the old woman , and passed into the air . After he had crept a few paces from the ...
43. oldal
... leave him at a perilous disadvantage . He dashed forward on his way , however , without stopping to calculate disheartening probabili- ties , and journeyed for nearly an hour without meeting any impediment to arrest his pro- gress , or ...
... leave him at a perilous disadvantage . He dashed forward on his way , however , without stopping to calculate disheartening probabili- ties , and journeyed for nearly an hour without meeting any impediment to arrest his pro- gress , or ...
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Abbeydorney agen appearance Bally-Aylmer began beheld Brian Brian Kennedy brogues brow Brown Cahill cats cliffs countenance Darby dark daugh daughter door E'then Ellen Sparling exclaimed eyes face father fear feeling fell felt fire Fitzmaurice flung fore Foynes frieze girl glance going grey half hand Hasset head heard heart horror horse hurried instant instantly Ireland Irish Jack Jack-Edy Jerry Graham Kate Katharine Kilkee legs light Limerick lips looked MARTIN'S DAY master ment merry Milesian mind Moran morning mother Munster murder neighbour neral ness never night Norry occasion oman ould Owney Owney-na-Peak passed person pieces pzatie racter rock round scene seemed Shanagolden side silence sound spirit startled stood tell there's thing thought tion took turned twas uncon utter village voice walk white-eyes woman Yamon young
Népszerű szakaszok
378. oldal - And hang their heads with sorrow. Good grows with her; In her days every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours.
242. oldal - THE priest stood at the marriage board — The marriage cake was made, With meat the marriage chest was stored, Decked was the marriage bed. The old man sat beside the fire, The mother sat by him, The white bride was in gay attire, But her dark eye was dim. Ululah! Ululah! The night falls quick, the sun is set, Her love is on the water yet.
8. oldal - Oh, my little nothing, my pretty little nothing, What will nothing buy for my wife ? I have nothing, I spend nothing, I love nothing better than my wife.
295. oldal - He ate all, and left none behind, But some stones, dear Jack, which he could not crack, Which on the hills you will find.
170. oldal - With many a merry strain. Young boys and girls run laughing by, Their hearts and eyes elate ; I can but think on mine, and sigh, For I am desolate. There's none to watch in our old cot, Beside the holy light, No tongue to bless the silent spot Against the parting night.
5. oldal - ... destined for his use, or for that of a foreign mechanic — he never stops to anticipate in fancy, while he puts the spade for the first time into his own little half acre, and discloses the fair produce of his labour, how many calls from tithe-proctor, assessed tax-gatherer, landlord, priest & c.
335. oldal - I cannot tell how the truth may be : I say the tale as 'twas said to me.
309. oldal - Else why do men say to a creature of my shape, So soon as they see him, it's a pretty little ape?
313. oldal - Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune and do fly him When he comes back ; you demi-puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites...
170. oldal - It is a kind of impiety to snuff, touch, or use it for any profane purpose after. t It is the custom, in Irish Catholic families, to sit up till midnight on Christmas-eve, in order to join in devotion at that hour. Few ceremonies of the religion have a more splendid and imposing effect than the morning mass, which, in cities, is celebrated soou »ii« the hour alluded to, and long before day-break.