Captain O'Sullivan; Or, Adventures, Civil, Military, and Matrimonial, of a Gentleman on Half PayH. Colburn, 1846 |
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25. oldal
... fear of spoiling Biddy's match with the ommadawn they had humbugged , I agreed , and retired under a shower of blessings richer by two bullocks and five pounds — and of all days in the year , I was on that one as harm- less as a ...
... fear of spoiling Biddy's match with the ommadawn they had humbugged , I agreed , and retired under a shower of blessings richer by two bullocks and five pounds — and of all days in the year , I was on that one as harm- less as a ...
37. oldal
... fear of encountering the old gentleman some night upon the highway , to re - demand a false levy - the Easter offerings and Connemara stocking ? " - " None in the world , " returned Mr. Egan . 66 Then you are a brave man . ” " I never ...
... fear of encountering the old gentleman some night upon the highway , to re - demand a false levy - the Easter offerings and Connemara stocking ? " - " None in the world , " returned Mr. Egan . 66 Then you are a brave man . ” " I never ...
64. oldal
William Hamilton Maxwell. patient , and hastened from an examination which confirmed his worst fears , and told him that hope was over . " And yet she looked so much better last evening . The rose coloured her pale cheek , and ...
William Hamilton Maxwell. patient , and hastened from an examination which confirmed his worst fears , and told him that hope was over . " And yet she looked so much better last evening . The rose coloured her pale cheek , and ...
71. oldal
... fear I am . " " Not if you take the short process that I'll recommend you . " “ I am all attention , " I replied . " Have you a book ? as the turf people call it . " " No. " " Make one immediately . " I shook my head . " Do you ? " and ...
... fear I am . " " Not if you take the short process that I'll recommend you . " “ I am all attention , " I replied . " Have you a book ? as the turf people call it . " " No. " " Make one immediately . " I shook my head . " Do you ? " and ...
100. oldal
... fear it would go off by accident ) — Patsey , in the mean time , tucks his cota more under his arm , and away he goes - and by the time we arrive , the doors are locked , and cloot or horn is not on the bailiwick , but grazing quietly ...
... fear it would go off by accident ) — Patsey , in the mean time , tucks his cota more under his arm , and away he goes - and by the time we arrive , the doors are locked , and cloot or horn is not on the bailiwick , but grazing quietly ...
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acquaintance alarm appeared Arrah beauty blessed Bob Howard Bomont Captain Callaghan Carlotta Castana Charley Ormsby Chevalier Colonel companion d'Arlincourt dare dear devil divil Donnybrook door dos-à-dos Earl's Egan ejaculated escape eyes fair fancy father favour fear feelings followed fortune garden garotte gave gentleman Gentlemen of Verona girl glance hand happy heard heart Heaven helpmate honour horse hostess hour hurried husband hymenial inquired Irish jaunting car Jules Canet keeper Kelburn lips listened look lord marriage Mary matrimonial Mayberry ment minutes Miss mistress morning Morteeine Morteeine's murder muttered Naples never night observed ommadawn once ould passed Pauline Peter poor portmanteau racter Ranger reply retired returned ruffian Saint Patrick says scoundrel secret Shawn Crughadore Sir Cæsar smile stranger sub-sheriff Susan tell thee there's tion told took turned uncle villain voice whispered wife window Winterton woman wretch young
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107. oldal - Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night ; And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away.
177. oldal - OH ! weep for the hour, When to Eveleen's bower The Lord of the Valley with false vows came ; The moon hid her light From the heavens that night, And wept behind her clouds o'er the maiden's shame. The clouds...
82. oldal - How beautiful she looks!— The teeming jolly Spring smiles in her blooming face, and, when she was conceived, her mother smelt to roses...
256. oldal - I'll tell thee what, my friend, He is a very serpent in my way; And wheresoe'er this foot of mine doth tread, He lies before me. Dost thou understand me? Thou art his keeper. HUBERT. And I'll keep him so That he shall not offend your Majesty.
16. oldal - ... so, that even a clergyman was not allowed to be present at the ceremony. " Whether this union might have proved fortunate, I cannot say, for it was the shortest of the whole. Mr. Mortimer, in the " Stranger," had been just reconciled to his wife, and a crowded house dissolved in tears, when a young lady stepped from the wings, tore him from the embrace of Mrs. Haller, and claimed him as her own. From a tin box she triumphantly produced a certificate of her marriage, and poor dear Mr. Mortimer...
88. oldal - ... introduction of Mr. Sparks. He is indeed a mine of information respecting everything which it is most interesting to learn of your great country ; and I am proud to tell you that he did us the favour to communicate his knowledge and his sentiments with great freedom. His very looks bespeak goodness, and the more I conversed with him the more I was struck with the candour of his mind, as well as the strength of his judgment. I had the pleasure of introducing him to several literary friends, and...
68. oldal - How cam'st thou hither, tell me, and wherefore ? The orchard walls are high and hard to climb, And the place death, considering who thou art, If any of my kinsmen find thee here. Romeo. With love's light wings did I o'er-perch these walls, For stony limits cannot hold love out, And what love can do that dares love attempt ; Therefore thy kinsmen are no let to me. Juliet. If they do see thee, they will murder thee.
289. oldal - Tis Lady Jeffreys that owns this station, Like Alexander, or Queen Helen fair ; There's no commander throughout the nation For emulation can with her compare. She has castles round her, that no nine-pounder Could dare to plunder her place of strength ; But Oliver Cromwell he did her pummel, And made a breach in her battlement.
264. oldal - Who has e'er had the luck to see Donnybrook Fair '{ An Irishman, all in his glory, is there, With his sprig of Shillelah and shamrock so green...
51. oldal - Was ever woman in this humour wooed? Was ever woman in this humour won ? I'll have her; but I will not keep her long.