The Collegians: A Tale of GarryowenRoutledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1861 - 288 էջ |
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... person so called was the owner , about half a century since , of a cottage and plot of ground on this spot , which ... persons of rank somewhat superior to that of the usual frequenters of the garden . They were the sons of the more ...
... person so called was the owner , about half a century since , of a cottage and plot of ground on this spot , which ... persons of rank somewhat superior to that of the usual frequenters of the garden . They were the sons of the more ...
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... person who was bent on a journey to the other world , could not desire a more expeditious outfit than Garryowen could now afford him , nor a more commodious choice of conveyances , from the machine on the slope above glanced at , to the ...
... person who was bent on a journey to the other world , could not desire a more expeditious outfit than Garryowen could now afford him , nor a more commodious choice of conveyances , from the machine on the slope above glanced at , to the ...
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... person whom he addressed , and the Murphys of Knockfodhra , connexions of his own . A party of young men were playing fives at a ball - alley , on the other side of the green ; and another , more numerous , and graced with many female ...
... person whom he addressed , and the Murphys of Knockfodhra , connexions of his own . A party of young men were playing fives at a ball - alley , on the other side of the green ; and another , more numerous , and graced with many female ...
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... persons who appeared in the streets as they advanced , turned short into the neighbouring by - ways to avoid the importunities which ney would be likely to incur by a contact with the multitude . But it was too late for our party to ...
... persons who appeared in the streets as they advanced , turned short into the neighbouring by - ways to avoid the importunities which ney would be likely to incur by a contact with the multitude . But it was too late for our party to ...
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... person of Mrs. Mountain , strutting among the arbours of her Persian palace in a lofty tête and hooped petticoat . There were also some family drawings done by Mrs. Daly in her school - days , of which we feel no inclination to say more ...
... person of Mrs. Mountain , strutting among the arbours of her Persian palace in a lofty tête and hooped petticoat . There were also some family drawings done by Mrs. Daly in her school - days , of which we feel no inclination to say more ...
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Էջ 1 - Cooper constructs enthralling stories, which hold us in breathless suspense, and make our brows alternately pallid with awe and terror, or flushed with powerful emotion : when once taken up, they are so fascinating, that we must perforce read on from beginning to end, panting to arrive at the thrilling denouement" — Dublin University Magazine.
Էջ 128 - Whose bosom can never recover The light it hath lost. As the young bride remembers the mother She loves, though she never may see; As a sister remembers a brother, O, dearest!
Էջ 30 - Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again: But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow...
Էջ 37 - Two blooming country girls, their hair confined with a simple black ribbon, their cotton gowns pinned up in front, so as to disclose the greater portion of the blue stuff petticoat underneath, and their countenances bright with health and laughter, ran out from a cottage door, and intercepted the progress of the travellers. The prettier of the two skipped across the road, holding between her fingers a worsted thread, while the other retained between her hands the large ball from which it had been...
Էջ 145 - I stood awhile in deep meditation, Contemplating what I should do; Till, at length, recruiting all my sensations, I thus accosted the fair Colleen rue.
Էջ 34 - Once in fair England my Blackbird did flourish, He was the chief flower that in it did spring; Prime ladies of honour his person did nourish, Because that he was the true son of a king.
Էջ 17 - And babes, sweet-smiling babes, our bed. How should I love the pretty creatures, While round my knees they fondly clung! To see them look their mother's features, To hear them lisp their mother's tongue! And when with envy time transported Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my boys.
Էջ 58 - His appearance was at once strikingly majestic and prepossessing, and the natural ease and dignity with which he entered the room might almost have become a peer of the realm coming to solicit the interest of the family for an electioneering candidate. A broad and sunny forehead, light and wavy hair, a blue cheerful eye, a nose that in Persia might have won him a throne, healthful cheeks, a mouth that was full of character, and a...