Tales of Ireland

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W. Curry, 1834 - 366 էջ
 

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Էջ 303 - They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust.
Էջ 137 - ... credulous on the subject of shaking heads. We wish it were in our power to draw a veil, or curtain, or blind of some description, over the remnant of the tailor's narrative that is to follow ; but as it is the duty of every faithful historian to give the secret causes of appearances which the world in general do not understand, so we think it but honest to go on, impartially and faithfully, without shrinking from the responsibility that is frequently annexed to truth.
Էջ 130 - Then it must be what is termed the universal passion, Neal," observed Mr. O'Connor, " although it is the first time I have seen such an illustration of it as you present in your own person." " I wish you would advise me how to act," said Neal. " I'm as happy as a prince since I began to get fond o' them an
Էջ 142 - The tailor collected himself to make a reply; he put one leg out — the very leg which he used to show in triumph to his friend; but, alas, how dwindled! He opened his waistcoat, and lapped it round him, until he looked like a weasel on its hind legs. He then raised himself up on his tiptoes, and, in an awful whisper, replied, " No!!! the devil a bit I'm blue-moulded for want of a batin'.
Էջ 111 - Though but four feet four in height, he paced the earth with the courage and confidence of a giant; nay, one would have imagined that he walked as if he feared the world itself was about to give way under him. Let no one dare to say in future that a tailor is but the ninth part of a man. That reproach has been gloriously taken away from the character of the cross-legged corporation by Neal Malone. He has wiped it off like a stain from the collar of a second-hand coat; he has pressed this wrinkle...
Էջ 139 - Neal now turned himself, like many a sage in similar circumstances, to philosophy; that is to say, he began to shake his head upon principle, after the manner of the schoolmaster. He would, indeed, have preferred the bottle upon principle; but there was no getting at the bottle except through...
Էջ 132 - Neal, the monks of old were happy men ; they were all fat and had double chins ; and, Neal, I tell you, that all fat men are in general happy. Care cannot come at them so readily as at a thin man; before it gets through the strong outworks of flesh and blood with which they are surrounded, it becomes treacherous to its original purpose, joins the cheerful spirits it meets in the system, and dances about the heart in all the madness of mirth ; just like a sincere ecclesiastic, who comes to lecture...
Էջ 128 - They knew, indeed, that he had turned his back upon valor; but beyond this their knowledge did not extend. Neal was shrewd enough to know that what he felt must be love; nothing else could distend him with happiness until his soul felt light and bladderlike but love. As an oyster opens when expecting the tide, so did his soul expand at the contemplation...
Էջ 117 - His soul, like a sword blade too long in the scabbard, was beginning to get fuliginous by inactivity. He looked upon the point of his own needle, and the bright edge of his scissors, with a bitter pang, when he thought of the spirit rusting within him: he meditated fresh insults, studied new plans, and hunted out cunning devices for provoking his acquaintances to battle, until by degrees he began to confound his own brain, and to commit more grievous oversights in his business than ever. Sometimes...
Էջ 145 - They then separated. The tailor's vis vita: must have been powerful, or he would have died. In two years more his friends could not distinguish him from his own shadow ; a circumstance which was of great inconvenience to him. Several grasped at the hand of the shadow instead of his ; and one man was near paying it five and sixpence for making a pair of small-clothes. Neal, it is true, undeceived him with some trouble, but candidly admitted that he was not able to carry home the money. It was difficult,...

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