Florence Macarthy: An Irish Tale, 3. köideHenry Colburn, 1818 |
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... Spanish priest , on whom it seems the archbishoprick of Dublin has al- ready been bestowed . This letter , with- out date , is addressed to the late Flo rence Macarthy , of Ballydab , by the style and title of the Most Excellente Earl ...
... Spanish priest , on whom it seems the archbishoprick of Dublin has al- ready been bestowed . This letter , with- out date , is addressed to the late Flo rence Macarthy , of Ballydab , by the style and title of the Most Excellente Earl ...
Page 33
... Spanish spy , grew pale . Baron Boulter left an epigram unfinished , and began to lend a serious attention ; while Lady Dunore exhausted herself in reiterated exclama- tions of amazement and consternation , " Only conceive , Georgy ...
... Spanish spy , grew pale . Baron Boulter left an epigram unfinished , and began to lend a serious attention ; while Lady Dunore exhausted herself in reiterated exclama- tions of amazement and consternation , " Only conceive , Georgy ...
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... Spanish monk , an incendiary too ; good heavens how extraordinary ! Do you know I would not for the world miss seeing yo Mateo . But pray go on . " " I believe there is little more to be added , Madam . The principal facts are before ...
... Spanish monk , an incendiary too ; good heavens how extraordinary ! Do you know I would not for the world miss seeing yo Mateo . But pray go on . " " I believe there is little more to be added , Madam . The principal facts are before ...
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... Spanish priest , upon such in- formation as his lordship certainly deemed sufficient . " " I certainly granted a warrant a few days back , " said Baron Boulter , with a look of mortification , " on informa- tions sworn by one Mr. James ...
... Spanish priest , upon such in- formation as his lordship certainly deemed sufficient . " " I certainly granted a warrant a few days back , " said Baron Boulter , with a look of mortification , " on informa- tions sworn by one Mr. James ...
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... Spanish monk ? Sure you are not implicated in this rebellion , which is found out to be no rebellion at all . " These questions were repeated by every eye , if not by every tongue . " Allow me to present my mother to you , " said Lord ...
... Spanish monk ? Sure you are not implicated in this rebellion , which is found out to be no rebellion at all . " These questions were repeated by every eye , if not by every tongue . " Allow me to present my mother to you , " said Lord ...
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amused ancient auto da fé Ballydab Baron Boulter Bhan Tierna bon-ton carthy chair Clancare's Conway Crawley coun countenance Craw Crawley's Cumhal dæmon Daly dear door Dublin Dunore castle Dunore's Earl emotion exclaimed eyes feelings Fitz Fitzwalter Florence Macarthy followed Georgy gineral hall hand handkerchief head heart interrupted Lord Ireland Irish Judge Aubrey kerchief Kerry Lady Clancare Lady Dunore Lady Georgina ladyship Larry Costello laugh look Lord Adelm Lord Fitzadelm Lord Frederick Lord Rosbrin lordship Mac Mahon Macar Madam marchioness ment mind Miss Crawley Montenay morning neral never O'Leary O'Leary's observed old Crawley ould Padreen pause person plaze your honor pray pretty prisoner rebellion replied returned round ruins scene seated shew silent singular smile Spain Spanish spirit spoke stood stranger sylph thing tion tone troth turned voice woman young Crawley
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Page 69 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 71 - Lovers, and madmen, have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact.
Page 60 - O'Leary, with a burst of emotion beyond all power of control, and darting forward, 'ay, troth is she Irish, body and soul. Irish by birth, by blood, and by descent. Irish every inch of her, heart and hand, life and land ! And though the mother that bore her was Iberian born, Bachal Essu ! she was Milesian, like herself, descended from the Tyrian Hercules ; and there she stands, the darling of the world, with the best blood of Spain and Ireland flowing through her veins. A true Irishwoman, that loves...
Page 265 - With Ireland in my heart, and epitomising something of her humour and her sufferings in my own character and story, I do trade upon the materials she furnishes me ; and turning my patriotism into pounds, shillings, and pence, endeavour, at the same moment, to serve her and support myself.
Page 58 - I saw her once Hop forty paces through the public street : And having lost her breath, she spoke, and panted, That she did make defect, perfection, And, breathless, power breathe forth.
Page 183 - Stanihurst carries the point very far in regard to the fidelity between foster brethren. ' You cannot,' says he, ' find one instance of perfidy, deceit, or treachery among them ; nay, they are ready to expose themselves to all manner of dangers for the safety of those who sucked their mother's milk ; you may beat them to a mummy, you may put them upon the rack, you may burn them on a gridiron, you may expose them to the most exquisite tortures that the cruellest tyrant can invent, yet you will never...
Page 183 - ... nay, they are ready to expose themselves to all manner of dangers for the safety of those who sucked their mother's milk ; you may beat them to a mummy, you may put them upon the rack, you may burn them on a gridiron, you may expose them to the most exquisite tortures that the cruellest tyrant can invent — yet, you will never remove them from that innate fidelity which is grafted in them ; you will never induce them to betray their duty.
Page 43 - Here again the language of the great charter is, that no freeman shall be taken or imprisoned but by the lawful judgment of his equals, or by the law of the land.
Page 94 - Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it ; Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied* night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.