Brallaghan: Or The DeipnosophistsE. Churton, 1845 - 336 pages |
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... star ! But our superiors sure you are , And form'd to make us blest . " L'Envoy to What once this simple shepherd said The same say I to you , fair maid , - Forgive my unconscious jest ; In thought or word , how could I vex The fairest ...
... star ! But our superiors sure you are , And form'd to make us blest . " L'Envoy to What once this simple shepherd said The same say I to you , fair maid , - Forgive my unconscious jest ; In thought or word , how could I vex The fairest ...
Page 133
... stars in Heaven . XIII . I never look on the letter H but I think of the Siamese twins , or Crofton Croker and Tom Moore - two I's ; that is , two Irishmen shaking hands over a bowl of punch , or ( what is just as likely in a pair of ...
... stars in Heaven . XIII . I never look on the letter H but I think of the Siamese twins , or Crofton Croker and Tom Moore - two I's ; that is , two Irishmen shaking hands over a bowl of punch , or ( what is just as likely in a pair of ...
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... Star of History . So exquisite was her beauty , that once , carrying the pyx in the procession of the host , at Paris , a woman , struck by the enchantments of her figure and features , burst through the surrounding crowd anxious to ...
... Star of History . So exquisite was her beauty , that once , carrying the pyx in the procession of the host , at Paris , a woman , struck by the enchantments of her figure and features , burst through the surrounding crowd anxious to ...
Page 160
... Et de γενοιτο καὶ νυξ δυω βλεπω μονους αστερας τον Εσπερον καί σε [ Epist . 50 ] , - " When it is evening , I behold two shining stars , Hesperus and you . " Never was a finer compli- ment paid to " ladye fayre . ' " " 160 BRALLAGHAN .
... Et de γενοιτο καὶ νυξ δυω βλεπω μονους αστερας τον Εσπερον καί σε [ Epist . 50 ] , - " When it is evening , I behold two shining stars , Hesperus and you . " Never was a finer compli- ment paid to " ladye fayre . ' " " 160 BRALLAGHAN .
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... star of criticism all over the world— an Oracle in America — a divinity among the literati of the East . ( Fills out another glorious glass . ) Can Tom Moore , or any other of the famous Toms of the day , hold a candle to me in any one ...
... star of criticism all over the world— an Oracle in America — a divinity among the literati of the East . ( Fills out another glorious glass . ) Can Tom Moore , or any other of the famous Toms of the day , hold a candle to me in any one ...
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Achilles Tatius afther aiquil Anacreon Ballinamona oro Barney beauty bliss BOYLE Brallaghan breast Brian O'Linn bright bright eyes bright-ey'd wine Castle Hyde charms Colla bella coorse Cork Croker Cupid darlint dear Deipnosophist Club delight divine Doctor Dreams drink enuff eyes fair Father Mahony flowers Freeholder Grake hath heart Heaven Hood Irish potheen Judy kiss ladies larned light lips LITTLE'S POEMS look Lord Maginn MARY GENTLE MILLIKIN Misther MOORE MOORE'S MELODIES never night nose nymph o'er once ould Philostratus Plagiarism poet poor preesht punch Quæ rose rosy round SABERTASH Sam Rogers shine sing SIR JOHN SUCKLING smile song soul sparkles spirit stars sweet tell thee thine thou thought thrue Tom Hood Tom Moore Venus whin whiskey WILLIAM MAGINN young γαρ δε εν εστι και μεν Ου τε Ω Λινν
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Page 296 - Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 207 - Take, oh take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn; But my kisses bring again, bring again, Seals of love, but seal'd in vain.
Page 296 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Page 304 - If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.
Page 325 - No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace, As I have seen in one autumnal face.
Page 306 - ... thought that pale decay Would steal before the steps of time, And waste its bloom away, Mary...
Page 329 - Thus sung they in the English boat, A holy and a cheerful Note, And all the way, to guide their Chime, With falling Oars they kept the time.
Page 24 - A man so various that he seems to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome.
Page 131 - No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close ; As the sun-flower turns on her god, when he sets, The same look which she turned when he rose.
Page 327 - I KNEW, by the smoke that so gracefully curled Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said, " If there's peace to be found in the world, A heart that was humble might hope for it here...