Meliora, 7–8. köidePartridge & Company, 1865 |
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Page 62
... Temperance ' by anything in the quality and character of the man . Mr. Maguire now brings the man himself before us ; and the discovery thus made is to ourselves so delightful that we feel almost irresistibly impelled to offer some ...
... Temperance ' by anything in the quality and character of the man . Mr. Maguire now brings the man himself before us ; and the discovery thus made is to ourselves so delightful that we feel almost irresistibly impelled to offer some ...
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... - ment the Apostle of Temperance was visited by many of the great and distinguished of the earth , and here he exercised an hospitality which made guests without number welcome and at at home . Simple in his habits , plain ,
... - ment the Apostle of Temperance was visited by many of the great and distinguished of the earth , and here he exercised an hospitality which made guests without number welcome and at at home . Simple in his habits , plain ,
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... Temperance Mission , Mr. Maguire gives some very interesting particulars . From his earliest years it was a pleasure to him to play the host , and make his guests welcome to all that he could provide for their enjoyment . His early ...
... Temperance Mission , Mr. Maguire gives some very interesting particulars . From his earliest years it was a pleasure to him to play the host , and make his guests welcome to all that he could provide for their enjoyment . His early ...
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... of Dean Collins , the parish priest of N. Finn Barr's . Having heard the story , the Dean , then in his seventieth year , said , ' It was a suggestion 6 of Commencement of His Temperance Work . 77 of the Evil 76 Father Mathew .
... of Dean Collins , the parish priest of N. Finn Barr's . Having heard the story , the Dean , then in his seventieth year , said , ' It was a suggestion 6 of Commencement of His Temperance Work . 77 of the Evil 76 Father Mathew .
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... Temperance . ' It was not until the 47th year of his age that Father Mathew commenced his great Temperance Mission . Long before this , a fellow member of the Board of Governors of the Cork House of Industry , William Martin , one of ...
... Temperance . ' It was not until the 47th year of his age that Father Mathew commenced his great Temperance Mission . Long before this , a fellow member of the Board of Governors of the Cork House of Industry , William Martin , one of ...
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Page 69 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Page 74 - Poor stuff! No, sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Page 38 - His father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore by some of the neighbours that when he was a boy he exercised his father's trade, but when he killed a calf he would do it in a high style, and make a speech.
Page 37 - I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.
Page 37 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an. open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
Page 113 - All things are full of labour ; man cannot utter it : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Page 26 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 29 - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Page 38 - Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances.
Page 42 - To leave for nothing all thy sum of good; For nothing this wide universe I call Save thou, my rose; in it thou art my all.