The cabinet of Irish literature, with biogr. sketches and literary notices by C.A. Read (T.P. O'Connor).Charles Anderton Read 1879 |
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... enter . At the first sound all the shield - bearers that belonged to the princes and the chief of the nobility came to the door , and there delivered their shields to the grand marshal , who , by the direction of the king- at - arms ...
... enter . At the first sound all the shield - bearers that belonged to the princes and the chief of the nobility came to the door , and there delivered their shields to the grand marshal , who , by the direction of the king- at - arms ...
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... enter into the field . But Donough replied with his usual majesty that if the law of nations had not secured him from ill treatment , he would in- stantly cut his tongue out for his insolence , and ordered him out of his presence with ...
... enter into the field . But Donough replied with his usual majesty that if the law of nations had not secured him from ill treatment , he would in- stantly cut his tongue out for his insolence , and ordered him out of his presence with ...
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... Enter THROAT the lawyer from his study ; books and bags of money on a table , a chair and a cushion . Throat . How happy are we that enjoy the law So freely as we do ; not bought and sold , But clearly given , without all base extorting ...
... Enter THROAT the lawyer from his study ; books and bags of money on a table , a chair and a cushion . Throat . How happy are we that enjoy the law So freely as we do ; not bought and sold , But clearly given , without all base extorting ...
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... Enter LADY SOMERFIELD and JUSTICE TUTCHIN . Lady S. To what extremes doth this licentious time Hurry unstayed youth ! Nor gods nor laws , Whose penal scourges are enough to save Ev'n damn'd fiends , can in this looser age Confine ...
... Enter LADY SOMERFIELD and JUSTICE TUTCHIN . Lady S. To what extremes doth this licentious time Hurry unstayed youth ! Nor gods nor laws , Whose penal scourges are enough to save Ev'n damn'd fiends , can in this looser age Confine ...
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... enter upon for some months in consequence of an attack of ague . His appointment was on the 21st ; the death of James occurred six days later , on the 27th March , 1625 . Before returning to Ireland Usher made the acquaintance of ...
... enter upon for some months in consequence of an attack of ague . His appointment was on the 21st ; the death of James occurred six days later , on the 27th March , 1625 . Before returning to Ireland Usher made the acquaintance of ...
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Page 264 - Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 264 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 267 - And steady loyalty and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found' st me poor at first and keep'st me so...
Page 264 - His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain ; The long-remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruin'd spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claim'd kindred there, and had his claims allow'd...
Page 232 - He shall not drop." said my uncle Toby, firmly. "A-well-o'day, do what we can for him, said Trim, maintaining his point,; "the poor soul will die." "He shall not die, by G— !" cried my uncle Toby. The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Page 264 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs— and God has given my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes— for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell, of all I felt, and all I saw...
Page 264 - She, wretched matron, forced, in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn; She only left of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain.
Page 248 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 264 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree ; While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending, as the old surveyed ; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round...
Page 265 - A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...