Irish life [by I. Butt].1840 |
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... replied , " is my name , sir ; may I ask if your visit be intended for me , though I cannot well conceive , how either my name or person should so be familiar to a stranger ? " " Young man , " he said , in somewhat of an authoritative ...
... replied , " is my name , sir ; may I ask if your visit be intended for me , though I cannot well conceive , how either my name or person should so be familiar to a stranger ? " " Young man , " he said , in somewhat of an authoritative ...
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... replied in a tone , the haughtiness of which indicated but little respect for the assumed authority of my visitor- " However that may be , sir , this appears to me , not a very fit place for conversation with a stranger . May I beg you ...
... replied in a tone , the haughtiness of which indicated but little respect for the assumed authority of my visitor- " However that may be , sir , this appears to me , not a very fit place for conversation with a stranger . May I beg you ...
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... replied , that I was convinced of his perfect honour and fairness , and added , “ I feel proud to say , Mr. M'Cullagh is my most intimate friend ; but give me leave to add , that if the object of your calling upon me in this secret way ...
... replied , that I was convinced of his perfect honour and fairness , and added , “ I feel proud to say , Mr. M'Cullagh is my most intimate friend ; but give me leave to add , that if the object of your calling upon me in this secret way ...
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... replied , " I never heard any very distinct reason assigned by him , except a pre- ference , a not unnatural one , for his native country ; beyond this , I should not conceive him to have any very definite motive himself in the ...
... replied , " I never heard any very distinct reason assigned by him , except a pre- ference , a not unnatural one , for his native country ; beyond this , I should not conceive him to have any very definite motive himself in the ...
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... replied . " Well then , am I to look upon you as his friend merely , or relative ; possibly the uncle , " I said hesitatingly , " of whom he has heard ? " The stranger seemed embarrassed , but quickly replied , " The friend , most ...
... replied . " Well then , am I to look upon you as his friend merely , or relative ; possibly the uncle , " I said hesitatingly , " of whom he has heard ? " The stranger seemed embarrassed , but quickly replied , " The friend , most ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 88 - O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Página 170 - Welcome to their roar ! Swift be their guidance, wheresoe'er it lead ! Though the strain'd mast should quiver as a reed, And the rent canvas fluttering strew the gale, Still must I on ; for I am as a weed, Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam to sail Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail.
Página 354 - As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true: They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast: ' In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our private ends; While nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.
Página 266 - Oh, sweet's the cup that circles then To those we've left behind us ! And when, in other climes, we meet Some isle or vale enchanting, Where all looks...
Página 280 - In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear: Those days are gone — but Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but Nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy!
Página 33 - Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.) Boast not my fall (he cry'd) insulting foe ! Thou by some other shalt be laid as low.
Página 280 - She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers...
Página 174 - Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? By their right arms the conquest must be wrought? Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye ? No ! True, they may lay your proud despoilers low, But not for you will freedom's altars flame.
Página 344 - The rich buffet well-coloured serpents grace, And gaping Tritons spew to wash your face. Is this a dinner? this a genial room? No, 'tis a temple, and a hecatomb.
Página 307 - My tables, — meet it is, I set it down, That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain; At least, I am sure, it may be so in Denmark : [ Writing. So, uncle, there you are. Now to my word ; It is, Adieu, adieu ! remember me.