Irish life [by I. Butt].1840 |
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... that wisely - imagined introduction to a learned profession , provided by sapient legisla- tion as a guarantee for the fitness and capability of those to whose protection the lives and fortunes of their 10 IRISH LIFE .
... that wisely - imagined introduction to a learned profession , provided by sapient legisla- tion as a guarantee for the fitness and capability of those to whose protection the lives and fortunes of their 10 IRISH LIFE .
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... tion most suited to the full flow of memory and reflection ; the letter lay upon the table before me , the unsnuffed candles burned in their sockets , the lazy fire scarce smouldered in the grate , the half- smoked cigar had fallen from ...
... tion most suited to the full flow of memory and reflection ; the letter lay upon the table before me , the unsnuffed candles burned in their sockets , the lazy fire scarce smouldered in the grate , the half- smoked cigar had fallen from ...
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... tion for cold calculation . To rescue from possible degradation here , and eternal ruin hereafter , one , that amid misfortune commanded respect , did not to me , in the youthful wisdom of nineteen , seem to clash with the canons of ...
... tion for cold calculation . To rescue from possible degradation here , and eternal ruin hereafter , one , that amid misfortune commanded respect , did not to me , in the youthful wisdom of nineteen , seem to clash with the canons of ...
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... tion ; as one expecting some disastrous intelli- gence , and nerving himself for it , rather than with the impatience of curiosity , he slowly broke the seal . What effects its perusal produced I did not observe , having turned away ...
... tion ; as one expecting some disastrous intelli- gence , and nerving himself for it , rather than with the impatience of curiosity , he slowly broke the seal . What effects its perusal produced I did not observe , having turned away ...
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... the potent influence of wine ; and so far a contradic- tion to the in vino veritas doctrine , which else holds good almost universally . In the course of time , a so - called supper having appeared , and in 52 IRISH LIFE .
... the potent influence of wine ; and so far a contradic- tion to the in vino veritas doctrine , which else holds good almost universally . In the course of time , a so - called supper having appeared , and in 52 IRISH LIFE .
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance altogether amongst appearance arrival assure attention Aurelian better called Captain Barry carriage character command consequence course court Cullen dear dinner door doubt Dublin Duffy Emily exclaimed father feel fellow Foster Gautois gentleman George Green Gerald give Halford hand head heard Highbred honour hope horse hour Ireland kind Kinnegad knew lady Lieutenant look Lord Lord Lieutenant Lord Mowbray loud M'Cullagh ma'am matter means ment mind Miss Crossley Miss Moville morning Morton Castle nature never O'Donnell O'Donnell's O'Reilly once Oswin party passed person Pertinax pleasure Polesworth political poor position present proceeded replied respect Rooney scarcely scene Secretary at War seemed servant sincere Sir Charles Tarleton Sir Morton Moville Sleekly sort stranger sufficiently tell thing thought Timothy Timothy O'Neil tion told turned Tyrawley Wakefield Watkins whilst whole Wigton wish young
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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.