Curran and His ContemporariesHarper & brothers, 1862 - 451 páginas |
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... doubt visible in mine . I had heard , and truly , that he was never more delightful than with half a dozen friends , after dinner , over his bottle . The hope in which I had so long reveled was realized at last - and here came this ...
... doubt visible in mine . I had heard , and truly , that he was never more delightful than with half a dozen friends , after dinner , over his bottle . The hope in which I had so long reveled was realized at last - and here came this ...
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... doubt , but it was only to the drawing - room , where , over a dessert freshly culled from his gardens , and over wines for which his board was celebrated , we passed those hours which formed an era in my life . It was the commencement ...
... doubt , but it was only to the drawing - room , where , over a dessert freshly culled from his gardens , and over wines for which his board was celebrated , we passed those hours which formed an era in my life . It was the commencement ...
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... doubt that the character of the man is often molded from the accidental impression of the childhood ; and he must have been but an inaccurate observer who did not - - trace all the maternal features in the filial piety that CURRAN AND ...
... doubt that the character of the man is often molded from the accidental impression of the childhood ; and he must have been but an inaccurate observer who did not - - trace all the maternal features in the filial piety that CURRAN AND ...
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... doubt his success would have been splendid he would have been the poorest and the most pop- ular preacher of the day . He was too independent to fawn , and had too much genius to rise - he would have been adored by the congregation ...
... doubt his success would have been splendid he would have been the poorest and the most pop- ular preacher of the day . He was too independent to fawn , and had too much genius to rise - he would have been adored by the congregation ...
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... doubt , at this moment , many men of genius among the junior fellows of the college , but they so totally attach themselves to tuition that literature is out of the question . of extenuation , that the fellows are too much occupied ...
... doubt , at this moment , many men of genius among the junior fellows of the college , but they so totally attach themselves to tuition that literature is out of the question . of extenuation , that the fellows are too much occupied ...
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Página 12 - When I remember all The friends so linked together, I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed...
Página 288 - She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying.
Página 288 - ... lived for his love, for his country he died, They were all that to life had entwined him ; Nor soon shall the tears of his country be dried, Nor long will his love stay behind him. Oh ! make her a grave where the sunbeams rest When they promise a glorious morrow ; They'll shine o'er her sleep, like a smile from the West, From her own loved island of sorrow.
Página 276 - I have always understood it to be the duty of a judge, when a prisoner has been convicted, to pronounce the sentence of the law; I have also understood that judges sometimes think it their duty to hear with patience and to speak with humanity...
Página 184 - ... the wretch that is buried a man, lies till his heart has time to fester and dissolve, and is then dug up a witness.
Página 269 - I in the most express terms deny the competency of parliament to do this act — I warn you, do not dare to lay your hand on the Constitution. I tell you that if, circumstanced as you are, you pass this act, it will be a nullity, and that no man in Ireland will be bound to obey it.
Página 282 - OH! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME. OH ! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonour'd his relics are laid : Sad, silent, and dark, be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head.
Página 178 - In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm, In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home.
Página 44 - Talk not to me of peace ! Ireland is not in a state of peace : it is smothered war. England has sown her laws like dragons...
Página 278 - I have been charged with that importance, in the efforts to emancipate my country, as to be considered the keystone of the combination of Irishmen, or, as your lordship expressed it, "the life and blood of the conspiracy.