The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, and His Man Mark Antony O'Toole: With IllustrationsD. Appleton & Company, 1843 - 412 páginas |
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... voice of my villain servant ; ' I would not miss it for a ten - pound note . He thought to give me the slip - put me on a wrong scent , and sent me with a letter . He asked me a question about bridling a horse , and that betrayed his ...
... voice of my villain servant ; ' I would not miss it for a ten - pound note . He thought to give me the slip - put me on a wrong scent , and sent me with a letter . He asked me a question about bridling a horse , and that betrayed his ...
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... voice , redolent of the richness of the Shannon . " Advance , friend , and give the countersign , " returned my father , whose phraseology , from military habitude , still retained the parlance of the camp . " Countersign ! " responded ...
... voice , redolent of the richness of the Shannon . " Advance , friend , and give the countersign , " returned my father , whose phraseology , from military habitude , still retained the parlance of the camp . " Countersign ! " responded ...
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... voice which induced the chief butler to recede some paces backwards , - " dare you , a menial , prescribe to me , your master , who shall be received and who rejected ? Tell me that a comrade shall be turned from my door , and recommend ...
... voice which induced the chief butler to recede some paces backwards , - " dare you , a menial , prescribe to me , your master , who shall be received and who rejected ? Tell me that a comrade shall be turned from my door , and recommend ...
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... voice failed totally , " continued the lady , " she said that the child was still unchristened , and prayed that rite might be performed when convenient . " " There will be no difficulty in complying with her request , " replied my ...
... voice failed totally , " continued the lady , " she said that the child was still unchristened , and prayed that rite might be performed when convenient . " " There will be no difficulty in complying with her request , " replied my ...
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... voice replied , " I beg your honour's pardon , it's me , Mary Halligan . My mother - in - law won't put over the night . She wants to see his reverence in private , and sent me with some lines to the priest . None of the boys would ...
... voice replied , " I beg your honour's pardon , it's me , Mary Halligan . My mother - in - law won't put over the night . She wants to see his reverence in private , and sent me with some lines to the priest . None of the boys would ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
acquaintance afterwards appearance arms Arrah better blessed Bromley Hall called Cammaran captain chasse-marée Clifford Clifford Park Colonel La Coste commander companion dark dead death devil Dick divil door Empecinado enemy England escape exclaimed eyes fancy father fire followed fortune fosterer French frigate gallant gentleman girl guerilla hand Hartley head heard heart Heaven Hector honest honour horse host hour hurried inquired Irish Isidora Juan Diez Julia Julius Cæsar lady light looked Lord Wellington luck Mark Antony Mary matter minutes morning mother murder never night O'Halloran observed once ould partida passed Peter Crotty poor posada present priest quaker quarter-master ratcatcher regiment replied retired returned road ruffian safe San Sebastian says scoundrel seemed Shemus Sloman smile soldier Soult stranger supper tell there's thing thou told took turned Urumea village voice voltigeur whispered William Rawlings woman ye'r young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 353 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street: On with the dance! let joy be unconfined: No sleep till morn when youth and pleasure meet, To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.
Página 225 - Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child ! Ada! sole daughter of my house and heart? When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled, And then we parted, — not as now we part, But with a hope. — Awaking with a start, The waters heave around me; and on high The winds lift up their voices: I depart, Whither I know not; but the hour's gone by, When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye.
Página 103 - O, heaven, that such companions thou'dst unfold; And put in every honest hand a whip, To lash the rascal naked through the world, Even from the east to the west ! Emil.
Página 342 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter*, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
Página 176 - Caesar shall forth. The things that threatened me, Ne'er looked but on my back ; when they shall see The face of Caesar, they are vanished.
Página 193 - And marshal me to knavery: Let it work; For 'tis the sport, to have the engineer Hoist with his own petar...
Página 73 - And, not thinking at all about little Jackdaws, Deposits it straight by the side of his plate, While the nice little boys on his Eminence wait; Till, when nobody's dreaming of any such thing, That little Jackdaw hops off with the ring ! There's a cry and a shout, and a deuce of a rout...
Página 304 - Bring forth the horse !' — the horse was brought ; In truth he was a noble steed, A Tartar of the Ukraine breed, Who look'd as though the speed of thought Were in his limbs : but he was wild, Wild as the wild deer, and untaught, With spur and bridle Undefiled...
Página 43 - I ran it through, even from my boyish days To the very moment that he bade me tell it : Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hairbreadth scapes i...
Página 317 - With ajl the excesses of plunder, they mingled the most degrading and horrible debauchery. Neither nobility of blood, nor the innocence of youth, nor the- tears of beauty, were respected. The licentiousness was cruel and boundless ; but it was inevitable in a savage war, in which sixteen different nations, opposite in their manners and their language, thought themselves at liberty to commit every crime, fully persuaded that all their disorders would be attributed to the nation alone*.