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... raining in the most approved Irish manner — what time it was , and , on getting her answer , she rejoined we had still three miles to cover and only eighteen minutes to do it in . The wish to oblige , and native hopefulness of ...
... raining in the most approved Irish manner — what time it was , and , on getting her answer , she rejoined we had still three miles to cover and only eighteen minutes to do it in . The wish to oblige , and native hopefulness of ...
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... rains in- cessantly . " This assertion is one of the exag- gerations incidental to ignorance or to very partial knowledge . Most persons of one's acquaintance who live habitually in London abuse the English climate , which , I humbly ...
... rains in- cessantly . " This assertion is one of the exag- gerations incidental to ignorance or to very partial knowledge . Most persons of one's acquaintance who live habitually in London abuse the English climate , which , I humbly ...
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... rain . But there is a quality of mercy in Irish showers , which are , for the most part , of the soft sort sent by southerly or westerly breezes . We had abun- dant sunshine at Killarney ; but I remember greatly enjoying a tramp in the rain ...
... rain . But there is a quality of mercy in Irish showers , which are , for the most part , of the soft sort sent by southerly or westerly breezes . We had abun- dant sunshine at Killarney ; but I remember greatly enjoying a tramp in the rain ...
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... rain is warm as an Irish welcome , and soft as an Irish smile . But by three o'clock - in Ireland the children leave school , I observed , at that early hour- the clouds melted into thin air ; and what Killarney then was for hour on ...
... rain is warm as an Irish welcome , and soft as an Irish smile . But by three o'clock - in Ireland the children leave school , I observed , at that early hour- the clouds melted into thin air ; and what Killarney then was for hour on ...
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... rains in Ireland , but Irish rain is not quite like other rain . It is , as a rule , softer than rain elsewhere ; and , if the truth must be told , I like rain , so long as one has not to say , " For the rain it raineth every day ...
... rains in Ireland , but Irish rain is not quite like other rain . It is , as a rule , softer than rain elsewhere ; and , if the truth must be told , I like rain , so long as one has not to say , " For the rain it raineth every day ...
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