The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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... celebrated in the south of Ireland . He was one of that race of priests now unfortunately extinct , or very nearly so , like the old breed of wolf - dogs , in the island : I allude to those of his order who were educated abroad , before ...
... celebrated in the south of Ireland . He was one of that race of priests now unfortunately extinct , or very nearly so , like the old breed of wolf - dogs , in the island : I allude to those of his order who were educated abroad , before ...
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Francis Mahony. cold steel , else the long - dormant fires of that land celebrated in every age as a tierra del fuego may be yet rekindled , and made " red with uncommon wrath , " for your especial roast- ing . Lord Althorp is no warm ...
Francis Mahony. cold steel , else the long - dormant fires of that land celebrated in every age as a tierra del fuego may be yet rekindled , and made " red with uncommon wrath , " for your especial roast- ing . Lord Althorp is no warm ...
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... celebrated spot , in that never - sufficiently - to - be - encored song , the Groves of Blarney . But neither the stream , nor the lake , nor the castle , nor the village ( a sad ruin ! which , but for the recent establishment of a ...
... celebrated spot , in that never - sufficiently - to - be - encored song , the Groves of Blarney . But neither the stream , nor the lake , nor the castle , nor the village ( a sad ruin ! which , but for the recent establishment of a ...
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... celebrated poet is requested by your old friend and foster - brother , GEORGE KNAPP , * Mayor . * The republic of letters has great reason to complain of Dr. Maginn , for his non - fulfilment of a positive pledge to publish " a great ...
... celebrated poet is requested by your old friend and foster - brother , GEORGE KNAPP , * Mayor . * The republic of letters has great reason to complain of Dr. Maginn , for his non - fulfilment of a positive pledge to publish " a great ...
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... celebrated Knapp's prowess in a didactic composition , en- titled Dog - Killing , a Poem , in which the mayor is likened to Apollo iz the Grecian camp before Troy , in the opening of the Iliad : — Αυταρ βους πρωτον εφ ' ωκετο και ευνας ...
... celebrated Knapp's prowess in a didactic composition , en- titled Dog - Killing , a Poem , in which the mayor is likened to Apollo iz the Grecian camp before Troy , in the opening of the Iliad : — Αυταρ βους πρωτον εφ ' ωκετο και ευνας ...
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