The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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Francis Mahony. and from that evil hour no beef or pork would be suffered by the wild natives to go over to your English markets ; and the export of provisions would be discontinued by a people that had unlearned the lessons of ...
Francis Mahony. and from that evil hour no beef or pork would be suffered by the wild natives to go over to your English markets ; and the export of provisions would be discontinued by a people that had unlearned the lessons of ...
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... dangerous hint , which we gave him in an evil hour , the judicious reader will soon find out . Here is the com . munication . May 1 1834 . OLIVER YORKE Furnival's Inn , April 14 . ACKNOWLEDGING the receipt of A PLEA FOR PILGRIMAGES . 31.
... dangerous hint , which we gave him in an evil hour , the judicious reader will soon find out . Here is the com . munication . May 1 1834 . OLIVER YORKE Furnival's Inn , April 14 . ACKNOWLEDGING the receipt of A PLEA FOR PILGRIMAGES . 31.
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... hours to flow , than any save a higher and a holier page , a writer who , like the autumnal meteor of his own North , has illumined the dull horizon of these latter days with a fancy ever varied and radiant with joyfulness , -one who ...
... hours to flow , than any save a higher and a holier page , a writer who , like the autumnal meteor of his own North , has illumined the dull horizon of these latter days with a fancy ever varied and radiant with joyfulness , -one who ...
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... hours beguiled . " GOLDSMITH . BEFORE we resume the thread ( or yarn ) of Frank Cress- well's narrative concerning the memorable occurrences which took place at Blarney , on the remarkable occasion of Sir Walter Scott's visit to " the ...
... hours beguiled . " GOLDSMITH . BEFORE we resume the thread ( or yarn ) of Frank Cress- well's narrative concerning the memorable occurrences which took place at Blarney , on the remarkable occasion of Sir Walter Scott's visit to " the ...
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... hour ! " Oh ! the muse shed a tear When the cruel auctioneer , With a hammer in his hand , to sweet Blarney came ! Lady Jeffery's ghost Left the Stygian coast , And shriek'd the live - long night for her grandson's shame . The Vandal's ...
... hour ! " Oh ! the muse shed a tear When the cruel auctioneer , With a hammer in his hand , to sweet Blarney came ! Lady Jeffery's ghost Left the Stygian coast , And shriek'd the live - long night for her grandson's shame . The Vandal's ...
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