The Falcon Family; Or, Young Ireland: In One Volume..Chapman and Hall, 1845 - 348 pages |
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... received a few days before by Mrs. Freeman , from Mrs. Falcon , will satis- factorily show . " Broomfield , Stony - Stratford , May 25 . " MY DEAR MRS . FREEMAN , " We are all charmed to hear you are going to Plymouth next week ; the ...
... received a few days before by Mrs. Freeman , from Mrs. Falcon , will satis- factorily show . " Broomfield , Stony - Stratford , May 25 . " MY DEAR MRS . FREEMAN , " We are all charmed to hear you are going to Plymouth next week ; the ...
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... received upon a certain delicate question , there were manifest indications about the bouncing gipsy , of a nature to alarm her friends and acquaint- ance , particularly the Rev. Mr. Hobart . Falcon was alarming too , after a fashion of ...
... received upon a certain delicate question , there were manifest indications about the bouncing gipsy , of a nature to alarm her friends and acquaint- ance , particularly the Rev. Mr. Hobart . Falcon was alarming too , after a fashion of ...
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... received with open arms , except in houses where loveliness and merit are positive grounds of exclusion ; for in this world as well as in the next , are joyless mansions , not made to be lit by beauty or inhabited by worth . CHAPTER III ...
... received with open arms , except in houses where loveliness and merit are positive grounds of exclusion ; for in this world as well as in the next , are joyless mansions , not made to be lit by beauty or inhabited by worth . CHAPTER III ...
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... received with welcome , because , beside being a relative , she was pretty and entertain- ing , but as commonly parted with ( when she was not unceremoniously packed off ) with equal or greater بھی с alacrity , in consequence of an ...
... received with welcome , because , beside being a relative , she was pretty and entertain- ing , but as commonly parted with ( when she was not unceremoniously packed off ) with equal or greater بھی с alacrity , in consequence of an ...
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... received his daughter's salutations affec- tionately , but was rather laconic in returning them ; in fact , he loved to jump from his bed - room to the break- fast - table , or , as the old French proverb expresses it , " faire le saut ...
... received his daughter's salutations affec- tionately , but was rather laconic in returning them ; in fact , he loved to jump from his bed - room to the break- fast - table , or , as the old French proverb expresses it , " faire le saut ...
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acquaintance amongst Amyrald asked bards beauty Bompas Brehon Brehon law called Caravat Celt Celtic CHAPTER charming Chatworth colour Connaught Connemara cried Crispin daugh daughter dear dine dinner Dominick Moore dreamed Dublin emerald Emily Falcon England English exclaimed extravagance eyes fair fancy Freeman Gilbertine gipsy gipsy's girl glybbe Goslyn green hair Hall of Clamour hand heard Heptarchy hero Hurly O'Burly Irish John Crozier lady looked Lord Lodore Lucy Mac Flecknoe Mac Morris Miss Crozier Miss Falcon Miss Spriggs monastic Monk Moonshine Moore's never O'Harper party Paulina Peregrine Falcon perhaps poetry political Portland-place principle Puseyitical recollect replied Moore Ronald's saffron Saxon Scythian Shane shirt Skiddaw song spirit Stonehenge sweet thing thought Tierna Tigernach Mac Morris tion to-morrow Verdaunt Vernon Sharpe Vincent Mac Morris voice wild Young England Young Ireland young Mac Morris
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Page 191 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 96 - em. SONG. Who is Silvia ? what is she, That all our swains commend her ? Holy, fair, and wise is she ; The heavens such grace did lend her, That she might admired be.
Page 150 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Page 302 - A maiden never bold ; Of spirit so still and quiet, that her motion Blush'd at herself...
Page 292 - Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good! Hail, ye plebeian under-wood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay, with their grateful voice. Hail, the poor Muses...
Page 168 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath. That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 328 - How shouldst thou, fair lady, love me, Whom thou know'st thy country's foe? Thy fair words make me suspect thee: Serpents lie where flowers grow.
Page 334 - Till the Ledaean stars, so famed for love, Wonder'd at us from above! We spent them not in toys, in lusts, or wine; But search of deep philosophy, Wit, eloquence, and poetry — Arts which I loved, for they, my friend, were thine.
Page 16 - ... needles out of work-boxes with a magnet of amazing virtue, which he always carried in his waistcoat pocket. In a word, he was the darling of the darlings; secured the nurseries first, and there planted the artillery with which he often carried the dining-room ; which was, of course, the mam point.
Page 120 - Oh, blessed vision ! happy child ! Thou art so exquisitely wild : I think of thee with many fears Of what may be thy lot in future years. I thought of times when Pain might be thy guest, Lord of thy house and hospitality. And Grief, uneasy lover ! never rest But when she sat within the touch of thee.