Dermot O'Brien, Or, The Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649Stringer & Townsend, 1849 - 166 pages |
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... earl's life , such as thine , is of no small value , so do I look for no small guerdon . " " Cousin me not - for cousin am I none of thine , O'Neil ; nor cousin will be called ; for the rest , name thy price - the price of blood ; in ...
... earl's life , such as thine , is of no small value , so do I look for no small guerdon . " " Cousin me not - for cousin am I none of thine , O'Neil ; nor cousin will be called ; for the rest , name thy price - the price of blood ; in ...
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... earl looked upon the other with that air of half - scornful , half - loathing cu- riosity with which men are wont to regard some insignificant , but venomous and hateful reptile ; while O'Neil gazed stead- fastly , but gloomily , on the ...
... earl looked upon the other with that air of half - scornful , half - loathing cu- riosity with which men are wont to regard some insignificant , but venomous and hateful reptile ; while O'Neil gazed stead- fastly , but gloomily , on the ...
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... earl ; " yet little do I give heed to thy warning . But be brief , Hugh O'Neil ; for it is no slight loathing which I conquer , in holding any parley with one like thee ! " " I will be brief , O'Brien . Only hear me . " " Come near me ...
... earl ; " yet little do I give heed to thy warning . But be brief , Hugh O'Neil ; for it is no slight loathing which I conquer , in holding any parley with one like thee ! " " I will be brief , O'Brien . Only hear me . " " Come near me ...
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... earl ; " and so get on with thee ; I will interrupt thee no more . " " I will make no long tale , nor utter any protestation , " re- plied the other , gravely , but not oversubmissively . " Enough , that if I have erred , I have ...
... earl ; " and so get on with thee ; I will interrupt thee no more . " " I will make no long tale , nor utter any protestation , " re- plied the other , gravely , but not oversubmissively . " Enough , that if I have erred , I have ...
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... earl , and thought to tarry there until your joining with your people , which they told me should be ere many days . But with the dawn yestermorning , Jones broke into our quarters with his whole garrison , five thousand strong , drove ...
... earl , and thought to tarry there until your joining with your people , which they told me should be ere many days . But with the dawn yestermorning , Jones broke into our quarters with his whole garrison , five thousand strong , drove ...
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Dermot O'brien, Or the Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649 (Classic Reprint) Henry William Herbert No preview available - 2016 |
Dermot O'brien, Or the Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649 (Classic Reprint) Henry William Herbert No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 94 - Then bugle's note and cannon's roar the death-like silence broke, And with one start, and with one cry, the royal city woke.
Page 95 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes: Those scraps are good deeds past; which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
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Page 137 - God ! it is a fearful thing To see the human soul take wing In any shape, in any mood...
Page 137 - He faded, and so calm and meek, So softly worn, so sweetly weak, So tearless, yet so tender — kind, And grieved for those he left behind; With all the while a cheek whose bloom Was as a mockery of the tomb...
Page 26 - DAY set on Norham's castled steep,* And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's mountains lone : The battled towers, the donjon keep,* The loophole grates, where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone.
Page 137 - I've seen the sick and ghastly bed Of Sin delirious with its dread: But these were horrors — this was woe Unmix'd with such — but sure and slow. He faded, and so calm and meek, So softly worn, so sweetly weak, So tearless, yet so tender — kind, And grieved for those he left behind...