Dermot O'Brien, Or, The Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649Stringer & Townsend, 1849 - 166 pages |
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... sure foot over the slip- pery and treacherous pebbles , rushed up the channel , until , as the headmost hounds appeared on the farther side , he turned to bay in a deep narrow cove or recess of the rocks , where both his flanks were ...
... sure foot over the slip- pery and treacherous pebbles , rushed up the channel , until , as the headmost hounds appeared on the farther side , he turned to bay in a deep narrow cove or recess of the rocks , where both his flanks were ...
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... sure eye , and steadied by a re- solute and fearless heart , he counted for the nonce without his host . And yet , as it was clear to see , it was to him no new or untried manœuvre , but one which had been put in practice many times ...
... sure eye , and steadied by a re- solute and fearless heart , he counted for the nonce without his host . And yet , as it was clear to see , it was to him no new or untried manœuvre , but one which had been put in practice many times ...
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... sure escape . No escape was there for him , however . For , whether wise- ly , friendly , or no , who shall say ? -since at that moment the peril seemed at least to be over ; but certainly with swift , in- stinctive coolness , and most ...
... sure escape . No escape was there for him , however . For , whether wise- ly , friendly , or no , who shall say ? -since at that moment the peril seemed at least to be over ; but certainly with swift , in- stinctive coolness , and most ...
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... sure am I , that Jones , the Puritan , will do the same if he lay hold on me , whatever Ormond , the Catholic , may do ! " " In a bad way thou art then ! " said O'Brien , coolly ; " and very likely to be hanged , one way or other . For ...
... sure am I , that Jones , the Puritan , will do the same if he lay hold on me , whatever Ormond , the Catholic , may do ! " " In a bad way thou art then ! " said O'Brien , coolly ; " and very likely to be hanged , one way or other . For ...
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... sure- footed Irish horses . As they rode down into the lower gloom , it grew not only palpably obscure at every step , but so damp and cold from the thick mist - wreaths and spray of the torrent , that O'Neil's teeth chattered audibly ...
... sure- footed Irish horses . As they rode down into the lower gloom , it grew not only palpably obscure at every step , but so damp and cold from the thick mist - wreaths and spray of the torrent , that O'Neil's teeth chattered audibly ...
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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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