Dermot O'Brien, Or, The Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649Stringer & Townsend, 1849 - 166 pages |
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... tidings . " By all my hopes of pardon ! -by all my trust in God ! " ex- claimed O'Neil , solemnly . " In which God , O'Neil ? " asked Dermot , again speaking with a sneer ; for involuntary suspicion crept into his mind when- ever he ...
... tidings . " By all my hopes of pardon ! -by all my trust in God ! " ex- claimed O'Neil , solemnly . " In which God , O'Neil ? " asked Dermot , again speaking with a sneer ; for involuntary suspicion crept into his mind when- ever he ...
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... tidings be true , protec- tion at least , if we may not give friendship ! If false , a halter ! For to - night , therefore , you are safe as a hostage , and every hostage is a guest ; so be our guest to - night , O'Neil — let to- morrow ...
... tidings be true , protec- tion at least , if we may not give friendship ! If false , a halter ! For to - night , therefore , you are safe as a hostage , and every hostage is a guest ; so be our guest to - night , O'Neil — let to- morrow ...
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... tidings true , and that thou hast in all sincerity returned to the true faith , from which an evil hour and a false villain's tongue seduced thee - in all sincerity returned to the service of thy country and thy king , never was erring ...
... tidings true , and that thou hast in all sincerity returned to the true faith , from which an evil hour and a false villain's tongue seduced thee - in all sincerity returned to the service of thy country and thy king , never was erring ...
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... tidings ; and yet I think he dare not attempt such deceit , nor can I see his motives . " " I do believe his tidings , Dermot , " answered his friend ; " though no man can say what may or may not be his motives ; and as for daring , I ...
... tidings ; and yet I think he dare not attempt such deceit , nor can I see his motives . " " I do believe his tidings , Dermot , " answered his friend ; " though no man can say what may or may not be his motives ; and as for daring , I ...
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... tidings of my ap- proaching marriage have had far more to do with his coming hither , than any mutiny of Ironsides in Hyde Park , or sally of Jones from Dublin , or sailing of the arch fiend Cromwell- whom may the Lord confound ! -from ...
... tidings of my ap- proaching marriage have had far more to do with his coming hither , than any mutiny of Ironsides in Hyde Park , or sally of Jones from Dublin , or sailing of the arch fiend Cromwell- whom may the Lord confound ! -from ...
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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...
Page 41 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
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...