Sketches of History, Politics and Manners: Taken in Dublin, and the North of Ireland, in the Autumn of 1810 ...C. Cradock and W. Joy, 1811 - 294 pages |
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... happy should I feel myself , could my feeble production remove one abuse , cor- rect one error , or soften one prejudice , that keeps asunder two nations whose interests are so inseparable , and which , united by God and nature , it ...
... happy should I feel myself , could my feeble production remove one abuse , cor- rect one error , or soften one prejudice , that keeps asunder two nations whose interests are so inseparable , and which , united by God and nature , it ...
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... happy monument of his own craft , and the folly of the good people of England , who in this , as in various other instances , have proved themselves , " whatever he may be " no Solomons . - I have tried the medicine , and find it plea ...
... happy monument of his own craft , and the folly of the good people of England , who in this , as in various other instances , have proved themselves , " whatever he may be " no Solomons . - I have tried the medicine , and find it plea ...
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... happy privileges of a poet's offspring , she is never a jot the less lovely , or the less attrac- tive - she is still an overflowing fountain of sweets , a hill of perpetual love ; her food is ambrosia , and she transudes frankincense ...
... happy privileges of a poet's offspring , she is never a jot the less lovely , or the less attrac- tive - she is still an overflowing fountain of sweets , a hill of perpetual love ; her food is ambrosia , and she transudes frankincense ...
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... happy sight of my friends : un- like the bishop in the fable , they did not choose , however , to give their blessings for nothing - they hoped I would remember poor Pat , and begged a tin - penny or two , just to drink my honour's ...
... happy sight of my friends : un- like the bishop in the fable , they did not choose , however , to give their blessings for nothing - they hoped I would remember poor Pat , and begged a tin - penny or two , just to drink my honour's ...
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... happy and independent character - without money to defray the necessary expenses of a gentleman , they linger out the best years of their life in penury and sorrow ; in the most galling penury , which must display the appearance of ...
... happy and independent character - without money to defray the necessary expenses of a gentleman , they linger out the best years of their life in penury and sorrow ; in the most galling penury , which must display the appearance of ...
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