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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... less a person than a great Birmingham gunsmith , and , as the waiter told me , worth upwards of fifty thousand pounds - wealth being the only stan- dard by which a man is estimated here ; seeing me , however , look rather disconsolate ...
... less a person than a great Birmingham gunsmith , and , as the waiter told me , worth upwards of fifty thousand pounds - wealth being the only stan- dard by which a man is estimated here ; seeing me , however , look rather disconsolate ...
Page 13
... less numerous , and would fill a much larger volume than this- they are written in the breast of the widow and the orphan , in the heart that melts , in the eye that overflows at his ap- proach- " When the ear heard him , then it ...
... less numerous , and would fill a much larger volume than this- they are written in the breast of the widow and the orphan , in the heart that melts , in the eye that overflows at his ap- proach- " When the ear heard him , then it ...
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... 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 ! Would some such had been in our cabin , 14.
... 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 ! Would some such had been in our cabin , 14.
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... less , as he was associated with more ; and , though his jokes were always relished , his physic was often given to the dogs . - Doctor Johnson has remarked , that a book might be made on the fortunes of physi- cians in large towns ; my ...
... less , as he was associated with more ; and , though his jokes were always relished , his physic was often given to the dogs . - Doctor Johnson has remarked , that a book might be made on the fortunes of physi- cians in large towns ; my ...
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... less me- lancholy ; some were drowned , some lost their lives in the yel- low fever , others in duels , and another because he could not get leave to fight one he was a young high - spirited West In- dian : -a short time after his ...
... less me- lancholy ; some were drowned , some lost their lives in the yel- low fever , others in duels , and another because he could not get leave to fight one he was a young high - spirited West In- dian : -a short time after his ...
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