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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Page 27
... the humours and listen to the nauseating complaints of some an- tiquated , toothless beldam , who has undertaken to recom- mend them to her friends , and whose party they durst no more desert at cassino or whist , than a soldier his 27.
... the humours and listen to the nauseating complaints of some an- tiquated , toothless beldam , who has undertaken to recom- mend them to her friends , and whose party they durst no more desert at cassino or whist , than a soldier his 27.
Page 28
... soldier his colours in the field of battle . I have mentioned above , that the gentleman with whom I dined was a fellow - student of mine at Edinburgh , about 16 or 17 years ago - it is a melancholy proof of the uncertainty of human ...
... soldier his colours in the field of battle . I have mentioned above , that the gentleman with whom I dined was a fellow - student of mine at Edinburgh , about 16 or 17 years ago - it is a melancholy proof of the uncertainty of human ...
Page 83
... soldiers to take him on their shoulders , but , regardless of his intreaties , they ran on without giving him assistance .--- A moment afterwards , the French were on him ; they tore his gorget rudely from his breast , his sword from ...
... soldiers to take him on their shoulders , but , regardless of his intreaties , they ran on without giving him assistance .--- A moment afterwards , the French were on him ; they tore his gorget rudely from his breast , his sword from ...
Page 84
... soldier , mortally wounded , fell over him and protected him from the tread of others . He was at length in the hands of his countrymen ; by whom he was put into an hospital cart , and sent about two miles back to the Surgeons --- all ...
... soldier , mortally wounded , fell over him and protected him from the tread of others . He was at length in the hands of his countrymen ; by whom he was put into an hospital cart , and sent about two miles back to the Surgeons --- all ...
Page 85
... soldiers ; --- I was quartered in the house of an old fisherman .--- I did not , however , fare much the better for this ; whether it was that Englishmen were plenty , or fish were scarce , I seldom tasted any .--- On the 26th of ...
... soldiers ; --- I was quartered in the house of an old fisherman .--- I did not , however , fare much the better for this ; whether it was that Englishmen were plenty , or fish were scarce , I seldom tasted any .--- On the 26th of ...
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