Dermot O'Brien, Or, The Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649Stringer & Townsend, 1849 - 166 pages |
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... least , in France and England . His other features , though fine and nobly - formed , were not such as would have led any one to call Florence Desmond a handsome man ; and yet there was a changeful play of expres- sion over those ...
... least , in France and England . His other features , though fine and nobly - formed , were not such as would have led any one to call Florence Desmond a handsome man ; and yet there was a changeful play of expres- sion over those ...
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... least , that this was the case ; and that out - lying bands of the kernes of the O'Brien clan were scattered throughout all the lower ranges of the hill country , with an especial view to the de- fence of the passes which led to one of ...
... least , that this was the case ; and that out - lying bands of the kernes of the O'Brien clan were scattered throughout all the lower ranges of the hill country , with an especial view to the de- fence of the passes which led to one of ...
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... 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 bring with it , as it may , life ...
... 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 bring with it , as it may , life ...
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... least emotion at the half - affectionate expostulation of his kinsman , whose generous nature , all averse naturally from suspicion , recoiled from the doubts which were so odious and repugnant to its frank spirit— " were you ever in ...
... least emotion at the half - affectionate expostulation of his kinsman , whose generous nature , all averse naturally from suspicion , recoiled from the doubts which were so odious and repugnant to its frank spirit— " were you ever in ...
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... least ; and if the morning shall prove thy 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 ...
... least ; and if the morning shall prove thy 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 ...
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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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ALEXANDRE DUMAS arms believe blazing blood brow Carnew Carysfort castle cavalier clang Colonel Desmond countess courser cousin crags cried Cromwell dark deep Dermot O'Brien door Dublin Earl of Thomond Eily enemy exclaimed eyes face Father Daly fear feet fell flashed Florence Desmond foot force gate-house gates girl glance grave hand Hardress head heard heart Henry Cromwell hill honor horse hounds Hugh O'Neil instant Irish iron Killahurler king kinsman lady less light lips looked lord malvoisie Murtough never night noble once Ormond passed pause priest Puritans rapparee ravine renegado replied ride rode Roundheads rushed scarce seemed seneschal Shamus shout side Slievh-Buy smile spoke spur stirrup stood strange stream sure sword tarry tell thee thou tidings Toledo blade Torlogh traitor Tredagh truth turned Ulick voice walls weapons wild words young earl
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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...