Letters from Ireland, MDCCCXXXVIIR.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1838 - 436 pages |
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... side of the lock , and of whom we had got the start so completely as to leave her no reasonable chance of enjoying more than a distant sight of us during the voyage . In our But alas for all sublunary glory ! anxiety to anticipate Nora ...
... side of the lock , and of whom we had got the start so completely as to leave her no reasonable chance of enjoying more than a distant sight of us during the voyage . In our But alas for all sublunary glory ! anxiety to anticipate Nora ...
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... side the sweet green shores , like arms outspread to receive , with the national cead - mille - failte , ' the hundred thousand welcomes ' of Irish hospitality , a return- 6 6 ing friend ? No , I will not attempt it B 5 COUNTY WEXFORD . 9.
... side the sweet green shores , like arms outspread to receive , with the national cead - mille - failte , ' the hundred thousand welcomes ' of Irish hospitality , a return- 6 6 ing friend ? No , I will not attempt it B 5 COUNTY WEXFORD . 9.
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... side , and regretted my inability to take a sur- vey of the town . Our starting scene was amusing enough : the car was of very ordinary materials , and the driver presented as grotesque an object as could well be imagined . The very ...
... side , and regretted my inability to take a sur- vey of the town . Our starting scene was amusing enough : the car was of very ordinary materials , and the driver presented as grotesque an object as could well be imagined . The very ...
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... side with me , and on the other our English youth with his hatbox , and a mountain of luggage piled up between . Away we went , at a tolerably equal pace , so long as the fine level pavement of the quay lay beneath us ; but , Oh ! the ...
... side with me , and on the other our English youth with his hatbox , and a mountain of luggage piled up between . Away we went , at a tolerably equal pace , so long as the fine level pavement of the quay lay beneath us ; but , Oh ! the ...
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... side of the country ; but that was a highly Irish one . If you ask what is the distinctive mark of an Irish landscape , where the country has no particular feature of mountain , valley , or wood , I must reply , that it consists chiefly ...
... side of the country ; but that was a highly Irish one . If you ask what is the distinctive mark of an Irish landscape , where the country has no particular feature of mountain , valley , or wood , I must reply , that it consists chiefly ...
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