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... Ellinor should see him till they are prepar- mother my ed ; and I would fain speak also with Father Daly . Do you mark me , cousins ? " " Had I my will , " answered Ulick , quickly , “ I would have him aside , and that right speedily ...
... Ellinor should see him till they are prepar- mother my ed ; and I would fain speak also with Father Daly . Do you mark me , cousins ? " " Had I my will , " answered Ulick , quickly , “ I would have him aside , and that right speedily ...
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... Ellinor , " replied the boy , who was a favorite , laughing gaily . " I have heard tell that the lady's page has often more need for a close mouth than the earl's esquire . But in truth , for this time , I knew nothing of the matter . I ...
... Ellinor , " replied the boy , who was a favorite , laughing gaily . " I have heard tell that the lady's page has often more need for a close mouth than the earl's esquire . But in truth , for this time , I knew nothing of the matter . I ...
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... Ellinor Desmond was of her very noblest . Such was the girl who moved gently and tranquilly , yet with an anxious heart and downcast eye , by the side of the proud young earl ; and so fair a specimen did they present of young mortality ...
... Ellinor Desmond was of her very noblest . Such was the girl who moved gently and tranquilly , yet with an anxious heart and downcast eye , by the side of the proud young earl ; and so fair a specimen did they present of young mortality ...
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... Ellinor Desmond had selected its as her own withdrawing room , or bower - as ladies ' apartments were still sometimes called - and it was , perhaps , the only one in the castle fitted , from its seclusion and con- veniences , to be the ...
... Ellinor Desmond had selected its as her own withdrawing room , or bower - as ladies ' apartments were still sometimes called - and it was , perhaps , the only one in the castle fitted , from its seclusion and con- veniences , to be the ...
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... of the French tongue . Without pausing , however , longer than to say a kind word en passant , Ellinor Desmond and her lover passed into the lit- tle room which formed her own peculiar sanctum , and OR THE TAKING OF TREDAGH . 59.
... of the French tongue . Without pausing , however , longer than to say a kind word en passant , Ellinor Desmond and her lover passed into the lit- tle room which formed her own peculiar sanctum , and OR THE TAKING OF TREDAGH . 59.
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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.
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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...