Dermot O'Brien, Or, The Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649 |
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... less time than it has taken to describe it ; and one , a superb jet - black bloodhound , of the true Talbot breed , " crook - kneed and dew - lipped , like Thessalian bulls , " which had fastened on his neck , narrowly missing the ...
... less time than it has taken to describe it ; and one , a superb jet - black bloodhound , of the true Talbot breed , " crook - kneed and dew - lipped , like Thessalian bulls , " which had fastened on his neck , narrowly missing the ...
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... less time than it has taken to de- scribe , and while the dogs tore and mangled the carcass of the dead hart unheeded , applied himself actively and skilfully to restore the suspended animation of the cavalier - though there was a ...
... less time than it has taken to de- scribe , and while the dogs tore and mangled the carcass of the dead hart unheeded , applied himself actively and skilfully to restore the suspended animation of the cavalier - though there was a ...
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... less that I owe thee a life ! " A long pause followed , during which the young earl looked upon the other with that air of half - scornful , half - loathing cu- riosity with which men are wont to regard some insignificant , but venomous ...
... less that I owe thee a life ! " A long pause followed , during which the young earl looked upon the other with that air of half - scornful , half - loathing cu- riosity with which men are wont to regard some insignificant , but venomous ...
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... less proudly than the other , " there is no nobleness nor much manhood in taunting one who is unable to reply , or in treading upon one who is down . " " That is true , though the fiend himself had said it , " mut- tered the earl ...
... less proudly than the other , " there is no nobleness nor much manhood in taunting one who is unable to reply , or in treading upon one who is down . " " That is true , though the fiend himself had said it , " mut- tered the earl ...
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... less time than it has taken to describe the mass of mingled facts and commentaries , had extracted the truth , and skimmed over the hypocritical canting verbiage , which last he did with a bitter , but sarcastic smile . " These papers ...
... less time than it has taken to describe the mass of mingled facts and commentaries , had extracted the truth , and skimmed over the hypocritical canting verbiage , which last he did with a bitter , but sarcastic smile . " These papers ...
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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...