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... wild , open country , in one of the south - eastern counties of Ireland . For miles and miles over which the eye extended , not a sign of a human habitation , or of man's handiwork , was visible ; unless these were to be found in the ...
... wild , open country , in one of the south - eastern counties of Ireland . For miles and miles over which the eye extended , not a sign of a human habitation , or of man's handiwork , was visible ; unless these were to be found in the ...
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... wild , spirit - stirring , yet half - discordant music . Still , however , it came nigher and more nigh , pealing up to the ear , had there been any human ear to listen it , until the shrill , sharp , savage trebles , and the deeper ...
... wild , spirit - stirring , yet half - discordant music . Still , however , it came nigher and more nigh , pealing up to the ear , had there been any human ear to listen it , until the shrill , sharp , savage trebles , and the deeper ...
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... wild strange cry - half bray , half bellow , reared himself erect on his hind legs , rampant in glorious triumph , and tossed " his horned frontlet to the skies , " preparatory , as he deemed , doubtless , to swift and sure escape . No ...
... wild strange cry - half bray , half bellow , reared himself erect on his hind legs , rampant in glorious triumph , and tossed " his horned frontlet to the skies , " preparatory , as he deemed , doubtless , to swift and sure escape . No ...
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... wild , fierce shout the retainers of the great O'Brien , as his rescuer had called him , came tearing over stock and stone to the spot , and in an instant's time , five or six brandished blades were glitter- ing above the stranger's ...
... wild , fierce shout the retainers of the great O'Brien , as his rescuer had called him , came tearing over stock and stone to the spot , and in an instant's time , five or six brandished blades were glitter- ing above the stranger's ...
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... wild vassals of the great O'Brien . Bold as he was , the grim - visaged soldier gazed around him with an anxious eye on the lowering countenances and ready weapons of the clansmen , and turned from them to note the expression of their ...
... wild vassals of the great O'Brien . Bold as he was , the grim - visaged soldier gazed around him with an anxious eye on the lowering countenances and ready weapons of the clansmen , and turned from them to note the expression of their ...
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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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