The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran: And His Man Mark Anthony O'TooleWilliam Tegg and Company, 1853 - 412 pages |
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... lady and two guests , were seated . The apartment was a large , square , and ill - lit room , occupying the lower portion of the tower . Both floor and ceiling were framed of native oak , which time had nearly blackened , and the walls ...
... lady and two guests , were seated . The apartment was a large , square , and ill - lit room , occupying the lower portion of the tower . Both floor and ceiling were framed of native oak , which time had nearly blackened , and the walls ...
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... lady , as she picked the worsted from the floor , " that a growl from Cæsar sets my heart beating for an hour , and a knock after dark terrifies me almost to death ! " " Thou a soldier's wife , and play the coward ! " exclaimed my ...
... lady , as she picked the worsted from the floor , " that a growl from Cæsar sets my heart beating for an hour , and a knock after dark terrifies me almost to death ! " " Thou a soldier's wife , and play the coward ! " exclaimed my ...
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... lady is crying over her as if she were a sister , and the baby sleeping soundly in Sibby Connor's arms , as if it were still resting on that bosom which had been designed by God to be its pillow and support . " My father , as was his ...
... lady is crying over her as if she were a sister , and the baby sleeping soundly in Sibby Connor's arms , as if it were still resting on that bosom which had been designed by God to be its pillow and support . " My father , as was his ...
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... lady , " she said that the child was still unchristened , and prayed that rite might be performed when convenient . " " There will be no difficulty in complying with her request , " replied my father ; " there are now two learned ...
... lady , " she said that the child was still unchristened , and prayed that rite might be performed when convenient . " " There will be no difficulty in complying with her request , " replied my father ; " there are now two learned ...
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... lady here - for entre nous , she belongs to a faithless family . " The peasant now in waiting at the hall - door was decidedly the handsomest woman in the parish . For time immemorial her fathers had been servants in Knockloftie , and ...
... lady here - for entre nous , she belongs to a faithless family . " The peasant now in waiting at the hall - door was decidedly the handsomest woman in the parish . For time immemorial her fathers had been servants in Knockloftie , and ...
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