The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran: And His Man Mark Anthony O'TooleWilliam Tegg and Company, 1853 - 412 pages |
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... looked upon the ocean , it was necessarily exposed and cold ; while dwarfed and sickly copse - wood - all that repeated efforts to grow timber could produce - instead of improving the general appear- ance of the place , gave a silent ...
... looked upon the ocean , it was necessarily exposed and cold ; while dwarfed and sickly copse - wood - all that repeated efforts to grow timber could produce - instead of improving the general appear- ance of the place , gave a silent ...
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... looked with conscious pride at all his military preparations . My mother grew pale as death , and turning her eyes up she fervently ejaculated , " God forbid ! " and crossed herself de- voutly . The priest performed a similar ceremony ...
... looked with conscious pride at all his military preparations . My mother grew pale as death , and turning her eyes up she fervently ejaculated , " God forbid ! " and crossed herself de- voutly . The priest performed a similar ceremony ...
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... looked upon the lawn . A minute - an anxious minute , elapsed . " I hear , " said the Doctor , " the footsteps of a mob , as they tread upon the frozen gravel . " " Hush ! " replied my father , as he turned his ear attentively in the ...
... looked upon the lawn . A minute - an anxious minute , elapsed . " I hear , " said the Doctor , " the footsteps of a mob , as they tread upon the frozen gravel . " " Hush ! " replied my father , as he turned his ear attentively in the ...
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... looked at the clock on the mantel , " an hour and twenty minutes to put our house in order , and a tenth portion of the time would be sufficient . You shall be aide - de - camp , Hamilton , —and to Father Dominic we'll entrust the ...
... looked at the clock on the mantel , " an hour and twenty minutes to put our house in order , and a tenth portion of the time would be sufficient . You shall be aide - de - camp , Hamilton , —and to Father Dominic we'll entrust the ...
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... soon , I shall have looked my last upon the dead . I dare not press that hand - there's blood upon it ; and - oh , God ! that blood - a brother's ! " -- The priest , who had witnessed the termination of this 20 THE FORTUNES OF.
... soon , I shall have looked my last upon the dead . I dare not press that hand - there's blood upon it ; and - oh , God ! that blood - a brother's ! " -- The priest , who had witnessed the termination of this 20 THE FORTUNES OF.
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afterwards alcade appeared arms Arrah Badajoz better blessed Bromley Hall Cammaran Captain chasse-marée chasseurs Clifford Clifford Park Colonel La Coste commander companion countenance court-yard dark dead death desperate devil Dick divil door Empecinado enemy escape exclaimed eyes fancy father fire followed fortune fosterer French gallant gentleman girl guerilla hand Hartley head heard heart Heaven Hector honest honour horse host hour hurried inquired Isidora Juan Diez Julia Julius Cæsar lady light looked Lord Wellington luck Mark Antony matter minutes morning mother murder never night O'Halloran observed once ould partidas party passed Peter Crotty poor posada priest quaker quarter-master ratcatcher reached regiment replied retired returned San Sebastian says scoundrel seemed Shemus Sloman smile soldier Soult Spaniard stranger tell thee there's thing thou told took turned Urumea vengeance village voice voltigeur whispered William Rawlings woman ye'r young