The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran: And His Man Mark Anthony O'TooleWilliam Tegg and Company, 1853 - 412 pages |
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... thought to give me the slip - put me on a wrong scent , and sent me with a letter . He asked me a question about bridling a horse , and that betrayed his secret . I knew there was something in the wind- doubled back upon the house after ...
... thought to give me the slip - put me on a wrong scent , and sent me with a letter . He asked me a question about bridling a horse , and that betrayed his secret . I knew there was something in the wind- doubled back upon the house after ...
Page 12
... thoughts— my father broke the silence . " I know not wherefore , " said he , " but something whispers me that this night is fated to be an important one in the history of the old house . I'm not inclined for sleep , and I feel a sort of ...
... thoughts— my father broke the silence . " I know not wherefore , " said he , " but something whispers me that this night is fated to be an important one in the history of the old house . I'm not inclined for sleep , and I feel a sort of ...
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... thought that she should be wooed and won , and cast aside for others . She knew nothing of the world . Those , for whom Heaven had designed her , sought her , and sued , and were rejected . You came . Six years had changed us— the child ...
... thought that she should be wooed and won , and cast aside for others . She knew nothing of the world . Those , for whom Heaven had designed her , sought her , and sued , and were rejected . You came . Six years had changed us— the child ...
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... thought it was no crime to carry an inch or two of silk upon my person , when my compliance would render happy a mother who loved me so tenderly . " Hector , " said she , after investing me with this important amulet , " promise , for ...
... thought it was no crime to carry an inch or two of silk upon my person , when my compliance would render happy a mother who loved me so tenderly . " Hector , " said she , after investing me with this important amulet , " promise , for ...
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... thought . " Called out in the chapel - cursed from the altar - bundled off to Ball - trotted up Croagh Patrick - ay , and as Father Grady will stick to Kitty like a burr , I may be despatched to Lough Dharg * with gravel in my shoes ...
... thought . " Called out in the chapel - cursed from the altar - bundled off to Ball - trotted up Croagh Patrick - ay , and as Father Grady will stick to Kitty like a burr , I may be despatched to Lough Dharg * with gravel in my shoes ...
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