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... hand ; but she told him she was better , and that it was no- thing at all . He then began to get his nets ready , saying he was going out with some lads of the village to the deep sea - fishing , and would be back the next day . She ...
... hand ; but she told him she was better , and that it was no- thing at all . He then began to get his nets ready , saying he was going out with some lads of the village to the deep sea - fishing , and would be back the next day . She ...
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... of the dead body . She spoke some words of holy comfort to the women , and they were silent at her voice . She then stepped light- ly forward , and took a torch from the trembling hand that held it , and bent down THE CASKET .
... of the dead body . She spoke some words of holy comfort to the women , and they were silent at her voice . She then stepped light- ly forward , and took a torch from the trembling hand that held it , and bent down THE CASKET .
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... hand that held it , and bent down with it beside the corpse . As the light fell one mo- ment on her own fair face , it showed no signs of womanish feel- ing at the sight and touch of mor- tality ; a bright and lively bloom glowed on her ...
... hand that held it , and bent down with it beside the corpse . As the light fell one mo- ment on her own fair face , it showed no signs of womanish feel- ing at the sight and touch of mor- tality ; a bright and lively bloom glowed on her ...
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... hand to her , she put this sad memorial upon his finger silently . Her dissolution Occurred so soon afterwards , that she never knew the fatal consequences . The king had suffered intense anxiety during her illness , and when he felt ...
... hand to her , she put this sad memorial upon his finger silently . Her dissolution Occurred so soon afterwards , that she never knew the fatal consequences . The king had suffered intense anxiety during her illness , and when he felt ...
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... hand of the bellman of Blackburn : goods to be Sould by Ticke at Joseph Dawes Brunch Stret No 14 Ny the Brick - kills In holey Bauks Consisting of Tables Shares feder Beds and Bedeing Camp Bed Stedes Mago- ney Droes Mag Card Table 2 ...
... hand of the bellman of Blackburn : goods to be Sould by Ticke at Joseph Dawes Brunch Stret No 14 Ny the Brick - kills In holey Bauks Consisting of Tables Shares feder Beds and Bedeing Camp Bed Stedes Mago- ney Droes Mag Card Table 2 ...
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Page 158 - She sings the wild songs of her dear native plains, Every note which he loved awaking — Ah! little they think who delight in her strains, How the heart of the minstrel is breaking...
Page 157 - The most delicate and cherishing attentions were paid her by families of wealth and distinction. She was led into society ; and they tried by all kinds of occupation and amusement to dissipate her grief, and wean her from the tragical story of her loves. But it was all in vain. There are some strokes of calamity that scath and scorch the soul — that penetrate to the vital seat of happiness — and blast it, never again to put forth bud or blossom.
Page 322 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was.
Page 157 - When every worldly maxim arrayed itself against him ; when blasted in fortune, and disgrace, and danger darkened around his name, she loved him the more ardently for his very sufferings. If, then, his fate could awaken the sympathy even of his foes, what must have been the agony of her...
Page 157 - The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet it in such a scene. To find it wandering like a spectre, lonely and joyless, where all around is gay, — to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and wo-begone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat the poor heart into a momentary forgetfulness of sorrow.
Page 48 - O'erturned his infant's bed he found, With blood-stained covert rent ; And all around, the walls and ground With recent blood besprent. He called his child — no voice replied — He searched, with terror wild ; Blood, blood he found on every side, But nowhere found his child. " Hell-hound ! my child's by thee devoured," The frantic father cried ; And to the hilt his vengeful sword He plunged in Gelert's side.
Page 157 - The noble indignation with which he repelled the charge of treason against his country— the eloquent vindication of his name, and his pathetic appeal to posterity, in the hopeless hour of condemnation — all these entered deeply into every generous bosom, and even his enemies lamented the stern policy that dictated his execution.
Page 363 - And if they hap to fail of these They plague them with their warrants. But now they feed them with good cheer, And what they want they take in beer, For Christmas comes but once a year, And then they shall be merry.
Page 158 - It completely won the heart of a brave officer, who paid his addresses to her, and thought that one so true to the dead could not but prove affectionate to the living.
Page 157 - To render her widowed situation more desolate, she had incurred her father's displeasure by her unfortunate attachment, and was an exile from the paternal roof. But could the sympathy and kind offices of friends have reached a spirit so shocked and driven in by horror, she would have experienced no want of consolation, for the Irish are a people of quick and generous sensibilities.