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... Jockey's Tricks - The Two Characters- The Jockey's Song · 243 · 249 263 CHAPTER XLIII The Church • 280 CHAPTER XLIV An Old Acquaintance 283 CHAPTER XLV Murtagh's Tale · · CHAPTER XLVI Murtagh's Story continued - The Priest , Exorcist ...
... Jockey's Tricks - The Two Characters- The Jockey's Song · 243 · 249 263 CHAPTER XLIII The Church • 280 CHAPTER XLIV An Old Acquaintance 283 CHAPTER XLV Murtagh's Tale · · CHAPTER XLVI Murtagh's Story continued - The Priest , Exorcist ...
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... jockey , made its appearance on the ground . Mr. Petulengro stopped short , and looked at it stedfastly : " Fino covar dove odoy sas miro - a fine thing were that if it were but mine ! " he exclaimed . If you covet it , " said I , " why ...
... jockey , made its appearance on the ground . Mr. Petulengro stopped short , and looked at it stedfastly : " Fino covar dove odoy sas miro - a fine thing were that if it were but mine ! " he exclaimed . If you covet it , " said I , " why ...
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... jockeys from the fair came in . After some conversation a jockey proposed a game of cards ; and in a little time , Mr. Petulengro and another gypsy sat down to play a game of cards with two of the jockeys . Though not much acquainted ...
... jockeys from the fair came in . After some conversation a jockey proposed a game of cards ; and in a little time , Mr. Petulengro and another gypsy sat down to play a game of cards with two of the jockeys . Though not much acquainted ...
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George Henry Borrow. No Isopel 99 that the jockeys were cheating him , conjuring him to return to the encampment . Mr. Petulengro , who was by this time somewhat the worse for liquor , now fell into a passion , swore several oaths , and ...
George Henry Borrow. No Isopel 99 that the jockeys were cheating him , conjuring him to return to the encampment . Mr. Petulengro , who was by this time somewhat the worse for liquor , now fell into a passion , swore several oaths , and ...
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... jockeys with whom he was playing cards were cheating him and his companion ; a quarrel ensued , which terminated in a fight between Mr. Petulengro and one of the jockeys , which lasted some time , and in which Mr. Petulengro , though he ...
... jockeys with whom he was playing cards were cheating him and his companion ; a quarrel ensued , which terminated in a fight between Mr. Petulengro and one of the jockeys , which lasted some time , and in which Mr. Petulengro , though he ...
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acquainted amongst animal appeared Armenian Armenian verb asked begged believe Belle better brother called Camillo Astalli Chikno Chinese church coko dingle dressed drink dukkerin England engro eyes fair father fellow fond fool Francis Ardry genteel gentleman give gorgio gypsy hair hand head heard highwayman honour Horncastle horse Hungarian Hungary husband Isopel Berners Jacobite Jasper jockey kind knew landlord language Lavengro look lord madam Magyars manner matter means Meridiana mind Murtagh never night nonsense ostler patteran perhaps person Petulengro poor Pope postillion pounds present priests public-house Quaker religion respect road Romany Romany Rye Rome scarcely shillings Shorsha sinivate sixteen stone sleep song strange suppose surgeon talk Tawno tawse tell thing thought told took turned Ursula whereupon whilst wife wish woman word writer young
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Page 9 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come to succour us, that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward : Oh, why should heavenly God to men have such regard ?1 This agrees with what is recorded of St.
Page 121 - Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity, and place, and innocence, Defaming as impure what GOD declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all. Our Maker bids increase, who bids abstain But our destroyer, foe to GOD and man...
Page 4 - AND is there care in heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is...
Page 196 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 122 - Evil into the mind of God or man May Come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 12 - ... spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to...
Page 64 - Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God : because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God : every spirit which confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God : and every spirit which confesseth not Jesus is not of God...
Page 10 - Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?
Page 12 - Of calling shapes and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses.
Page 120 - If none regard ; heaven wakes with all his eyes, Whom, to behold but thee, nature's desire, In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.