Paddiana: Or, Scraps and Sketches of Irish Life, Present and Past, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1847 - Ireland |
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... standing be- tween life and death ) ; and when , at last , the bolt was fairly extracted , only one door fell ; that upon which the large man stood , descend- ing only a few inches , leaving him partly sus- pended by the rope , and ...
... standing be- tween life and death ) ; and when , at last , the bolt was fairly extracted , only one door fell ; that upon which the large man stood , descend- ing only a few inches , leaving him partly sus- pended by the rope , and ...
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... standing grating without pausing in the prayer , and then holding firmly by the railing , extended his other hand to prevent the prisoner following his example . There was an audible laugh at the priest's agility , in which I have B 2 ...
... standing grating without pausing in the prayer , and then holding firmly by the railing , extended his other hand to prevent the prisoner following his example . There was an audible laugh at the priest's agility , in which I have B 2 ...
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... standing alone upon a little island , and it appeared not im- possible , with such small comforts as we were able to transport with us in the boat , to make it available as a shelter for the night , or per- haps two nights , that we ...
... standing alone upon a little island , and it appeared not im- possible , with such small comforts as we were able to transport with us in the boat , to make it available as a shelter for the night , or per- haps two nights , that we ...
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... old Mahony , the fisherman , pulling round the back of the island just at nightfall , saw the figure standing close above him on a rock , * A jorum of hot punch . and dropping his oars , hid his face in his 18 PADDIANA .
... old Mahony , the fisherman , pulling round the back of the island just at nightfall , saw the figure standing close above him on a rock , * A jorum of hot punch . and dropping his oars , hid his face in his 18 PADDIANA .
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... standing in his doorway , and they backed their oars and pulled hastily away from that haunted spot ; and during the recital of these tales , when the gentle wind caused a branch to rustle against the eaves , or the ill - fitting door ...
... standing in his doorway , and they backed their oars and pulled hastily away from that haunted spot ; and during the recital of these tales , when the gentle wind caused a branch to rustle against the eaves , or the ill - fitting door ...
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Page 189 - ... they say, it is the fatal destiny of that land, that no purposes whatsoever which are meant for her good, will prosper or take good effect, which, whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil, or influence of the stars, or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation, or that he reserveth her in this unquiet state still for some secret scourge, which shall by her come unto England, it is hard to be known, but yet much to be feared.
Page 37 - And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times ? And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me : I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
Page 173 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them ; they looked like anatomies of death, they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 174 - ... anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves; they did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could find them; yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they...
Page 169 - For the husbandman must first break the land before it be made capable of good seed: and when it is thoroughly broken and manured, if he do not forthwith cast good seed into it, it will grow wild again, and bear nothing but weeds. So a barbarous country must be first broken by a war, before it will be capable of good government; and when it is fully subdued and 'conquered, if it be not well planted and governed after the conquest, it will often return to the former barbarism.
Page 188 - Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea, I might hail thee with prouder, with happier brow, But oh ! could I love thee more deeply than now...
Page 9 - ... in by the priest who attended him, and whose cold, and as it appeared irreverent praying, extended to fully twenty minutes. It was dreadful to see a man stand smiling and nodding on the very brink of the grave, and the more so as again and again he calmly...
Page 142 - There is at this Day no Monument or real Argument that, when the Irish were first invaded, they had any...
Page 174 - ... they spared not to scrape out of their graves, and if they found a plot of water-cresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able to continue there withal ; that in short space there was none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast*.
Page 201 - I say that besides their savage brutishness and loathly filthiness, which is not to be named, they are fit masks as a mantle is for a thief, for whensoever he hath run himself into that peril of law that he will not be known, he either cutteth off his glib quite, by which he becometh nothing like himself, or pulleth it so low down over his eyes that it is very hard to discern his thievish countenance...