The Irish-American Almanac for the Year of Our Lord ...

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Lynch, Cole & Meehan, 1875 - Almanacs, American
 

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Page 107 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 66 - O'er the ruin her children in secret must sigh, For 'tis treason to love her, and death to defend. Unprized are her sons, till they've learned to betray; Undistinguished they live, if they shame not their sires; And the torch that would light them through dignity's way Must be caught from the pile where their country expires!
Page 63 - ERIN ! the tear and the smile in thine eyes Blend like the rainbow that hangs in thy skies ! Shining through sorrow's stream, Saddening through pleasure's beam, Thy suns with doubtful gleam Weep while they rise.
Page 9 - ... a claim of any body of men, other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland, to make laws to bind that kingdom, was unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.
Page 112 - These Geraldines, these Geraldines, not long our air they breathed — Not long they fed on venison, in Irish water seethed — Not often had their children been by Irish mothers nursed, When from their full and genial hearts an Irish feeling burst ; The English monarchs strove in vain, by law, and force, and bribe, To win from Irish thoughts and ways this "more than Irish...
Page 89 - Resuming then his usual calm, he offered his limbs to the irons, and when they were fixed, he exclaimed, " For the cause which I have embraced, I feel prouder to wear these chains, than if I were decorated with the star and garter of England.
Page 54 - And pined, with yearning silent love, amongst his own to stay— Alas ; it is so sad to be an exile far away. Then, oh ! when round the Christmas board, or by the Christmas hearth, That glorious mingled draught is poured, — wine, melody and mirth — When friends long absent tell, low-toned, their joys...
Page 3 - Canada ; forwarded to another post office without charge on request of the person addressed ; if not called for, returned to the writer free, if indorsed with that request. If the stamp is omitted the letter is forwarded to the Dead-Letter Office and returned to the writer. For registering letters the charge is 10 cents additional.
Page 89 - ... till her masts and rigging were swept away, her scuppers flowed with blood, her wounded filled the cockpit, her shattered ribs yawned at each new stroke, and let in five feet of water in the hold ; her rudder was carried off, and she floated a dismantled wreck on the waters. Her sails and cordage hung in shreds ; nor could she reply with a single gun from her dismounted batteries to the unabating cannonade of the enemy.
Page 116 - This gentleman (laying his hand on his breast) tells that gentleman (pointing with the other to the Sheriff), that if that gentleman presumes to touch this gentleman, this gentleman will defend himself against that gentleman, or any other gentleman, while he has got the arm of a gentleman to protect him.

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