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... stand alone , and thieving requires the support of a strong heart , as well a quick eye and firm hand . He , therefore , soon becomes the thrall of older thieves , under whom he finds clouds begin to gather over the bright prospects of ...
... stand alone , and thieving requires the support of a strong heart , as well a quick eye and firm hand . He , therefore , soon becomes the thrall of older thieves , under whom he finds clouds begin to gather over the bright prospects of ...
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... stand a trate . " " No , " replied Mary's father , " but I will . " " By the light o ' my eye , but you won't ! " replied honest Mahon . " I haven't taken more than six or seven glasses this day , but then they were all in trates given ...
... stand a trate . " " No , " replied Mary's father , " but I will . " " By the light o ' my eye , but you won't ! " replied honest Mahon . " I haven't taken more than six or seven glasses this day , but then they were all in trates given ...
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... stand a trate any day . James Murray , abouchal , there's no danger of falling in love here . That girl has a squint you pursave , and her mouth is a little to the one side , like Clogher ; her skin would shame the sate of a saddle ...
... stand a trate any day . James Murray , abouchal , there's no danger of falling in love here . That girl has a squint you pursave , and her mouth is a little to the one side , like Clogher ; her skin would shame the sate of a saddle ...
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... stand " I have forgotten my purpose , and let the red roe bound harmlessly by , while watching the gam- bols of the little green lizard or the tricks of the leaping tarantula . After all , the naturalist was stronger within me than the ...
... stand " I have forgotten my purpose , and let the red roe bound harmlessly by , while watching the gam- bols of the little green lizard or the tricks of the leaping tarantula . After all , the naturalist was stronger within me than the ...
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... stand it no longer . I drove the spurs deeply , and galloped into their midst , striking right and left as they fluttered up round me . ' Of course they were soon off ; but of those that had been trodden upon by my horse , and others I ...
... stand it no longer . I drove the spurs deeply , and galloped into their midst , striking right and left as they fluttered up round me . ' Of course they were soon off ; but of those that had been trodden upon by my horse , and others I ...
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Page 256 - Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
Page 174 - I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine...
Page 23 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
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Page 129 - gan peep A narrow inlet, still and deep, Affording scarce such breadth of brim, As served the wild duck's brood to swim. Lost for a space, through thickets veering, But broader when again appearing. Tall rocks and tufted knolls their face Could on the dark-blue mirror trace; And farther as the hunter strayed, Still broader sweep its channels made...
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Page 57 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i...
Page 66 - Our pride misleads, our timid likings kill. — Long may these homely Works devised of old, These simple efforts of Helvetian skill, Aid, with congenial influence, to uphold The State, — the Country's destiny to mould ; Turning, for them who pass, the common dust Of servile opportunity to gold...
Page 174 - Over hill, over dale, Through bush, through brier, Over park, over pale, Through flood, through fire, I do wander everywhere, Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green: The cowslips tall her pensioners be; In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy...
Page 185 - And begged him to vouchsafe to tell his slave The reason, first, of that command he gave About the light ; then, when he saw the face, , Why he knelt down ; and lastly, how it was That fare so poor as his detained him in the place.