Sketches of Irish Character, Band 1F. Westley and A.H. Davis, 1829 |
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... Cassidy ? -her aunt is positively the most delightful person in the whole parish . She is now a very old woman , but so knowing " that she settles all the debateable points that arise among good and bad housewives , from Mrs. Connor of ...
... Cassidy ? -her aunt is positively the most delightful person in the whole parish . She is now a very old woman , but so knowing " that she settles all the debateable points that arise among good and bad housewives , from Mrs. Connor of ...
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... Cassidy will have it that a quern grinds wheat better than a mill , and produces finer flour ; she therefore abuses ... Cassidy's maiden name , " Maura O'Brien , " carved on it in Irish characters , proved it to have been used either by ...
... Cassidy will have it that a quern grinds wheat better than a mill , and produces finer flour ; she therefore abuses ... Cassidy's maiden name , " Maura O'Brien , " carved on it in Irish characters , proved it to have been used either by ...
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... Cassidy's dwelling . You cannot see the cottage , it is perfectly hidden , ab- solutely wooded in -- but it is a rare specimen of neatness . The farm yard is stocked with ricks of corn , hay , and furze ; with a puddle - like pond for ...
... Cassidy's dwelling . You cannot see the cottage , it is perfectly hidden , ab- solutely wooded in -- but it is a rare specimen of neatness . The farm yard is stocked with ricks of corn , hay , and furze ; with a puddle - like pond for ...
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... Cassidy , with right good taste , has opened a view in the hawthorn hedge ; then on , down that sloping meadow dotted with sheep , and echoing the plaintive bleat of the young and tender lambs ; on , on to the towering cliff , which ...
... Cassidy , with right good taste , has opened a view in the hawthorn hedge ; then on , down that sloping meadow dotted with sheep , and echoing the plaintive bleat of the young and tender lambs ; on , on to the towering cliff , which ...
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... Cassidy loves the sea ; her husband was owner and commander of a small trading vessel ; and her happiest days were spent in coasting with him along the Irish , English , and Welsh shores . He died in his own comfort- able home , and was ...
... Cassidy loves the sea ; her husband was owner and commander of a small trading vessel ; and her happiest days were spent in coasting with him along the Irish , English , and Welsh shores . He died in his own comfort- able home , and was ...
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afore agin agra ALLAN CUNNINGHAM Andy aunt ax y'er Bannow beautiful betther binch Black Dennis blessing body cabin Cassidy Cassidy's child childer clane colleen Collins Corish cottage cousin cratur dacent darlint dear Edward Ellen exclaimed eyes fairies father Frank girl go bail gomersal green hand happy Harry Connor head Headerton heart Honourable Mister husband Irish iver James Deasy jist Kelly kerchief lady Lilly O'Brien Lilly's look Lucy married Mary master Mick Mick Leahy Miss Herriott morning mother Nelly never night niver noggins Norah nothin ould parish passed pathern Piper plase poor Priest quern rapparee rason remimber replied Scullabogue skiver sorrow spake spal stept sure sweet Taghmon tell ye there's thim thin thing thought tould Wexford whin whisky wid ye wife woman wonder word y'er honor y'erself ye'd ye'll ye'r ye've young
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Seite 198 - O good old man ; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed...
Seite 151 - ... disturbing any one's rest, and on account, he does'nt wish a Wake, he begs us, if we want him to have pace, to put him in the ground at twelve o' the night, by the light of four torches.
Seite 163 - I am very sorry, indeed, for you have got a much better wife than most men." " That's a true word, my lady, only she's fidgety -like sometimes, and says I don't hit the nail on the head quick enough ; and she takes a dale more trouble than she need about many a thing.
Seite 161 - Och ! the bright bames of heaven on ye every day ! and kindly welcome, my lady ; and won't ye step in and rest ? — it's powerful hot, and a beautiful summer, sure, — the Lord be praised ! " " Thank you, Shane. I thought you were going to cut the hayfield to-day ; if...
Seite 201 - mid sunbeams. Now groping trouts in lucid streams, Now spinning like a mill-wheel round, Now hunting echo's empty sound, Now climbing up some old tall tree — For climbing sake. 'Tis sweet to thee To sit where birds can sit alone, Or share with thee thy venturous throne.
Seite 163 - Cappler, the brogue maker, to do my shoes ; and, bad luck to him the, spalpeen ! he forgot it." " Where's your pretty wife, Shane ?" " She's in all the woe o' the world, Ma
Seite 90 - Here are we met, three merry boys, Three merry boys I trow are we ; And mony a night we've merry been, And mony mae we hope to be ! We are na fou, &c. It is the moon, I ken her horn, That's blinkin...
Seite 161 - Irish — men, women, and children — least understand ; and the calmness, or rather indifference, with which they submit to dependence, bitter and miserable as it is, must be a source of deep regret to all who " love the land," or who feel anxious to uphold the dignity of human kind.
Seite 164 - Bad cess to the wheel ! I got it this morning about that too. I depinded on John Williams to bring the flax from O'Flaherty's this day week, and he forgot it; and she says I ought to have brought it myself, and I close to the spot. But where's the good? says I ; sure he'll bring it next time.
Seite 162 - ... hot, and a beautiful summer, sure, — -the Lord be praised !" " Thank you, Shane. I thought you were going to cut the hayfield to-day ; if a heavy shower comes it will be spoiled ; it has been fit for the scythe these two days.