The Valley of the Squinting WindowsBrentano's, 1919 - 296 Seiten |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
appeared Ballinamult Begad began beneath Brannagan BRINSLEY MACNAMARA Charlie Clarke child coming curious dead Donegal door drimna drink Dublin eyes face fancied Father O'Keeffe feeling fellow felt fields Garra Garradrimna gazed girl going gone grand grand day hand happened hear heart Henry Shannon Irish John Bren John Brennan Kilaconnaghan kind knew Knocknagow lake laugh letter lips lonely look Marse Prendergast Master Donnellan McKeon mebbe mind Miss Kerr Monica morning mother moved Myles Shannon Nan Byrne nephew never nice Padna Padna passed pint pity poor port wine pride priest quare queer quiet Rebecca Kerr schoolmistress seemed Sergeant McGoldrick sewing-room shadow Shamesy Golliher smile spoke stood story strange sudden suddenly summer sure talk tell terrible thing Thomas James thought tion Tommy Williams torture Tullahanogue turned Ulick Shannon uncle valley road village walking woman wonder words Wyse young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 54 - Hail Mary, full of grace! the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Seite vii - For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous...
Seite 156 - Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might ; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music out of sight.
Seite 156 - He was fond of telling her about the younger Irish poets and of quoting passages from their poems. Now it would be a line or so from Colum or Stephens, again a verse from Seamus O'Sullivan or Joseph Campbell.
Seite 125 - That was their innermost nature, these farmers, to be closed-fisted and to guard with an almost savage tenacity their possessions to which they had already attained. It was notable also that they were not too careful or particular as to the means they employed to come into possession. This was the full answer to the question why so many of them put a son on for the Church. It was a double reason, to afford a means of acquiring still further and to be an atonement in the sight of Heaven for the means...
Seite 124 - grabber" had not been invented to describe a new class, but rather to denote the remarkable character of a class already in existence.
Seite 218 - Considine stood out in sharp contrast, for he was in spiritual descent from those priests who had died with the people in the Penal Days. It was men like him who had carried down the grandeur of Faith and Idealism from generation, to generation.
Seite 22 - that it's a fine thing to be the mother of a young fellow going on for the Church. It must make you very contented in yourself when you think of all the Masses he will say for you during your lifetime and all the Masses he will say for the repose of your soul when you are dead and gone.
Seite 9 - Marse was a superannuated shuiler and a terror in the valley. The tears had been summoned to her eyes by the still unchanging quality of Ned's tone. They were at once detected by the old woman. "Still crying, are ye, Nan Byrne, for Henry Shannon that's dead and gone?
Seite 127 - Yet it must not be thought that Father O'Keeffe neglected the ladies. In evenings in the village he might be seen standing outside the worn drapery counters back-biting between grins and giggles with the women of the shops. This curious way of spending the time had once led an irreverent American to describe him as "the flirtatious shop-boy of Garradrimna.