The Irish Quarterly Review, Volume 1, Part 2W. B. Kelly, 1851 - Ireland |
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Page 388
... carried lighted turf , which they breathed upon from time to time , and kept it burning . She saw them advance to the house of the Sheas , and soon the roof was in flames . She heard the groans and shrieks of the victims , and the yells ...
... carried lighted turf , which they breathed upon from time to time , and kept it burning . She saw them advance to the house of the Sheas , and soon the roof was in flames . She heard the groans and shrieks of the victims , and the yells ...
Page 395
... carrying all before him in the Court of Exchequer ! ' - Such were the simultaneous exclamations , which , upon entering the Hall of the Four Courts , at the beginning of last term , I heard from a crowd of attorneys , who surrounded a ...
... carrying all before him in the Court of Exchequer ! ' - Such were the simultaneous exclamations , which , upon entering the Hall of the Four Courts , at the beginning of last term , I heard from a crowd of attorneys , who surrounded a ...
Page 396
... carry a more professional expression , and bespeak caution , sagacity , and slyness , while his mouth exhibits a ... carrying Mr. O''Loghlin off in triumph , when a deep and rumbling sound was heard to issue from the Court of Exchequer ...
... carry a more professional expression , and bespeak caution , sagacity , and slyness , while his mouth exhibits a ... carrying Mr. O''Loghlin off in triumph , when a deep and rumbling sound was heard to issue from the Court of Exchequer ...
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... carried unanimously . During all these years spent by Sheil in agitating for Emancipa- tion , his business as a lawyer had been slowly but steadily , increasing . He was a good Equity draftsman , he was a very popular Nisi Prius ...
... carried unanimously . During all these years spent by Sheil in agitating for Emancipa- tion , his business as a lawyer had been slowly but steadily , increasing . He was a good Equity draftsman , he was a very popular Nisi Prius ...
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... carried to every hearth memoirs of ancient Erinn ; they studied to render them agreeable to all tastes and all ages ; they had war songs for the men , love ditties for the women , and marvellous tales for the children of the mansion ...
... carried to every hearth memoirs of ancient Erinn ; they studied to render them agreeable to all tastes and all ages ; they had war songs for the men , love ditties for the women , and marvellous tales for the children of the mansion ...
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Page 369 - The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfils Himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.
Page 355 - This body dropt not down. Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
Page 557 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Page 360 - On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When the clear, cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days, In the wave beneath him shining! Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over, Thus, sighing, look through the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover!
Page 376 - Thus death reigns in all the portions of our time; the autumn with its fruits provides disorders for us, and the winter's cold turns them into sharp diseases, and the spring brings flowers to strew our hearse, and the summer gives green turf and brambles to bind upon our graves.
Page 534 - No one shall run on the Sabbath day, or walk in his garden or elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting. "No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep house, cut hair, or shave, on the Sabbath day.
Page 364 - Where rose the mountains, there to him were friends ; Where roll'd the ocean, thereon was his home ; Where a blue sky, and glowing clime, extends, He had the passion and the power to roam ; The desert, forest, cavern, breaker's foam, Were unto him companionship ; they spake A mutual language, clearer than the tome Of his land's tongue, which he would oft forsake For Nature's pages glass'd by sunbeams on the lake.
Page 370 - For woman is not undevelopt man, . But diverse : could we make her as the man, Sweet Love were slain: his dearest bond is this, Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they grow; The man be more of woman, she of man; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care...
Page 355 - At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the fog it came; As if it had been a Christian soul, We hailed it in God's name. It ate the food it ne'er had eat, And round and round it flew. The ice did split with a thunder-fit; The helmsman steered us through! And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariners hollo!
Page 458 - Jeremy Collier, Sir?' JOHNSON. 'Jeremy Collier fought without a rival, and therefore could not claim the victory.' Mr. Henderson mentioned Kenn and Kettlewell; but some objections were made: at last he said, 'But, Sir, what do you think of Leslie?' JOHNSON. 'Charles Leslie I had forgotten. Leslie was a reasoner, and a reasoner who was not to be reasoned against.