The Life of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1763-1798 |
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... brought almost equal enthusiasm to bear upon each pursuit . The enterprise in which he met his death was embraced in precisely the same gallant and irre- sponsible spirit of adventure , though combined with an invincible faith in the ...
... brought almost equal enthusiasm to bear upon each pursuit . The enterprise in which he met his death was embraced in precisely the same gallant and irre- sponsible spirit of adventure , though combined with an invincible faith in the ...
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... brought up in Ireland so long as his father lived , and his earliest education was received at the hands of a tutor named Lynch . When he was no more than ten years old , however , the Duke of Leinster died , at the comparatively early ...
... brought up in Ireland so long as his father lived , and his earliest education was received at the hands of a tutor named Lynch . When he was no more than ten years old , however , the Duke of Leinster died , at the comparatively early ...
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... brought to a crisis ; when her mother , " forced to take un parti , " confessed , with some spirit , to those whom it chiefly concerned , that it was very possible she might marry Mr. Ogilvie ; writing , further , when all was decided ...
... brought to a crisis ; when her mother , " forced to take un parti , " confessed , with some spirit , to those whom it chiefly concerned , that it was very possible she might marry Mr. Ogilvie ; writing , further , when all was decided ...
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... brought from Scotland the shrewd common sense and substantial qualities supposed to belong to his nationality . It is certain , at all events , that neither the Duchess nor her " poor children " had reason to repent her imprudence ...
... brought from Scotland the shrewd common sense and substantial qualities supposed to belong to his nationality . It is certain , at all events , that neither the Duchess nor her " poor children " had reason to repent her imprudence ...
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... brought to bear upon the art of war , and there is a letter extant to his mother in which he gives a description of the mimic fortifications with which , during her temporary absence from home , he had embellished the Duke of Rich ...
... brought to bear upon the art of war , and there is a letter extant to his mother in which he gives a description of the mimic fortifications with which , during her temporary absence from home , he had embellished the Duke of Rich ...
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