The Life of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1763-1798 |
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... writer is found adverting to the reverence inspired by the " solemn religious enthusiasm " belonging to his character ; while a tone approaching deprecation is discernible in the explanation offered by Dr. Madden of the levity of his ...
... writer is found adverting to the reverence inspired by the " solemn religious enthusiasm " belonging to his character ; while a tone approaching deprecation is discernible in the explanation offered by Dr. Madden of the levity of his ...
Page 17
... writing to the Secretary Cromwell in 1539 , declared the English Pale , except the towns and very few of the " possessioners , " to be " so affectionate to the Geraldines that they covet more to see a Geraldine to reign and triumph than ...
... writing to the Secretary Cromwell in 1539 , declared the English Pale , except the towns and very few of the " possessioners , " to be " so affectionate to the Geraldines that they covet more to see a Geraldine to reign and triumph than ...
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... writing , further , when all was decided , to her brother in terms which , to a man of his affectionate disposition , were well calculated to disarm displeasure : " I am content , " she said , " that you should call me a fool , and an ...
... writing , further , when all was decided , to her brother in terms which , to a man of his affectionate disposition , were well calculated to disarm displeasure : " I am content , " she said , " that you should call me a fool , and an ...
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... writing to Mr. Ogilvie when the period of close association was at an end , and when , emancipated from parental control , he had joined his regiment and entered upon his military career , the boy made due acknowledgment of his ...
... writing to Mr. Ogilvie when the period of close association was at an end , and when , emancipated from parental control , he had joined his regiment and entered upon his military career , the boy made due acknowledgment of his ...
Page 28
... writer had been guilty ; " but you know , " adds the boy cheerfully , " I have always rather a good opinion of what I do . " " " In the last century , however , less time was wasted than is the case now over the preliminaries of life ...
... writer had been guilty ; " but you know , " adds the boy cheerfully , " I have always rather a good opinion of what I do . " " " In the last century , however , less time was wasted than is the case now over the preliminaries of life ...
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