The Life of the Right Honorable John Philpot Curran: Late Master of the Rolls in IrelandRedfield, 1855 - 535 pages |
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... gentleman upon the death of a brother . The writer had just completed his 20th year , and appears to have been so pleased with his performance , that no less than three transcripts of it remain in his own hand- writing . " DEAR DICK ...
... gentleman upon the death of a brother . The writer had just completed his 20th year , and appears to have been so pleased with his performance , that no less than three transcripts of it remain in his own hand- writing . " DEAR DICK ...
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... gentleman of very ordinary countenance , whose forehead was so prominent on the one side that it rose like a rugged hill , while on the other it was depressed like a valley , being charged by one of his friends with an affair of ...
... gentleman of very ordinary countenance , whose forehead was so prominent on the one side that it rose like a rugged hill , while on the other it was depressed like a valley , being charged by one of his friends with an affair of ...
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... gentleman , named Apjohn , with whom he became intimately connected by a community of taste and pursuits , and who claims a passing men- tion as a friend from whose example and encouragement he derived the most important advantages at ...
... gentleman , named Apjohn , with whom he became intimately connected by a community of taste and pursuits , and who claims a passing men- tion as a friend from whose example and encouragement he derived the most important advantages at ...
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... gentleman to whom it is addressed was a resident of Newmarket , and one of the most attached of Mr. Curran's early friends . * It is indispensable that every person who seeks admission to the Irish bar , shall have ❝ studied " ( i . e ...
... gentleman to whom it is addressed was a resident of Newmarket , and one of the most attached of Mr. Curran's early friends . * It is indispensable that every person who seeks admission to the Irish bar , shall have ❝ studied " ( i . e ...
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... gentleman without being favored with any answer . You will give my best respects to Mrs. Aldworth and her family ; to Doctor Creagh's ; and do n't forget my good friends Peter and Will Connel . " Yours sincerely , " J. P. C. " P.S. - I ...
... gentleman without being favored with any answer . You will give my best respects to Mrs. Aldworth and her family ; to Doctor Creagh's ; and do n't forget my good friends Peter and Will Connel . " Yours sincerely , " J. P. C. " P.S. - I ...
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Page 38 - On the bare earth exposed he lies With not a friend to close his eyes. With downcast looks the joyless victor sate, Revolving in his alter'd soul The various turns of chance below; And now and then a sigh he stole, And tears began to flow.
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Page 80 - Monks of the Screw;" Good rules he revealed to our Abbot To guide us in what we should do; But first he replenished our fountain With liquor the best in the sky; And he said, on the word of a saint, That the fountain should never run dry.
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