 Avoch, Shawn! Light it up. light up, boys! is his word," answered Peter. " By the Eternal !" said Shawn, at last fully starting to his feet, " my house is a-fire, blazin' up to give the hell-hounds light !" " The Lord help you ! 'Tis blazin', sure enough,"...  The Croppy: A Tale of 1798 - Page 140by John Banim, Michael Banim - 1828Full view - About this book
 | 1831 - 576 pages
...unsparingly used by the inferior satellites of power to recall a misguided people to reason : — ' The smith kept a brooding and gloomy silence ; his almost savage yet steadfast glare fastened upon the element that, not more raging than his own bosom, devoured his dwelling.... | |
 | John Banim - 1865 - 450 pages
...time rising on his knee, — " what's that Whaley is sayin' now ?" "Avoch, Shawn! Light it up. light up, boys! is his word," answered Peter. " By the Eternal...brooding and gloomy silence. His almost savage yet steadfast glare fastened upon the element that, not more raging than his own bosom, devoured his dwelling.... | |
 | O'Hara family pseud - 1865 - 452 pages
...time rising on his knee, — " what's that Whaley is sayin' now ?" "Avoch, Shawn! Light it up. light up, boys! is his word," answered Peter. " By the Eternal...brooding and gloomy silence. His almost savage yet steadfast glare fastened upon the element that, not more raging than his own bosom, devoured his dwelling.... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 870 pages
...— was published in 1857, written by Mr PJ Murray. Description of the Burning of a Croppy's House. reast ; His bliss and woe — a smile, a tear ! Oblivion hides the r steadfast glare fastened upon the element that, not more raging than his own bosom, devoured his dwelling.... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 540 pages
...his daughter. The Tales of the O'Hara Family and The Croppy arc the most characteristic of his works. The smith kept a brooding and gloomy silence, his almost savage yet steadfast glare fastened upon the element that, not more raging than his own bosom, devoured his dwelling.... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1903 - 534 pages
...O'Hara Family and The Croppy are the most characteristic of his works. BURNING THE HOUSE OF A CROPPY. The smith kept a brooding and gloomy silence, his almost savage yet steadfast glare fastened upon the element that, not more raging than his own bosom, devoured his dwelling.... | |
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