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... America , so nothing is yet settled , and of late Kevin has spoken no more of it . I do not know why , but lately Kevin has become silent about everything . He seldom talks to any one but to Geraldine and to me 20 GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S DAYS :
... America , so nothing is yet settled , and of late Kevin has spoken no more of it . I do not know why , but lately Kevin has become silent about everything . He seldom talks to any one but to Geraldine and to me 20 GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S DAYS :
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... silence himself . Often he tells her to go on talking - that he likes to listen . He used to laugh a little sometimes at Geraldine's sanguine vehemence , and tell her that her reasoning was too much that of a woman who was sure of ...
... silence himself . Often he tells her to go on talking - that he likes to listen . He used to laugh a little sometimes at Geraldine's sanguine vehemence , and tell her that her reasoning was too much that of a woman who was sure of ...
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... row him , so it would ! ” The sound of footsteps coming down the roughly cut steps in the rock at that moment , gave warning of the approach of some one . Terry gave a sign for silence , only adding piteously 42 GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S DAYS :
... row him , so it would ! ” The sound of footsteps coming down the roughly cut steps in the rock at that moment , gave warning of the approach of some one . Terry gave a sign for silence , only adding piteously 42 GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S DAYS :
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... silence . We have been out all the afternoon , mother and I. Every day mother goes to the marl- pit field to give a lesson to Pat Connor , the herd . Pat , who has no one belonging to him but a widow - mother , was obliged to be out ...
... silence . We have been out all the afternoon , mother and I. Every day mother goes to the marl- pit field to give a lesson to Pat Connor , the herd . Pat , who has no one belonging to him but a widow - mother , was obliged to be out ...
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... silence until we came to the cabin of the Delanys . Old Charlie Delany is better off than most of the poor near us . They say that Charlie when he was a young man made money in America . He was sitting over the fire alone to - day ...
... silence until we came to the cabin of the Delanys . Old Charlie Delany is better off than most of the poor near us . They say that Charlie when he was a young man made money in America . He was sitting over the fire alone to - day ...
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Page 301 - And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all...
Page 40 - Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son [to be} a propitiation for our sins.
Page 37 - ... by day and by night; avail yourselves of the natural advantages of your country, which are innumerable, and with which you are better acquainted than they. " Where you cannot oppose them in full force, constantly harass their rear and their flanks, cut off their provisions and magazines, and...
Page 46 - What have you got in your hand? A green bough. Where did it first grow? In America. Where did it bud? In France.
Page 36 - Rouse all the energies of your souls ; call forth all the merit and abilities which a vicious Government consigned to obscurity ; and under the conduct of your chosen leaders, march with a steady step to victory ! Heed not the glare of a hired soldiery, or aristocratic yeomanry — they cannot stand the vigorous shock of freemen.
Page 36 - ... being in the country is restored to those equal rights which the God of nature has given to all men ; until an order of things shall be established in which no superiority shall be acknowledged among the citizens of Erin but that of virtue and talents.
Page 36 - Your country is free, and you are about to be avenged. That vile government, which has so long and so cruelly oppressed you, is no more...
Page 66 - In the awful presence of God, I, AB do voluntarily declare, that I will persevere in endeavouring to form a brotherhood of affection among Irishmen of every religious persuasion, and that I will also persevere in my endeavours to obtain an equal, full and adequate representation of all the people of Ireland.
Page 40 - Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks to me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me.
Page 115 - Excellency the Lord- Lieutenant full powers to put down the rebellion, and to punish rebels in the most summary manner, according to martial law, does hereby give notice to all his Majesty's subjects, that he is determined to exert the powers...