Lights and Shades of Ireland: In Three Parts. Part I.--Early History. Part II.--Saints, Kings, and Poets, of the Early Ages. Part. III.-The Famine of 1847, '48, & '49 |
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... poor man have entered into the " ears of the Lord of Sabaoth , " and He is now telling the rich that " their gold and silver is cankered , " and that their day is coming speedily . We are gravely told that the year 1844 was one of great ...
... poor man have entered into the " ears of the Lord of Sabaoth , " and He is now telling the rich that " their gold and silver is cankered , " and that their day is coming speedily . We are gravely told that the year 1844 was one of great ...
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... A good deed by dad , " was the answer , " Why lady , he was the greatest blackguard that ever walked the airth ; he was agent to a gentleman , and he showed no mercy to a poor man that was toilin ' for the potatoe ; but 4 LIGHTS AND SHADES.
... A good deed by dad , " was the answer , " Why lady , he was the greatest blackguard that ever walked the airth ; he was agent to a gentleman , and he showed no mercy to a poor man that was toilin ' for the potatoe ; but 4 LIGHTS AND SHADES.
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... poor bein ' that died with the starvation , without the shelter ; and wouldn't ye think that such a hard - hearted villain better be dead , than to live and kill so many poor women and helpless children , as would be wandrin ' in the ...
... poor bein ' that died with the starvation , without the shelter ; and wouldn't ye think that such a hard - hearted villain better be dead , than to live and kill so many poor women and helpless children , as would be wandrin ' in the ...
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... poor despised island , who would rejoice to see her arise , yes , who would and do take her by the hand , who not only talk , but make sacrifices for her welfare ; and let me record it with gratitude , that pos- terity may read the ...
... poor despised island , who would rejoice to see her arise , yes , who would and do take her by the hand , who not only talk , but make sacrifices for her welfare ; and let me record it with gratitude , that pos- terity may read the ...
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... poor as well as the rich ; and when they found them- selves in the grasp of a full - fed , full - paid , aristocracy , who were demolishing their churches , confiscating their lands , and enforcing a religion upon them by a soldiery ...
... poor as well as the rich ; and when they found them- selves in the grasp of a full - fed , full - paid , aristocracy , who were demolishing their churches , confiscating their lands , and enforcing a religion upon them by a soldiery ...
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Page 388 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Page 389 - OH! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME. OH ! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonour'd his relics are laid : Sad, silent, and dark, be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head.
Page 371 - She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying.
Page 216 - For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Page 65 - I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these barbarous wretches, who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood ; and that it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood for the future. Which are the satisfactory grounds to such actions, which, otherwise, cannot but work remorse and regret.
Page 64 - I forbade them to spare any that were in arms in the town: and, I think, that night they put to the sword about 2,000 men...
Page 392 - The Great Spirit is no respecter of persons; He has made of one blood all the nations of the earth; He loves all his children alike; and his highest attributes are love, mercy, and justice.
Page 67 - Town ; which our men perceiving, ran violently upon the Town with their ladders, and stormed it. And when they were come into the market-place, the Enemy making a stiff resistance, our forces brake them; and then put all to the sword that came in their way.
Page vi - THE harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel that pulse no more.
Page 326 - EARTH, of man the bounteous mother, Feeds him still with corn and wine ; He who best would aid a brother, Shares with him these gifts divine.