Irish melodiesLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans&Roberts, 1858 - 165 pages |
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Page xii
... work , and , though never regularly instructed in music , could play over the airs with tolerable facility on the piano- forte . Robert Emmet used sometimes to sit by me , xiii when I was thus engaged ; and I remember xii PREFACE .
... work , and , though never regularly instructed in music , could play over the airs with tolerable facility on the piano- forte . Robert Emmet used sometimes to sit by me , xiii when I was thus engaged ; and I remember xii PREFACE .
Page xvi
... never again to have any connexion with that paper ; and , as every wish of hers was to me law , I readily pledged the solemn promise she required . Though well aware how easily a sneer may be raised at the simple details of this ...
... never again to have any connexion with that paper ; and , as every wish of hers was to me law , I readily pledged the solemn promise she required . Though well aware how easily a sneer may be raised at the simple details of this ...
Page xxi
... Never , my Lord . " " Did you ever hear of a proposition made , in one of these societies , with respect to the expediency of assassi- nation ? " " Oh no , my Lord . " He then turned again to Duigenan , and , after a few words PREFACE .
... Never , my Lord . " " Did you ever hear of a proposition made , in one of these societies , with respect to the expediency of assassi- nation ? " " Oh no , my Lord . " He then turned again to Duigenan , and , after a few words PREFACE .
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... never resign , Go , tell our invaders , the Danes , That ' tis sweeter to bleed for an age at thy shrine , Than to sleep but a moment in chains . * Brien Borombe , the great Monarch of Ireland , who was killed at the battle of Clontarf ...
... never resign , Go , tell our invaders , the Danes , That ' tis sweeter to bleed for an age at thy shrine , Than to sleep but a moment in chains . * Brien Borombe , the great Monarch of Ireland , who was killed at the battle of Clontarf ...
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... never was such another sight exhibited . " — History of Ireland , book xii . chap . i . Erin ! thy silent tear never shall cease , Erin 4 IRISH MELODIES .
... never was such another sight exhibited . " — History of Ireland , book xii . chap . i . Erin ! thy silent tear never shall cease , Erin 4 IRISH MELODIES .
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