The Croppy: A Tale, Volume 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1839 - Ireland |
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... Nanny's tongue , pronounced in a very short space of time ; yet , in his present mood , the intervention only of ... Nanny evaded his gripe ; and , like a duck popping up her head after she has dived in a place where one least expects ...
... Nanny's tongue , pronounced in a very short space of time ; yet , in his present mood , the intervention only of ... Nanny evaded his gripe ; and , like a duck popping up her head after she has dived in a place where one least expects ...
Page 86
... Nanny's corner . When oppressed by extreme misery , people grow indifferent to those little external arrangements which confer upon their dwellings and persons a character of cheeriness . Some- thing within the mind insinuates , " I do ...
... Nanny's corner . When oppressed by extreme misery , people grow indifferent to those little external arrangements which confer upon their dwellings and persons a character of cheeriness . Some- thing within the mind insinuates , " I do ...
Page 87
... Nanny's district to make purchases in the way of his traffic , and when she visited his remote establishment , found it " snug , " and consequently agreed that her Nancy should become its mistress , the old woman remained without care ...
... Nanny's district to make purchases in the way of his traffic , and when she visited his remote establishment , found it " snug , " and consequently agreed that her Nancy should become its mistress , the old woman remained without care ...
Page 90
... Nanny fervently wished the assertion were true . " We'll soon know that ; -open id , this moment ; ―ay , it's the very ... Nanny's feelings , when she learned that the lid of her prison was to be raised , and her person revealed to view ...
... Nanny fervently wished the assertion were true . " We'll soon know that ; -open id , this moment ; ―ay , it's the very ... Nanny's feelings , when she learned that the lid of her prison was to be raised , and her person revealed to view ...
Page 92
... Nanny's ear as does the giggle of his torturer's to the benumbed yet terrified senses of the wretch who , in that ... Nanny judged , if judg- ment she could pretend to form , that a conversation ensued in very low tones between four ...
... Nanny's ear as does the giggle of his torturer's to the benumbed yet terrified senses of the wretch who , in that ... Nanny judged , if judg- ment she could pretend to form , that a conversation ensued in very low tones between four ...
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