The Croppy: A Tale, Volume 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1839 - Ireland |
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... rush forward ; and a man , darting his pike through a window , made such a crash that the ladies screamed loudly . " Stop ! " cried Shawn - a - Gow , pushing back this depredator , and , after him , the foremost of his hostile band ...
... rush forward ; and a man , darting his pike through a window , made such a crash that the ladies screamed loudly . " Stop ! " cried Shawn - a - Gow , pushing back this depredator , and , after him , the foremost of his hostile band ...
Page 28
... rush to his unprotected bride . But it was not deem- ed expedient yet to meet his wishes ; and , in consequence of conti- nued clamour , he was removed from the large apartment , in which , with many other suspected persons , he had ...
... rush to his unprotected bride . But it was not deem- ed expedient yet to meet his wishes ; and , in consequence of conti- nued clamour , he was removed from the large apartment , in which , with many other suspected persons , he had ...
Page 36
... rush of river and brook , the waking carol of the thrush , -all was delightful , and wooed human interest and admiration , but it drew from the young man no smile of pleasure , none even of sympathising hope , though the heart that ...
... rush of river and brook , the waking carol of the thrush , -all was delightful , and wooed human interest and admiration , but it drew from the young man no smile of pleasure , none even of sympathising hope , though the heart that ...
Page 44
... rush of the enfranchised captives , some hastening to enrol them- selves , in revenge against their enemies , amongst the victorious insurgents ; others to indulge in the general licentiousness . The pale - faced wretch upon whom Sir ...
... rush of the enfranchised captives , some hastening to enrol them- selves , in revenge against their enemies , amongst the victorious insurgents ; others to indulge in the general licentiousness . The pale - faced wretch upon whom Sir ...
Page 60
... diapase , and his own rush and bound not less uncontrolled than that of any ecstatic insurgent or liberated captive around him - Sir William was again free ! CHAPTER VII . WHILE Some of the meaner of the 60 THE CROPPY .
... diapase , and his own rush and bound not less uncontrolled than that of any ecstatic insurgent or liberated captive around him - Sir William was again free ! CHAPTER VII . WHILE Some of the meaner of the 60 THE CROPPY .
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afther amid amongst answered appeared arms Baronet Belinda Bill Nale body Captain Talbot castle character chest command continued County of Wexford court-martial cried Croppy daughter day-dawn death Delouchery Dick Redmond door dragoon Dunbrody Eliza Hartley enemy Enniscorthy Enniscorthy castle escaped eyes face fate father fear flung force greater number hand Hartley Court harum head heard heart hill honey pet honour hope horse husband insurgents Kitty Gow Knitter Lady Eleezabeth look Madam mercy mind Miss Alicia murder Nanny Nanny's Nelly never night Orangemen ould pause person pike pikemen poor present prison purty question rason revenge Ross round Rourke rude ruin rush scene scream seemed Shawn-a-Gow shout side silent Sir Thomas Hartley Sir William Judkin stood sure thought throng tion tone town trembling turn Vinegar Hill voice vols Wexford whispered wife woman words wretched yeomen young