The Croppy: A Tale of the Irish Rebellion of L798Duffy, 1865 - 435 pages |
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... summons to return to England . The promises he had been allowed to hold out were broken ; the vivid hopes of the Catholic leaders changed into blank despair . And while the triumphant shouts of the " Ascendancy " rang THE CROPPY .
... summons to return to England . The promises he had been allowed to hold out were broken ; the vivid hopes of the Catholic leaders changed into blank despair . And while the triumphant shouts of the " Ascendancy " rang THE CROPPY .
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A Tale of the Irish Rebellion of L798 John Banim. while the triumphant shouts of the " Ascendancy " rang in their ears , many of them became , through mixed feelings of wrath and self - assertion , sworn enemies of the national connexion ...
A Tale of the Irish Rebellion of L798 John Banim. while the triumphant shouts of the " Ascendancy " rang in their ears , many of them became , through mixed feelings of wrath and self - assertion , sworn enemies of the national connexion ...
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... shout of jollity proved , indeed , a death - halloo for another besides the hopeless Reynard ; who , it is said , amidst his agonies , grinned at the sudden fate of the greatest enemy his race had ever known . A thing not absolutely ...
... shout of jollity proved , indeed , a death - halloo for another besides the hopeless Reynard ; who , it is said , amidst his agonies , grinned at the sudden fate of the greatest enemy his race had ever known . A thing not absolutely ...
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... shout the word louder than those of the yeoman captains . All put on their best appearance for the first glance of the general's eye . And if there be some jostling and confusion among certain corps , and some under - breath growls ...
... shout the word louder than those of the yeoman captains . All put on their best appearance for the first glance of the general's eye . And if there be some jostling and confusion among certain corps , and some under - breath growls ...
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... shouting crowd , " right , left ; right , left ; " and this for the purpose of keep- ing his pupils upon their show day , or rather his pupils ' feet , in concord and unison . But he often interrupted himself with ex- clamations , such ...
... shouting crowd , " right , left ; right , left ; " and this for the purpose of keep- ing his pupils upon their show day , or rather his pupils ' feet , in concord and unison . But he often interrupted himself with ex- clamations , such ...
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afore afther amongst answered appeared arms Baronet Bill Nale body Bunclody called Capt'n Captain Whaley character clane command continued County of Wexford County Wexford cried Croppy Davy dear death Delouchery Dick Redmond door dragoons Dunbrody Duoul Eliza Hartley enemy Enniscorthy eyes face father fear girl give glance hand Harry Talbot Hartley Court head heard heart honey honour horse insurgents Ireland Irish Kitty Gow lady listen look lover Madam mind Miss Alicia Miss Eliza mother Nanny the Knitter Nanny's never night Orangeman ould pause person Peter Rooney pike poor present prison purty rason Rattling Bill Reily round Rourke Saunders seemed Shawn Shawn-a-Gow shout side Sir Thomas Hartley Sir William Judkin smile stood sure tell there's thing thought Tom Dooley tone tould town turned United Irish voice whispered widin woman words wretched yeomen young
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Page 157 - ... or give evidence against, any member or members of this or similar societies for any act or expression of theirs, done or made collectively or individually in or out of this society, in pursuance of the spirit of this obligation.
Page 287 - Liberty." Accordingly sheep, cows, oxen, and Orangemen, or supposed Orangemen, had, previous to Sir William Judkin's approach to the hill, been abundantly provided for the satiety of the only two cravings felt by their ferocious captors. Such of the former as could not immediately be devoured were suffered to ramble among the rocks and patches of parched grass on the side of the eminence until hunger again called for a meal ; such of the latter as, from whim or fatigue, were not summarily despatched,...
Page 287 - ... their revenge to a maddening thirst for blood, would never have brutalized themselves and shamed the nature they bore by participation in such deeds as were done upon the breezy summit of that fatal hill. But these were outnumbered by their brethren of a different character ; men, demons rather, to be found in all communities, whose natural disposition was murderous, and who, but for the coward fear of retributive justice, would spill blood upon the very hearthstone of household peace. Alas for...
Page 208 - ... redly in the glow, as, at a command from their captain, they sent up the hill-side three shouts over the demolition of the Croppy's dwelling. But still, though his breast heaved, and though wreaths...
Page 289 - For, just below the base of the tower the rocks and the burned grass were reddened, and lifeless bodies, frightfully gashed, lay here and there, some fully to be seen, others partly concealed by the stunted furze and shrubs. Sir William still toiled upward. In different places along the hill-side, and even at some distance beyond its foot, were groups of men, women, and children, — some reposing after fatigue, others seated round blazing fires of wood and furze. The slaughtered carcasses of sheep...
Page 290 - ... with a grave face, the examiner went round to decide on the comparative width of each yawning cavern. There were carousing groups too, sending illicit whisky or other more legal liquor from hand to hand ; and the beverage did not fail of .its enlivening effect. And leaders appeared, with green ribbons or perhaps a military sash around their persons, or epaulettes on their shoulders, torn from officers they had slain. These were busy inspecting different bands of insurgents as they practised their...
Page 295 - I'll soon force out of him, for you, where the wife is." " No, Delouchery, he will tell nothing here." "An' where will you bring him to make him tell?" " Only to yonder field at the bottom of the hill." The smith paused, and seemed resolving the proposition in all its points. He cast his eyes around. " Molloney, come here — Farrell, come here,
Page 303 - But we paint from the people of a land, amongst whom, for the last six hundred years, national provocations have never ceased to keep alive the strongest, and often the worst passions of our nature ; whose pauses, — during that long lapse of a country's existence, — from actual conflict in the field, have been but so many changes into mental strife ; and who, to this day, are held prepared, should the war-cry be given, to rush at each other's...
Page 291 - No, not an Orangeman." " Now, hould silence, you dog ! every mother's son o' ye is Orange to the backbone. Is there any one here to say a word for this Orangeman? " There was an instant's silence, during which the pale terror-stricken man gazed beseechingly upon every dark and ominous face around him. But the cry " Pay him his reckonin' " soon sealed the victim's doom.
Page 293 - The tone of bitter, savage mockery in which he spoke grated at Talbot's ear, as first grinning into his prisoner's face, he glanced in fierce triumph over the crowd. " A good pitch to him, Capt'n Delouchery," cried one of the executioners ; " don't keep us waitin'; we're dhry and hungry for him.