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... on the con- troverted points , and make up his mind at leisure . With all these advantages he continued quite untractable : so that the Catholics , finding the case desperate , gave him his liberty . 18 THE IRISH QUARTERLY REVIEW .
... on the con- troverted points , and make up his mind at leisure . With all these advantages he continued quite untractable : so that the Catholics , finding the case desperate , gave him his liberty . 18 THE IRISH QUARTERLY REVIEW .
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... continued series of misfortune , afflictions and distress , which she sometimes contrived a little to alleviate by the productions of her pen . About the year 1755 , she had worked up a novel for the press , which the writer ac ...
... continued series of misfortune , afflictions and distress , which she sometimes contrived a little to alleviate by the productions of her pen . About the year 1755 , she had worked up a novel for the press , which the writer ac ...
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... continued per- forming there for fourteen nights , with his usual eclat , ending with Maskwell in the Double Dealer , for his own benefit . That day , after dinner , he consulted my father , on the subject of calling a meeting of his ...
... continued per- forming there for fourteen nights , with his usual eclat , ending with Maskwell in the Double Dealer , for his own benefit . That day , after dinner , he consulted my father , on the subject of calling a meeting of his ...
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... continued , without abatement , his attachment to her children ; they , on a proper occasion , interposed ; the parties were brought together , and their difference no more was remembered . It is to this difference between Mr. Sheridan ...
... continued , without abatement , his attachment to her children ; they , on a proper occasion , interposed ; the parties were brought together , and their difference no more was remembered . It is to this difference between Mr. Sheridan ...
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... continued , I think , to take instructions of him in reading even after she had made her appearance on the stage ; and one day , while she was with him , a messenger came into the school to say that Mr. Whyte wanted Tommy Moore in the ...
... continued , I think , to take instructions of him in reading even after she had made her appearance on the stage ; and one day , while she was with him , a messenger came into the school to say that Mr. Whyte wanted Tommy Moore in the ...
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Page 390 - When a man's verses cannot be understood, nor a man's good wit seconded with the forward child, understanding, it strikes a man more dead than a great reckoning in a little room.
Page 573 - O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Page 570 - ... no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around him, and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION ! [Here Mr.
Page 128 - I'd clasp it round so close and tight, And I would be the necklace, And all day long to fall and rise Upon her balmy bosom, With her laughter or her sighs, And I would lie so light, so light, I scarce should be unclasp'd at night.
Page 152 - Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries, whom mankind have considered not as the pupil but the slave of science, the pioneer of literature, doomed only to remove rubbish and clear obstructions from the paths through which learning and genius press forward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progress.
Page 404 - O to abide in the desert with thee ! Wild is thy lay, and loud, Far in the downy cloud ; Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying ? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth.
Page 10 - And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child.
Page 129 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 573 - Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me ; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Page 129 - HE that loves a rosy Cheek, Or a coral Lip admires ; Or from star-like Eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires : As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away ! But a smooth and steadfast Mind, Gentle Thoughts, and calm Desires, Hearts with equal love combined, Kindle never-dying fires ! Where these are not ; I despise Lovely Cheeks ! or Lips ! or Eyes...