Dermot O'Brien, Or, The Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649Stringer & Townsend, 1849 - 166 من الصفحات |
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... deep hollows intervening , like the seas and troughs of a storm - tossed ocean , until afar off in the dim distance they were bounded to the westward by the blue towering heights of the great moun- tain of Slievh - Buy . It was perhaps ...
... deep hollows intervening , like the seas and troughs of a storm - tossed ocean , until afar off in the dim distance they were bounded to the westward by the blue towering heights of the great moun- tain of Slievh - Buy . It was perhaps ...
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... deep , hoarse croak was next heard ; and , a moment later , a large raven , grizzled about the head with age , sailed over the low tree - tops , and perched itself secure and well satisfied on the very scathed oak - branch from which ...
... deep , hoarse croak was next heard ; and , a moment later , a large raven , grizzled about the head with age , sailed over the low tree - tops , and perched itself secure and well satisfied on the very scathed oak - branch from which ...
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... deep where he entered it that it took him to the mid- thigh , and so swift , that , strong as he was and muscular , it needed all his powers and agility to stem it , the fierce animal had disembarrassed itself of all its four - footed ...
... deep where he entered it that it took him to the mid- thigh , and so swift , that , strong as he was and muscular , it needed all his powers and agility to stem it , the fierce animal had disembarrassed itself of all its four - footed ...
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... deep cav- ernous hollows from the depths of which twinkled with a quick , malignant light a pair of small , dark , snake - like eyes , of which the sharp intelligence was the only redeeming feature . The nose was coarse , broad , and ...
... deep cav- ernous hollows from the depths of which twinkled with a quick , malignant light a pair of small , dark , snake - like eyes , of which the sharp intelligence was the only redeeming feature . The nose was coarse , broad , and ...
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... deep angry murmur passed from lip to lip of the wild vassals of the great O'Brien . Bold as he was , the grim - visaged soldier gazed around him with an anxious eye on the lowering countenances and ready weapons of the clansmen , and ...
... deep angry murmur passed from lip to lip of the wild vassals of the great O'Brien . Bold as he was , the grim - visaged soldier gazed around him with an anxious eye on the lowering countenances and ready weapons of the clansmen , and ...
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS arms believe blazing blood brow Carnew Carysfort castle cavalier clang Colonel Desmond countess courser cousin crags cried Cromwell dark deep Dermot O'Brien door Dublin Earl of Thomond Eily enemy exclaimed eyes face Father Daly fear feet fell flashed Florence Desmond foot force gate-house gates girl glance grave hand Hardress head heard heart Henry Cromwell hill honor horse hounds Hugh O'Neil instant Irish iron Killahurler king kinsman lady less light lips looked lord malvoisie Murtough never night noble once Ormond passed pause priest Puritans rapparee ravine renegado replied ride rode Roundheads rushed scarce seemed seneschal Shamus shout side Slievh-Buy smile spoke spur stirrup stood strange stream sure sword tarry tell thee thou tidings Toledo blade Torlogh traitor Tredagh truth turned Ulick voice walls weapons wild words young earl
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الصفحة 94 - Then bugle's note and cannon's roar the death-like silence broke, And with one start, and with one cry, the royal city woke.
الصفحة 95 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes: Those scraps are good deeds past; which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
الصفحة 41 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
الصفحة 137 - God ! it is a fearful thing To see the human soul take wing In any shape, in any mood...
الصفحة 137 - He faded, and so calm and meek, So softly worn, so sweetly weak, So tearless, yet so tender — kind, And grieved for those he left behind; With all the while a cheek whose bloom Was as a mockery of the tomb...
الصفحة 26 - DAY set on Norham's castled steep,* And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's mountains lone : The battled towers, the donjon keep,* The loophole grates, where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone.
الصفحة 137 - I've seen the sick and ghastly bed Of Sin delirious with its dread: But these were horrors — this was woe Unmix'd with such — but sure and slow. He faded, and so calm and meek, So softly worn, so sweetly weak, So tearless, yet so tender — kind, And grieved for those he left behind...