Dermot O'Brien, Or, The Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649Stringer & Townsend, 1849 - 166 pàgines |
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Pàgina 19
... Florence Des- mond , see to the breaking of the hart , and entering the young hounds . Bran and his brother did good ... Desmond . " And as he spoke , he turned away disdainfully , without giving the slightest heed to the eager vehemence ...
... Florence Des- mond , see to the breaking of the hart , and entering the young hounds . Bran and his brother did good ... Desmond . " And as he spoke , he turned away disdainfully , without giving the slightest heed to the eager vehemence ...
Pàgina 20
... Florence Desmond , " cried Dermot , cast- ing his eyes hastily over the circle of his followers - most of whom were of his own clan and kindred . " Come nearer to my stirrup . If I must needs converse with a traitor to his king , his ...
... Florence Desmond , " cried Dermot , cast- ing his eyes hastily over the circle of his followers - most of whom were of his own clan and kindred . " Come nearer to my stirrup . If I must needs converse with a traitor to his king , his ...
Pàgina 26
... Florence Desmond - and to whose counsel and suggestions he appeared to pay unusual deference . This latter , unlike his kinsman , the younger O'Brien 26 DERMOT O'BRIEN ; CHAPTER III. ...
... Florence Desmond - and to whose counsel and suggestions he appeared to pay unusual deference . This latter , unlike his kinsman , the younger O'Brien 26 DERMOT O'BRIEN ; CHAPTER III. ...
Pàgina 28
... Florence Desmond a handsome man ; and yet there was a changeful play of expres- sion over those strongly - marked lineaments , which could not fail both to attract and rivet the attention . The ordinary character of his face , when in ...
... Florence Desmond a handsome man ; and yet there was a changeful play of expres- sion over those strongly - marked lineaments , which could not fail both to attract and rivet the attention . The ordinary character of his face , when in ...
Pàgina 29
... Florence Desmond was not known as a man both of counsel and of action . The dress of this distinguished soldier was very different from that worn by any of his fellow - hunters , being entirely foreign , both in cut and materials . It ...
... Florence Desmond was not known as a man both of counsel and of action . The dress of this distinguished soldier was very different from that worn by any of his fellow - hunters , being entirely foreign , both in cut and materials . It ...
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Dermot O'brien, Or the Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649 (Classic Reprint) Henry William Herbert Previsualització no disponible - 2016 |
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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
Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 137 - God ! it is a fearful thing To see the human soul take wing In any shape, in any mood...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...