Dermot O'Brien, Or, The Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649Stringer & Townsend, 1849 - 166 pàgines |
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... things had maintained its ground in the falcon's presence , grumbling and hissing , cat - like , over its scaly prey , now raised its round head , erected its ears , and listened anxiously to the blended din which still rang nearer and ...
... things had maintained its ground in the falcon's presence , grumbling and hissing , cat - like , over its scaly prey , now raised its round head , erected its ears , and listened anxiously to the blended din which still rang nearer and ...
Pàgina 12
... host . And yet , as it was clear to see , it was to him no new or untried manœuvre , but one which had been put in practice many times , and until now , ever found available . But such a feat of agility is one thing to 12 DERMOT O'BRIEN ;
... host . And yet , as it was clear to see , it was to him no new or untried manœuvre , but one which had been put in practice many times , and until now , ever found available . But such a feat of agility is one thing to 12 DERMOT O'BRIEN ;
Pàgina 13
... thing to practise with the good solid greensward under the booted foot , and no denser medium through which to spring than the elastic and intrin- dant air , and with the slippery limestone boulders of the river's bed from which to ...
... thing to practise with the good solid greensward under the booted foot , and no denser medium through which to spring than the elastic and intrin- dant air , and with the slippery limestone boulders of the river's bed from which to ...
Pàgina 19
... things , that none of the men harm him . Let not one of them tarry in the rear , or their skenes will be at wild work presently . And you , sir , " he continued , turning to O'Neil , and addressing him in English ; " since you will not ...
... things , that none of the men harm him . Let not one of them tarry in the rear , or their skenes will be at wild work presently . And you , sir , " he continued , turning to O'Neil , and addressing him in English ; " since you will not ...
Pàgina 25
... things be ? " cried the young earl , perfectly crushed for the moment , and thunderstruck by those dread tidings . " By all my hopes of pardon ! -by all my trust in God ! " ex- claimed O'Neil , solemnly . " In which God , O'Neil ...
... things be ? " cried the young earl , perfectly crushed for the moment , and thunderstruck by those dread tidings . " By all my hopes of pardon ! -by all my trust in God ! " ex- claimed O'Neil , solemnly . " In which God , O'Neil ...
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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 |
Dermot O'brien, Or the Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649 (Classic Reprint) Henry William Herbert Previsualització no disponible - 2018 |
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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...