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... girl ! " Mr. Herbert , of Mucross Abbey , near Killarney , has in his possession a portrait of the old Countess , stated to have been executed during her final visit to London . The following appears to have been painted on the back of ...
... girl ! " Mr. Herbert , of Mucross Abbey , near Killarney , has in his possession a portrait of the old Countess , stated to have been executed during her final visit to London . The following appears to have been painted on the back of ...
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... girl of great courage , " for I see you have cut the thread , and read it . " " Yes , " said the knight , a little confused , for he was a man of very nice honour ; " I conceived it my duty to do so , as you have concealed this cor ...
... girl of great courage , " for I see you have cut the thread , and read it . " " Yes , " said the knight , a little confused , for he was a man of very nice honour ; " I conceived it my duty to do so , as you have concealed this cor ...
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... girl . Know you not , Elizabeth , that when we see a plain and natural explanation of a difficult affair , we should receive it , rather than look for far - fetched explanations ? We often err in judging of motives , and looking too ...
... girl . Know you not , Elizabeth , that when we see a plain and natural explanation of a difficult affair , we should receive it , rather than look for far - fetched explanations ? We often err in judging of motives , and looking too ...
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... girl , " do not think of such a thing , now . " " But , Bessy , my child , I should die happy if I saw you the wife of a kind and brave man , who would watch over you . I fear for you , my child , while that demon , Nugent , goes about ...
... girl , " do not think of such a thing , now . " " But , Bessy , my child , I should die happy if I saw you the wife of a kind and brave man , who would watch over you . I fear for you , my child , while that demon , Nugent , goes about ...
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... girl , all I possess in the world . * I commit her to your care ; watch over her . Bessy , kiss me . God bless you both , my children . ” He died about an hour after this , in Mallow Castle.t The good news of Sir Thomas Norreys ' death ...
... girl , all I possess in the world . * I commit her to your care ; watch over her . Bessy , kiss me . God bless you both , my children . ” He died about an hour after this , in Mallow Castle.t The good news of Sir Thomas Norreys ' death ...
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The Last Earl of Desmond [By C.B. Gibson] Charles Bernard Gibson,James Fitz-Thomas No preview available - 2018 |
The Last Earl of Desmond: A Historical Romance of 1599-1603 V1 (1854) Charles Bernard Gibson No preview available - 2009 |
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Page 278 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side; But in his duty, prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 250 - How can I, except some man should guide me ? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. The place of the scripture which he read was this. He was led as a sheep to the slaughter : and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: In his humiliation his judgment was taken away : and who shall declare his generation ? for his life is taken from the earth. And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this ? of himself, or of...
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Page 123 - ... and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low.