The Last Earl of Desmond:: A Historical Romance of 1599-1603. ... In Two Volumes. ...Hodges and Smith, 104, Grafton-Street., 1854 - Ireland |
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... wife , " or widow . But his fault was far more serious than this . This Lord Thomas , Earl of Desmond , † was greatly beloved by Edward IV . , who appointed him to the government of Ireland . Before the two friends parted ( on the ...
... wife , " or widow . But his fault was far more serious than this . This Lord Thomas , Earl of Desmond , † was greatly beloved by Edward IV . , who appointed him to the government of Ireland . Before the two friends parted ( on the ...
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... wife , and they , too , his rightful sovereigns ! What was it ? " She pressed him so hard , that he told her all , for he deemed his friend Desmond , who was then the Deputy of Ireland , safe from her hands . But in the course of time ...
... wife , and they , too , his rightful sovereigns ! What was it ? " She pressed him so hard , that he told her all , for he deemed his friend Desmond , who was then the Deputy of Ireland , safe from her hands . But in the course of time ...
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... wife's father with his own hand . This was before he was Earl , and the man whom he slew was not the father of his " reigning wife , " for on attain- ing the title in 1529 , he made a grant in perpetuity of the * The gallowglasses were ...
... wife's father with his own hand . This was before he was Earl , and the man whom he slew was not the father of his " reigning wife , " for on attain- ing the title in 1529 , he made a grant in perpetuity of the * The gallowglasses were ...
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... wife's father , " Sir John Fitzgerald , of Dromond . * In a letter to the King , dated May 5th , 1532 , he ex- cuses himself for his non - performance of his promise to send his son to the Court of Henry VIII . , on the plea , " that he ...
... wife's father , " Sir John Fitzgerald , of Dromond . * In a letter to the King , dated May 5th , 1532 , he ex- cuses himself for his non - performance of his promise to send his son to the Court of Henry VIII . , on the plea , " that he ...
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... wife , the daughter of the Mac Carthy Mór , * a descendant of the Irish Earls of Desmond , or Kings of Munster . But he did not succeed in recover- ing either his estates or title , notwithstanding the power of his wife's family and ...
... wife , the daughter of the Mac Carthy Mór , * a descendant of the Irish Earls of Desmond , or Kings of Munster . But he did not succeed in recover- ing either his estates or title , notwithstanding the power of his wife's family and ...
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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 280 - 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 252 - 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...
Page 252 - And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
Page 253 - And there appeared a great wonder in heaven ; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.
Page 249 - Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place ; Did never mortal eye behold such heavenly grace.
Page 177 - A lovely Ladie rode him faire beside, Upon a lowly Asse more white than snow, Yet she much whiter ; but the same did hide Under a vele, that wimpled was full low...
Page 178 - So pure and innocent, as that same lambe, She was in life and every vertuous lore ; And by descent from Royall lynage came Of ancient Kinges and Queenes, that had of yore Their scepters stretcht from East to Westerne shore...
Page 267 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 250 - But he, my Lyon, and my noble Lord, How does he find in cruell hart to hate Her, that him lov'd, and ever most adord As the God of my life ? why hath he me abhord ? " Redounding teares did choke th...