The Adventures of Barney MahoneyFisher, son, and Jackson, 1832 - 299 pages |
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... youth in question . " Shoore its hard I medn't aise me feet when I come in doores ; yees ' ll let Judy and Katy turn out their toes , an ' I'm blisthered intirely wid de brogues , so I am , all the way to Blarney that I've been in dem ...
... youth in question . " Shoore its hard I medn't aise me feet when I come in doores ; yees ' ll let Judy and Katy turn out their toes , an ' I'm blisthered intirely wid de brogues , so I am , all the way to Blarney that I've been in dem ...
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... youth , health , and vigour , he was entering upon a career , which , to his vision , bore only the aspect of unmixed success and prosperity . He had but one feeling approaching to anxiety on his mind ; and this was , that Mr. Stapleton ...
... youth , health , and vigour , he was entering upon a career , which , to his vision , bore only the aspect of unmixed success and prosperity . He had but one feeling approaching to anxiety on his mind ; and this was , that Mr. Stapleton ...
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... youth , she retro- graded from the ball - room to the school - room , there to undergo a second course of polishing and torment under the dominion of some vine- gar - visaged French governess , and to await the more successful exertions ...
... youth , she retro- graded from the ball - room to the school - room , there to undergo a second course of polishing and torment under the dominion of some vine- gar - visaged French governess , and to await the more successful exertions ...
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... youth stalked about his mother's drawing - room with an air of solemnity and pomposity , as surprising to his friends as it was unnatural to himself . His former heart - cheering laugh was changed for a benevolent smile ; his movements ...
... youth stalked about his mother's drawing - room with an air of solemnity and pomposity , as surprising to his friends as it was unnatural to himself . His former heart - cheering laugh was changed for a benevolent smile ; his movements ...
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... youth began to re- sume some degree of confidence in himself , as he reflected on the heroism of submitting to be clothed from head to foot , ( inclusive , ) and the claims it gave him on any society - the present not excepted . 66 ...
... youth began to re- sume some degree of confidence in himself , as he reflected on the heroism of submitting to be clothed from head to foot , ( inclusive , ) and the claims it gave him on any society - the present not excepted . 66 ...
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afore afther agh naw appeared Barney Mahoney Barney's Betsey better Blackpool blessin brother called Charles clane coach coorse Cork county Limerick cousin cuzzen Grizzle daughter dear declared dinner doant door dress dry-salter enuff expect eyes Fanny Fanny's father fear feel Finsbury Square girls glad gout Hastings hope iligant issent James Jones Jones's knoes Lady Theodosia Lincolnshire London look ma'am man-servant Margate matter means meself mind Miss Jones Miss Julia Jones Miss Stapleton Miss Temple Misther Misthress Garatty Montague Place morning mother murther Nancy never niver nothin old Barton oney person poor profession rapparee rason replied Screw servant Shoore sister Strathspey Street sure surprized Swaledale tell there's thin thing thought Tom Barton twas what's whin widin wish wonst yees yer honor young youth
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Page 57 - Excise department, he straight resolves on asking the situation for his brother, from Lord Cork — a personage whom he had never seen before ; but who, he was sure, from his title, must be a fellow townsman of his. The interview is in itself a comedy. 'When our adventurer judged that the accident of the ball dress (as related in the last chapter) had sufficiently faded from the recollection of his mistress, he took an opportunity of requesting leave of absence in order to put in force a certain...
Page 66 - Very true, Barney. But how ended your interview ?" ' " Ah ! that's de word shoore enuff, an' not ' retinue,' as I sed awhile agone. Why, ma'am, we had a deal more discourse, an' he axed me a power o' questions, an' I tould him bow I was tuk from home be Mr.
Page 157 - They had not been many days settled in their new abode, before they had noticed and mentioned in the course of conversation, a somewhat remarkable pair, seemingly father and son, who never failed meeting them in their daily walks ; and by a certain air of half consciousness, and more than half inclination, to claim acquaintance, induced the general question, — " 'Who can those two men be ? they know us, I am sure ; and the old man in particular, looks so earnestly at Fanny, that he certainly some...
Page 63 - I tuk heart, sein' he spoke so gentle. " Be this time his mout' was finished, an' de valet began curlin' his hair, givin' us de manes to discoorse moore comfortable." " ' I must hear a little more about you,' ses his lordship, ' before I give you an answer.' " " ' Be all manner o' manes, me Lord Always,' ses I ; ' shoore that's bud fair any way.
Page 161 - You are very good, Sir," Fanny was beginning ; when Mrs. Temple, unable to bear more, exclaimed, " My dear Miss Stapleton, we must hasten home; there is a heavy shower coming on, I am sure." " Bless your heart — no such — no such thing, Ma'am," cried the impenetrable Mr. Barton: but Mrs. Temple persisted in flight, and arrived at home breathless, where throwing herself into a chair, she almost screamed, " Can it be ? Have I actually had such words addressed to me by a smoke dried citizen ! Bless...
Page 60 - Lord ! de vagabond, sweepin' blagguard ! takin' de bread out o' some poor girl of a housemaid's mout', that's wantin' it may be. So just then there comes trow de hall a woman I knoed very well in Cork, by rason of her mother's cousin's sister was a kind of relation to me uncle at Cove's first wife, an' its cook in de family she is ; and, ' Barney Mahoney,' ses she, 'is that you at all at all.' ' " ' Shoore 'tis meself an' none else ;' ses I ;
Page 163 - Then, Ma'am, I— Then, Ma'am, I and Tom — Tom and I — we go into the market, and see if — see if there's — see if there's any think we fancy for dinner ; then we take a stroll ; that's the way we sometimes meets you, Ma'am, and these young ladies, and that fills up till dinner time. Tom ! what's o'clock ?" he inquired, " for my appetite says near three.
Page 62 - tis his teeth he was brushin' ; an" ' Well,' ses he, ' who are you ?' So I tould him my name was Barney Mahoney , a •County Cork man, an' how I'd got a sarvice in London, an' how a brother •o' mine (that's Pathrick you know, ma'am,) not come over yet, was in want of promotion, in regard of a place he'd be gettin" as I hard he might, be a sthroke o' de pen from his lordship, in de Excise. ' "