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Title: The cabinet of Irish literature; selections from the works of the chief poet, orators, and prose writers of Ireland
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Read, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1841-1878 Tynan, Katharine, 1861-1931 O'Connor, T. P. (Thomas Power), 1848-1929
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Publisher: London : The Gresham Publishing Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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turn into meadowsand drive along on the grass. Then he wasnever tired of my merits; for I found it apleasure to give things I did not want anylonger, and fed the dogs with the scrapswhen I had finished my dinner, and likedothers to be happy as soon as I had all thatI needed, and he often boasted I provedI w-as a Davern all over by my generousways. And he was so proud when I strucka servant across the face with a whip forrudeness, that he gave us a guinea apiece,to reward my spirit and to comfort myvictims. Whenever I sit down on a cushion, Ifind it is a dog, said Sir Tim: and theanimals added to the disorder and noise inthe House. It was a long building, with two storeys,and many windows that made it pleasant insummer, but gloomy when the weather wasdark. The drawing-room and the dining-room opened on the terrace and garden.The book-room and the parlours looked outon a sedgy and rough field with the avenuewinding around it. A corridor was abovethem, and thirty narrow and long bedrooms
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