Tales by the O'Hara Family: Second Series : Comprising the Nowlans, and Peter of the Castle, Том 1H. Colburn, 1826 |
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Aby's Adams afther answered asked Avoch bishop's school blushed brother called chamber cheek clergyman cousin Daniel Nowlan dinner divil door Dublin eyes face father feelings felt Frank Frank Adams girl give glance half hand head heard heart Henry Colburn Horrogan horse Ireland Irish jist John Nowlan John's kind kitchen laugh Letty's Limerick Long Long's looked Maggy magistrate manner Masther Johnny Masther Tony Matthew mind Miss Letty morning mother Mount Nelson Murrough Nenagh ness never night once ould parlour passed Peery Conolly Peggy Nowlan Peggy's person poor post 8vo priest rason recollected ROGER NORTH round scarce Sirr sister smile soon spoke staring Stokes sure tell ther thing thought tion Tony Ferret tumbler turned uncle uncle's vols walk whispered woman word young gentleman young lady
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Страница 83 - An' take your time, a-vouchal; it's a bad thing to be over-hasty — an' things are apt to spile wid hurry." — These words were volunteered in a jeering tone, with a voice that sounded like the interrupted growl of a bear, by a big fellow, with a bull neck, rolling, unmanageable eyes, broad caricature features, and tattered apparel, visibly the fragments of Aby's cast-off wardrobe, as, his uncouth person shambling along, almost sideways, he made his appearance over a stile, from the post-office....
Страница 92 - THE sportsmen returned home to dinner, bringing with them Masther Tony Ferret, three or four field companions, picked up during the day, and, exclusive of Aby's dogs, all of whom had been in their service, nearly a dozen of canine guests. Their bags were well stuffed; and John saw them, with amazement and anger, send every bird and hare they had killed " up to Mount Nelson, to the magistrate...
Страница 82 - ... knocked them about, or played "leap-frog" over them of an evening; or when the dogs scratched the hair out of them; or "Mrs. Nowlan's" pet raven picked it out; — and ever since, although every day promising to send them to be mended, or to send for some one to mend them, "the masther...
Страница 72 - ... you, I say again, ma'am.'' " Oh, you poor simpleton, you, an' is this the way you're goin' to thrate me ? let me near the brat, an' I '11 soon show you and him — " " Keep off, ma'am, keep off—" " What, Misther Nowlan !" sticking her nails in him — " Keep off, ma'am, as I tould you before...
Страница 80 - ... recently too, of a good kind of English china, but that now had a wooden lid, and only half a snout ; and he poured it into a saucer which was no match to his cup, and added to it some rich but dabbled cream, found in an ewer, the remnant of a suit differing from every other article of tea-equipage on the table, as each individual article differed from the other. He required some water for his tea-pot, and discovered it in a tin saucepan, covered down with a wooden platter, by the hearth, " for...