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WILD IRISH GIRL 3VL (Ireland, from the Act of Union, 1800, to the death of Parnell, 1891)
WILD IRISH GIRL 3VL - Ireland, from the Act of Union, 1800, to the death of Parnell, 1891 Author:Morgan Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: the procrastination of our interview till we meet in Ireland, which I fear will not be so immediately as my wishes would incline. I shall write to my banker in D... more »ublin to replenish your purse on your arrival in Ireland, and to my Connaught steward, to prepare for your reception at M house. Write to me by return. Once more, farewell I To The Earl Of . Mk Dear Lord And Father, I shall offer you no thanks for the generosity of your conduct, nor attempt any extenuation for the errors of mine. The gratitude the one has given birth to—the remorse which the other has awakened—bid equal defiance to expression. I have only implicitly to obey and (fearfully) to hope, that you will not deny my almost forfeited claim to the title of your son. In all duty, respect, and affection, H. M. TO J. D. ESQ. M.P. Holyhead. Dear J— We are told in the splendid Apocrypha of ancient Irish fable, that, when one of the learned was miss- ing on the continent of Europe, it was proverbially said, " Amandatus eat ad disciplinam in Hibernia." But I cannot recollect that, in its fabulous or veracious history, Ireland was ever the mart of voluntary exile to the man of pleasure; so that, when you and the rest of my precious associates miss the track of my footsteps in the old path of London life, you will never think of seeking their pressure on the wildest of the Irish shores, and exclaim, " Amandatus est ad," Sfc. Sjc. fyc. However, I am so far advanced in the land of Druidism, on my way to the " Island of Saints," while you, in the emporium of the world, are drinking from the cup of conjugal love a temporary oblivion to your past sins and wickedness, and revelling in the first golden dreams of matrimonial illusion. I suppose an account of my high crimes and misdemeanour...« less
ISBN-13: 9780824034559 ISBN-10: 0824034554 Publication Date: 7/1/1979 Pages:804 Edition:Facsimile of 1806 ed Rating: