A month in Mayo. With miscellaneous papers1876 |
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... pieces of fresh fish ; to one end is attached a heavy stone , which is thrown overboard in deep water a little before the turn of the tide . The baits , which have been carefully coiled on the gunwale , run rapidly off , and as soon as ...
... pieces of fresh fish ; to one end is attached a heavy stone , which is thrown overboard in deep water a little before the turn of the tide . The baits , which have been carefully coiled on the gunwale , run rapidly off , and as soon as ...
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... pieces . If such were the object it was unsuccessful ; for at the expiration of ten minutes , during which each dog had done his best or his worst , there was not a hole , excepting the shot holes , in his skin . The tough- ness and ...
... pieces . If such were the object it was unsuccessful ; for at the expiration of ten minutes , during which each dog had done his best or his worst , there was not a hole , excepting the shot holes , in his skin . The tough- ness and ...
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... pieces of iron in the wet sand . The fish is highly phosphorescent , and although the night be pitch dark , its presence , when brought to the surface , is betrayed by the glittering light that shines about it . Men , women , and ...
... pieces of iron in the wet sand . The fish is highly phosphorescent , and although the night be pitch dark , its presence , when brought to the surface , is betrayed by the glittering light that shines about it . Men , women , and ...
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... piece , one for a woman or child . The latter remedy , the broth , I am bound to say , was given without stint or measure , in un- limited quantity ; but strange to say , though the patients were frequently in absolute want of food ...
... piece , one for a woman or child . The latter remedy , the broth , I am bound to say , was given without stint or measure , in un- limited quantity ; but strange to say , though the patients were frequently in absolute want of food ...
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... piece of scientific humbug , utterly unsupported by proof , and abso- lutely contradicted by fact , as every observer of nature well knows . Passing on , I come to a broad , level course , half a mile wide ; four weedy racehorses have ...
... piece of scientific humbug , utterly unsupported by proof , and abso- lutely contradicted by fact , as every observer of nature well knows . Passing on , I come to a broad , level course , half a mile wide ; four weedy racehorses have ...
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Página 115 - Yet," upon the river; Some jealousy of some one's heir, Some hopes of dying broken-hearted; A miniature, a lock of hair, The usual vows, — and then we parted. We parted: months and years rolled by; We met again four summers after. Our parting was all sob and sigh, — Our meeting was all mirth and laughter; For, in my heart's most secret cell, There had been many other lodgers; And she was not the ball-room's belle, But only Mrs. — Something — Rogers!