Stories of Ireland: Castle Rackrent, The absenteeG. Routledge and sons, 1886 - 287 pages |
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agent better bless Burke carriage Castle Rackrent Clonbrony's Colambre's Count O'Halloran cried Lord Colambre Dareville daughter dear Dennis door Dublin Edgeworth Edgeworthstown eyes father Garraghty gentleman give Grace Nugent hand happy Hare Hatch hear heard heart Heathcock hope horses Ireland Irish Jason Judy Killpatrick knew Lady Berryl Lady Clonbrony Lady Dashfort Lady Isabel Lady Langdale Lady Rackrent Lady St lady's ladyship Larry live London look Lord Clonbrony lordship marriage married master mind Miss Broadhurst Miss Nugent Mordicai morning mother Mount Juliet's Town never night Petito plase your honour poor Raffarty rent Reynolds Richard Lovell Edgeworth says Sir Condy Sir James Brooke Sir Murtagh Sir Terence O'Fay smiling Soho speak sure talk tell tenants Thady there's thing thought told turned whilst whisky window wish woman word young lady
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Page 12 - When it raineth, it is his pent-house ; when it bloweth, it is his tent ; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose ; in winter he can wrap it close ; at all times he can use it, never heavy, never cumbersome.
Page 14 - Then such a fine whillaluh* ! you might have heard it to the farthest end of the county, and happy the man who could get but a sight of the hearse ! But who'd have thought it ? just as all was going * See Glossary. on right, through his own town they were passing, when the body was seized for debt...
Page 13 - He that goes to bed, and goes to bed sober, Falls as the leaves do, falls as the leaves do, and dies in October ; But he that goes to bed, and goes to bed mellow, Lives as he ought to do, lives as he ought to do, and dies an honest fellow.
Page 15 - ... em, for my lady kept a sharp look-out, and knew to a tub of butter everything the tenants had, all round. They knew her way, and what with fear of driving for rent and Sir Murtagh's lawsuits, they were kept in such good order, they never thought of coming near Castle Rackrent without a present of something or other — nothing too much or too little for my lady — eggs, honey, butter, meal, fish, game, grouse, and herrings, fresh or salt, all went for something. As for their young pigs, we had...
Page 12 - Now it was that the world was to see what was in Sir Patrick. On coming into the estate he gave the finest entertainment ever was heard of in the country: not a man could stand after supper but Sir Patrick himself, who could sit out the best man in Ireland, let alone the three kingdoms itself.
Page 8 - Without being so presumptuous as to hope to emulate the rich humour, pathetic tenderness, and admirable tact, which pervade the works of my accomplished friend, I felt that something might be attempted for my own country, of the same kind witli that which Miss Edgeworth so fortunately achieved for Ireland...
Page 18 - And is that old Thady?" says he, as he got into his gig: I loved him from that day to this, his voice was so like the family...
Page 12 - ... in waste places, far from danger of law, maketh his mantle his house, and under it covereth himself from the wrath of Heaven, from the offence of the earth, and from the sight of men.
Page 18 - God bless him ! He valued a guinea as little as any man : money to him was no more than dirt, and his gentleman and groom, and all belonging to him, the same...
Page 17 - ... had a fine jointure settled upon her, and took herself away, to the great joy of the tenantry. I never said anything one way or the other whilst she was part of the family, but got up to see her go at three o'clock in the morning. " It's a fine morning, honest Thady," says she ;