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now entertained that the indians who had visited them the preceding night might be drowned as they had freely of wine and their small was easy to be there was a silence however and an air of desertion about the whole neighbourhood extremely suspicious on their preceding voyage the harbour had been a scene of continual ... | 48 |
the skies abandoned to the of earthly passions and raging against each other with worse than brutal ferocity still these were not so dangerous as long as they observed one of the grand of and kept together in the fortress maintaining military vigilance all precaution of the kind was soon forgotten in vain did don de hi... | 48 |
and of building houses in the vicinity the expressed much satisfaction at the idea but observed that the situation of the place was which was indeed the case notwithstanding every demonstration of friendship however the was evidently ill at ease the charm of mutual confidence was broken it was evident that the gross of... | 48 |
a different who at first issued forth at the head of his warriors with menacing aspect and a show of hostility but was readily soothed into the most from him he learnt that had retired from the plain to the party discovered an indian concealed near a hamlet having been by a received firom a lance when l against his acc... | 48 |
in the most sanguine terms of and which last returned to spain in the fleet he repeated his confident of soon being able to make of gold of precious and being prevented at present in the search for them by the sickness of himself and people and the cares and labours required in building the infant city he described the... | 48 |
to protect it from any sudden attack of the natives although the most friendly disposition was evinced by the indians of the vicinity who brought supplies of their simple articles of food and gave them in exchange for european trifles on the day of the th of february the church being sufficiently completed high mass wa... | 48 |
merely with respect to articles of food for we are told that the indians were not careless in sup l c their notions of property and die crime of was one of the few which were punished among them with great severity is generally open to free in savage life and is rarely made an object of until habits of trade have been ... | 48 |
of the these were placed in every part of their houses or carved on their furniture some had them of a small size and bound them about their when they went to battle they believed their to be with all their powers and often stole them from each other when the came among them they often hid their lest they should be tak... | 48 |
a bird of melodious note the same that for the they added that yearly about the time when he had suffered this he comes in the night with a song bis misfortune which is the cause why that bird always sings in die ni t season like most savage nations they bad also a tradition the universal equally fanciful with most of ... | 48 |
the and which their religious creed none were permitted to l c t do l c sing these but the sons of who were instructed in them by their or priests they were before the people on solemn like those already described accompanied by the sound of a kind of drum made from a hollow tree such are a few of the characteristics r... | 48 |
the day that they ever left their country the venerable and after him records with much solemnity a popular belief current in the island at the time of his residence there and connected with the fate of these in after years when the seat of the colony was removed from on account of its situation the city to ruin add ... | 48 |
among the dark clouds that rolled over its summit for no other purpose than to stand upon its brow and look down on the red torrent dashing with from to whilst the winds roared and the clouds flew in dark columns around us giving to the natural of the place an air of desolation beyond this the mountains stretched away ... | 50 |
stated festival affection is then awakened and calls to the hearth where it those on whose faces it loves to look if they be living it places them in the circle of happiness which it and if they be removed for ever from such scenes their memory which amidst the din of ordinary life has almost passed away is now restore... | 50 |
me to this man out o the place look at him here an his fingers afore me an me out to dance alive exclaimed the good man out of breath i seen the day any way an maybe could show a step or two yet if i was well vexed you can t forget ould times alley eh you thief have man alive replied the wife in a tone of placid gravit... | 50 |
an next here s a merry christmas to us an many o them an age oh by that fa that s frank run my breath i ve run you tory ob by that s stuff as s so it i what well do you that from for faith be mighty convenient to live near it in a hard frost was now silent for some time which silence was produced by the industry he... | 50 |
father s fields under the shelter of an elder hedge here he paused and seemed still somewhat uncertain as to the direction in which he should proceed at length he decided the way towards s was that which he took and as he walked rapidly he soon found himself at the village in which she lived it was now a little after t... | 50 |
or not sure as i m on my way to s the father of the boy that he s to t i as well watch his motions ay way he accordingly proceeded along the shadowy of the street in order to avoid frank s eye should he chance to look back and quietly on until be fairly saw him enter the house having satisfied himself that the object o... | 50 |
into my as was the ease to ay vm often god help me a in an thin it s good for me a little of it this would make a brave more observed one of s sons if it wasn t so big what do you keep in it why a ind d but a sup o s holy that t say by am it him trouble to produce by that he must fa a long time and pray by the day af... | 50 |
and in fact himself so that his father whispered with a sigh to his mother alley would nt we be the happy family if that boy of ours was to be always the thing he appears to be god help him the if he had and the fear o before he d not be a piece of to strangers ana a s limb ourselves but he s young an may see his evi... | 50 |
danced for some time the fathers and mothers of the village were called upon to step out this was generally the most amusing scene in the dance no excuse is ever taken on such occasions for when they refuse about a dozen young fellows place them will they they upright upon the floor from whence neither themselves nor t... | 50 |
by me boys by the o war frank myself will fight to the knees for you faith you may depend on frank or we re not to the fore i know it boys and now for a piece of fun for this night you see come an man alive you see regard to eh what the hell is that a cough those connected with are sworn to have no private or person... | 50 |
every other day in the year he can but two each priest then said one at midnight and two on the following day accordingly about twenty or thirty years ago the performance of the midnight mass was looked upon as an highly important and interesting the preparations for it were general and fervent so much so that not a ro... | 50 |
shame for able stout fellows like to be asleep at the hour o night of all hours o the night an age says he get up you dirty i there s vol i p st in the pope s his to ireland to bless it in regard that neither corn nor nor will grow an the land in of a set of that it up an there s not a glass of to be had in ireland f... | 50 |
well with the solemnity of this extraordinary worship and rendered the rugged nature of the abrupt cliffs and together with the still outline of the stern mountains sufficiently visible to add to the and of the ceremony in fact there was an character about it and the like appearance of the white priest as he mattered h... | 50 |
influence of strong passion such as would seem to be produced by disappointment and defeat what said the father is it frank your clothes are covered snow lord guard us exclaimed the mother is that blood upon your face frank it and it is blood that s upon my face answered frank do you want to know more news why ay inde... | 50 |
tell it to her the of it in the evening when the day s past an all of us in comfort what was it sure you may let me hear it maybe i will in the it was about you an the but how will you manage in regard of the oath an a i brother why that i couldn t get over it he me first sure he s worse off i ll lave it the an whateve... | 50 |
like you see to be bad company ha ha ha why you poor said his if i choose to let myself out i d make a hare of you in no time entirely and an ass of yourself retorted the other but you may save yourself the in regard of the last for your know you to be an ass ever since they you you have them here man alive the and ... | 50 |
was now nearly empty there s about another glass indeed an will a an sure you ll have my for it an the priest s own you couldn t have a more one blessed be god for it sure well known in they never came to ill that had it an never did good that got my curse do you hear how that rises the wind off o my stomach for that... | 50 |
was necessary they should call in order to furnish themselves with cock sticks and to bring dogs which young frank kept for the purpose the inmates of the family were at mass with the exception of frank s mother and the servant man whom they found sitting on his own bed in the barn engaged at cards the right hand again... | 50 |
an not ne for you said i saw that frank and can swear to it but that s all i did see i know nothing of what happened in the mountains what do you mane you villain exclaimed frank seizing the and attempting to strike him do you to suspect that i had any hand in it frank screamed the sisters are you goin to he shouted in... | 50 |
frank if you take my advice you ll lave their sight for surely if they you on the spot who could blame them why ought i lave their sight replied frank i tell you all that i had no hand in his death the gun went off by accident as he was a wreath o snow i was afore him and when i heard the re port an turned round there... | 50 |
had the gun in his hand the time she went could the mark of it be here bring me down the gun an the curse o god upon her for an unlucky thief whoever had her it s it s too he continued the man that had the gun stood on this spot it s a said frank it s a i call upon you to for me didn t you see when we went to the hi... | 50 |
villain do you want to make me guilty do you want to make me guilty you deep it seemed as if the current of his thoughts and feelings had taken a new direction though it is probable that the excitement which appeared to be rising within him was only the courage of fear you all wish to find me guilty he added but i ll s... | 50 |
and the wind to blow in a manner that promised a heavy and violent storm they proceeded notwithstanding on their search and on whistling for the dog discovered that he was not to be found he went us to the mountains i know said the former speaker an i think it likely he ll be found wherever he is come boys step out it ... | 50 |
ice on his cheeks his clothes were completely with the hard snow which had been beaten into them by the strength of the blast and his joints were getting stiff and the tumult of the tempest the whirling of the snow clouds and the thick snow now falling and again tossed upwards by sudden to the clouds deprived him of al... | 50 |
your grief in for a start till i says the l e over him for the pace and repose of his f kneel down all he repeated his prayer in language which it would require one of edward s in the unknown to interpret when he had about the half of it and those who had gone to seek him entered the house and after the example of the... | 50 |
ever take by way of cure for it s the only thing does me good when i am several persons in the neighbourhood were in the mean time to s house a worthy man accompanied by his wife entered as the pilgrim had concluded the woman in accordance with the custom of the country raised the irish cry in a loud melancholy wail th... | 50 |
feet to a pair of sheep s gray stockings for her husband it was one of those serene evenings in the month of june when the decline of day a calmness and repose resembling what we might suppose to ha x when our first parents sat in it before their fall the beams of the sun shone through the windows in clear shafts of li... | 50 |
of their whether they came for good or evil this however seemed to be beyond her faculty of i their language for after shaking her head two or three times she knit more busily than before at this moment the shadow of a person passing the house darkened the window opposite which she sat and immediately a tall female of ... | 50 |
sure only only what asked the stranger with a face of anguish that seemed to torture every feature out of its proper woman said mrs whilst the hair began to stand with terror upon her head sure it s no in life that i m in a perplexity a is under the one roof me t that i want to know anything at all about it the dear f... | 50 |
in an you have this day been kind to me replied the woman and that s what i can t say of many dear help me every door is shut in my face does not every cheek get pale when i am seen if i meet a fellow creature on the road they turn into the field to avoid me if t ask for food it s to a deaf ear i if i am thirsty they... | 50 |
it would be difficult to say every one told it exactly as he heard it from another but indeed it is not improbable that those through whom it passed were unconscious of the additions it had received at their hands it is not unreasonable to suppose that imagination in such cases often colours highly without a design of ... | 50 |
to him on this point his stern and severe manner rugged and when occasion demanded daring they believed suitable to the qualities requisite for the trial of such an interview they accordingly v on him and after and his friends had given as faithful a report of the circumstances as considering all things could be expect... | 50 |
won t expect me to tell what i don t know ha ha ha behave an quit your now at all keep it till we re of else an don t let us be sin maybe while we re of what we re about but they say it s as as the sun to the dial the afore last itself it was he never tasted mate or the whole seven weeks oh you needn t stare it s wel... | 50 |
been upon me for years such i am and such i say have you made me as for you kind hearted woman there was nothing in this bottle but pure water the interval of reason returned this day and having remembered glimpses of our conversation i came to to you and to explain the nature of my unhappy and to beg a little bread wh... | 50 |
it might perhaps be attributed the high and integrity for which they were remarkable this severity however was no proof that they wanted feeling or were insensible to the misery and sorrows of others in all the little cares and that the peaceful neighbourhood in which they lived they were ever the first to console or i... | 50 |
she accompanied her words by a flood of tears k without the slightest sympathy withdrew himself from the table not a muscle of his face was moved but as the cat came about his feet at the time he put his foot under her and flung her as easily as possible to the lower end of the what harm did the do asked his wife that... | 50 |
i ll go an to dirty in hand old gloves are used to prevent the hands from being injured by tlie us i him r iii l f it d r who o w willow it of die in eldest lo his by a r tl in h back a u i ami hai hi rather in li u i tlie wall his i o the h l i in c him was a tub h i ones car at i i l the v ill he i it lie l... | 50 |
their little fists at him and to exclaim in a chorus ha you dirty wait till we get you out o the house an if we don t put you from ever i why but you work like another ha you ll get it i and every little fist was shook in vengeance at him f said to the little let him alone he got enough there s the cows for you an k... | 50 |
for nearly three years sank at length under the united of disease and the father of the family was laid low upon the bed of sickness and those of his little ones who escaped it were almost consumed by famine this two fold shock sealed his ruin honest heart was crushed his hardy frame of its strength and he to whom eve... | 50 |
i what ud see us up i think many of them ud be sorry to see me turned out eh the irish are an imaginative people indeed too much so for either their individual or national happiness and it is this and superstition which also depends much upon imagination that makes them so easily influenced by those extravagant dreams ... | 50 |
anything for he then kissed them again one by one and pressing the partner of his sorrows to his breaking heart he bade god them and set out in the twilight of a bitter march morning he had not gone many yards the door when little alley ran after him in tears he felt her hand upon th skirts of his coat which he a of th... | 50 |
heard the last observation of pray how are they treated you that know so well and are so honest a man as for honesty you might have referred to me for that i think he added mr m said we re very badly sir you needn t look at me for i m not to the no sir will make me say anything in your favour that you don t you ve bro... | 50 |
know him this is one reason why some system of poor laws should be introduced into the country of this description become a burden upon strangers whilst those who are capable of entering with friendly sympathy into their misfortunes have no opportunity of assisting them indeed this shame of seeking from those who have ... | 50 |
hopes to be able to buy a o along a pair o new an a for myself i m suspicious that there s about a stone ov it altogether you can have it the market price for i m at not the an me sure the lord will me an the a bit an sup some way else glory to his name besides a lock o in the corner o the bag here that ll do us for ... | 50 |
as the prophecy had stated then there was heal and several others of the fierce old who along with their armies lay in an enchanted sleep all ready to awake and take a part in the delivery of the country sure such a man and they would name him in the time of the s grandfather was once going to fair to sell a horse wel... | 50 |
an too good a mother god forgive me i fretted about dear but as my heavenly father s above me i m now happier to beg you by my side nor if i war in the best house in the province you up for awhile come on an the first house we meet we ll ax their their assistance come on all of why my s so it is sure we have your mothe... | 50 |
the the of rain an that s in it but it s the day all out j will get a so he will at that weary fair the poor a son of ours that s gone to to sell some cattle an he ll not be worth three afore he comes back i hope he ll have to go into some house when he s done an himself well any how besides to keep out the could put ... | 50 |
eh will you now farmer go an t i my pipe wife well it but don t me down upon you do you hear an the people to the fore tool well the lord be an bless but afore go lave j our us for it s a good thing to have the of the poor the lord bless you an yours said fervently may you an them never oh may you never never suffe... | 50 |
great comfort to them many a time have they forgotten their sorrows in contemplating the simple picture of their happy little cottage in particular drew with all the vivid colouring of a tender mother and an affectionate wife the various sources of comfort and contentment to be found even in a cabin whose inmates are b... | 50 |
is that of the small farmers of ireland their circumstances are with all that is calculated to and ruin them rents far above their ability increasing poverty and bad the land which during the last war might have enabled the to pay three pounds per acre and yet still maintain himself with tolerable comfort could not now... | 50 |
being like an absent guest from the assembly of his own dead for there is a principle of hope in the heart that carries with bold j v r and beautiful the realities of life into the silent recesses of death itself having formed the resolution of visiting his old friends at he communicated it to and his family his wi... | 50 |
he dressed himself in all his finery and it would be difficult to say whether the harmless vanity that peeped out occasionally from his simplicity of character or the open and triumph of his faithful whose eye rested on him with pride and affection was most calculated to produce a smile now said he when preparing for ... | 50 |
re well to do in the world we re as well or maybe better nor you ever knew us except indeed afore the ould was run out us god be praised turn round a little for frank ud get too clear a sight of your face at first do you think he ll know you to be sure he will i needn t ax your voice would tell upon you any day know m... | 50 |
is goin to america an it s to be set go the week next an the house needn t be for you can come to it the very day they lave it well said i m glad of that will you come me to morrow an we ll see about it to be sure i will an what s too the is a son of ould s a man that knows you an the o them you came from well an an... | 50 |
been buried and with much of that vivid feeling and strong language inseparable from the habits of thought and language of the old irish families he delivered the mother s message to the dust of her once beautiful and child he spoke in a broken voice for even m the mention of her name aloud over the clay that contained... | 50 |
know poverty or hardship but if they do an that t have it how an no god bless god bless wait till hears it an the best of it was that she never ex to see one of your faces but you think too much about that child let us talk of something else you seen more i did an i love it still in spite of the state it s in ah it s f... | 50 |
still sir if we could am a small taste more iv bread not altogether so much work your honour be no to poor hard men like that has nothing to upon but the labour iv our hands and then the wife and sir why indeed if you could tom i m i d have no objection in the world thank you sir said he i m very you would not bud... | 50 |
most comfortable farmer s residence the passages about the yard were paved and laid down in a manner that would have done credit to taste of the most exact and scrupulous englishman a square grass plot stood in front of the house well and and the gravel walk that led up to the neat hall door was after the manner of his... | 50 |
to one merely to ease bis conscience by praying there which of these two do you think would mercy sooner ay you think sir you have me now but vm not so easy as that comes to do you forget so soon an too or may be yer eh well who knows an if you should bud in respect iv what you me at any rate in the name of goodnes... | 50 |
with an expression in which there appeared to be at once conviction and inquiry he seemed to conjecture that i had heard something of his history and of his and that i spoke to his particular case i would said he better per the truth of your observation if it were less abstract and unlimited i do not relish mystery i r... | 50 |
s an ass an yer of the same or ye d have more sense nor to listen to his he did sir plump to my face an says he in regard iv the an the na there s as little iv them an iv too in our own bible as in theirs bud there s a set of iv ye that every sunday yer mouths open he chooses to say an he knows ye il believe any thin... | 50 |
there s no mistake or any i don t know turning his eyes from his hat to the opposite comer of the ceiling and seeming to transfer his attention to the figure of a lion in the work which notwithstanding tom s sagacious scrutiny was very well done it s very odd sir sure that is t but may be ye t be sir bein a man of t... | 50 |
not have him long but i have one hope and that is that i myself may go before him and not live to feel what his loss would occasion me to suffer when he was gone i followed young butler to his study which was small but neat and well furnished with literature as soon as we were seated he gave me the following account of... | 50 |
to himself was sure to work itself round until it settled under the left ear sometimes there was one side sometimes another but never both sides of his collar up at the same time his old fashioned waistcoat too was sure to be with snuff and its in the lowest of which were two large father pockets hun down nearly to bi... | 50 |
my mother both assailed together and indeed his affection for me ranged itself on their side the result therefore of the conversation was a solemn vow made by both my parents that they would me to the priest butler hood and cause me to fulfil all the other objects then by father a when the vow was made they knelt toge... | 50 |
remote from the eye of the and you will know her value indeed james your trial is difficult my child but at your age and with your experience you cannot possibly put your judgment in what concerns your welfare against the wisdom and experience of a father who loves you too well to propose any thing which js not for yo... | 50 |
it not necessary that some acknowledged standard should exist within the reach to guide him in such a you are young my dear very young and inexperienced or you might know that whenever obedience or in a duty affects the security of any spiritual authority that is just and well founded and this can be true only in the ... | 50 |
can be suffered is sustained but surely father a you do not mean to say that the religion of christ error in any circumstances or that what is wrong can ever become right by a with divine truth even if such could be supposed you admit that the first from were right in an spiritual authority in the church which they ent... | 50 |
possession of it and this knowledge joined to the melancholy induced by the existence of a strong but hopeless passion contributed through his want of judgment and to hasten the approach of the decline in which you see me from tne moment he became acquainted with the state of my mind he never ceased imposing the repeti... | 50 |
the other doctrines of my own creed the result of this was a discovery of errors in it that were and unreasonable this examination did not occupy me long for i compared them as if i were choosing between life and death one morning shortly after my return home i went out as i usually did by medical advice to take a walk... | 50 |
is more james i would not come back to you whom i did love oh i too well were it even permitted me to do so my dear i know from my own experience said i that this despondency is inseparable from extreme weakness do not talk do not think so gloomily for you will only give your complaint the greater over you indeed it... | 50 |
or from to the faith i which yer here so together as he pronounced these words he turned his eyes from father butler to me and from me to father butler again but at last he settled them on my countenance with the confidence of a man who believed that he had caught me as it were manner in attempting to the priest the la... | 50 |
use for wan if they had id i he now retired and father butler with him the latter told me he would get rid of him in a few moments and then resume the subject he had dropped when to the next room he addressed father butler as follows why then father james bud that thief iv a is round ye ie wants to bring ye over to th... | 50 |
a religion which upon and the best moral principles of our nature should have taken such deep root in the human heart father butler but if we examine the matter clearly we shall cease to be at it has at there is something in the and of our best friends that is not to us this doctrine and that for i when a steadfast of ... | 50 |
that wherever her influence is established or has been established knowledge arts science industry and have the human mind has become dark and and the character of mankind sunk into on the one hand or raised into an intolerable and oppression on the other there is little more sir in my history on rising from my illnes... | 50 |
to his flock i trust i worship god in spirit and in truth and approach him through faith in him who gave his life a for i am a sir i am sure you are a christian i replied if this great principle of salvation be truly impressed upon your heart ah sir said she it s hard for us to be what we ought to be there is so much t... | 50 |
habits stealing forward at a s pace in this manner i advanced about forty or so when i heard two voices behind me one of which i instantly recognised as s i placed myself in such a position in the that whilst i had my eye on them i appeared to be contemplating th beauty of the surrounding country was coming along with... | 50 |
induced my father to consider the child because i think she will soon be deprived of her dear mother the father too is far gone in a decline poor was god daughter to miss ton after whom she received christian name every day henceforth showed me more clearly the admirable character of father butler i saw it and found ... | 50 |
of that companion butler rascal why then sir between you an me he s else although there s not three in the parish tiiat doesn t take im for a an thinks the very ground he walks on as good as consecrated an yet lor all that i wouldn t put the same past im and may be id wont warm s heart to hear iv id any how for he hate... | 50 |
boyhood he had used in his studies butler he held his pocket handkerchief between his hands which were clasped and as he became tired from time to time by the nature of his position he turned his head sometimes on the pillow and sometimes on his father s bosom in this manner they hke two children their cheeks against ... | 50 |
the night and mr promised to send his son to remain with me when i got home i found and the father butler waiting for and the former gave me to understand that and were both at the station and that would stop in s for some time well said i we will not trouble our heads about them at all events until tomorrow for the da... | 50 |
the of the season was hot very deep he was not now aware that any person was near him for in consequence of the noise made in the water by his efforts to recover himself he did not hear our conversation as soon as he was free on his legs he gave utterance to a of oaths and commenced cursing not only the but those who m... | 50 |
religious the original of the above goes thus dies dies in david earn tremor est est or as they have it in english the day of wrath that dreadful day all the world in ashes lay as david and the say what horror must the mind when the approaching judge shall find few in all man ind father butler duty must lead to v why ... | 50 |
before v go any farther will you desire him to hand me that horn hangs under his arm till i inspect it i think it s a curiosity in its way said pa hand his honour vol i the horn till he looks i took the horn and after it closely i a little wooden in the bottom by drawing out which i suspected we would find the i then ... | 50 |
raised before a few short minutes my friend and i will answer you no more i will be at rest as he uttered these words a smile expressive of the most happiness lit up his pale interesting countenance it happened very fortunately that the old man just entered the room as he had uttered the last words and was saved the ... | 50 |
and receive and then all anxiety as to the danger of his situation is over he rests then contented and ignorant that there can be no way to happiness but through he himself upon the of his priest indeed says his masses for him and is neither ashamed nor afraid when he attempts to sell the blood of christ for money or ... | 50 |
go from that motive for although the opinion of my friends as to my talents and was exceedingly high yet i assure you it cut but a very indifferent figure when compared with my own on both these subjects i very well remember that the first sly attempt i ever made at a miracle was in reference to i tried it by way of pr... | 50 |
in the air behind her the early challenge of the cock and the quick g of the were cheerfully on all sides the rapid thb with peculiar glee or in the light caprice of their mirth placed themselves for a moment upon the edge of a or earthly precipice in which their nests were built and then shot off to mingle with the an... | 50 |
all power for it has the idea of something beyond to it and possesses all the nations of without its danger or its responsibility not that there is in this principle during the first stages of its existence any precise disposition to tyranny the feeling on the contrary is purely one of pride and selfishness and indeed ... | 50 |
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