Why God Loves the Irish

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Devin-Adair Company, 1918 - 108 pages

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Page 6 - That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force on the plains of Marathon or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Page iii - Inflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God and famous to all ages.
Page 83 - And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore; But oh! her beauty was far beyond Her sparkling gems or snow-white wand. "Lady! dost thou not fear to stray So lone and lovely through this bleak way ? Are Erin's sons so good or so cold As not to be tempted by woman or gold?
Page 44 - sees, but may my right hand forget its cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if to serve Ireland, even Ireland, I forget the Negro one single hour!'
Page 29 - In the seat of peace tumultuous wars Shall kin with kin, and kind with kind confound. Prevent it, resist it, let it not be so, Lest child, child's children cry against you, Woe!
Page 65 - St. Ildefonso, in the armies of Frederic and in the armies of Maria Theresa. One exile became a Marshal of France. Another became Prime Minister of Spain. If he had stayed in his native land he would have been regarded as an inferior by all the ignorant and worthless squireens who
Page 18 - the moment the very name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of idiots.
Page 66 - Irish counts, Irish barons, Irish Knights of St. Louis and St. Leopold, of the White Eagle and the Golden Fleece, who if they had remained in the house of bondage could not have been ensigns of marching regiments or freemen of petty corporations.
Page 84 - Sir Knight! I feel not the least alarm, No son of Erin will offer me harm— For though they love women and golden store, Sir Knight! they love honor and virtue
Page 83 - one of Moore's Melodies: Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore; But oh! her beauty was far beyond Her sparkling gems or snow-white wand. "Lady! dost thou not fear to stray So lone and lovely through this bleak way ? Are Erin's sons so good or so cold As not to be tempted by woman or gold?

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