... approaching the spot, found an old man extended on the ground, whose audible sobs proclaimed the severest affliction. Mr. S inquired the cause, and was answered — " Forgive me, sir ; my grief is idle, but to mourn is a relief to the desolate heart... Lights and Shadows of Irish Life - Seite 333von Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1838Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Thomas Crofton Croker - 1824 - 448 Seiten
...without the mention of it. A considerable part of the forfeited estates of that family, in the county Cork, was held by Mr. S about the middle of the last...but to mourn is a relief to the desolate heart and humbled spirit. I am a Mac Carty, once the possessor of that castle, now in ruins, and of this ground... | |
| Thomas Crofton Croker - 1824 - 442 Seiten
...without the mention of it. A considerable part of the forfeited estates of that family, in the county Cork, was held by Mr. S about the middle of the last...but to mourn is a relief to the desolate heart and humbled spirit. I am a Mac Carty, once the possessor of that castle, now in ruins, and of this ground... | |
| James Hardiman - 1831 - 452 Seiten
...of the south of Ireland, but in that he was disappointed. Such an undertaking, however, if properly ground, whose audible sobs proclaimed the severest...but to mourn is a relief to the desolate heart and humbled spirit. I am a Mac Carthy, once the possessor of that castle, now in ruins, and of this ground... | |
| James Hardiman - 1831 - 460 Seiten
...of the south of Ireland, but in that he was disappointed. Such an undertaking, however, if properly ground, whose audible sobs proclaimed the severest...answered—' Forgive me Sir, my grief is idle, but to mourn i> a relief to the desolate heart and humbled spirit. I am a .Mac Carthy, once the possessor of that... | |
| Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva - 1833 - 412 Seiten
...without the mention of it. A considerable part of the forfeited estates of that family, in the county Cork, was held by Mr. S , about the middle of the...but to mourn is a relief to the desolate heart and near Bandon, in the county Cork ; that of Cineal Fearmaic, a district in old Thomond, in the county... | |
| Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva - 1833 - 390 Seiten
...of the last century. Walking one evening in his demesne, he observed a figure, apparently asleep,at the foot of an aged tree, and, on approaching the...but to mourn is a relief to the desolate heart and near Bandon, in the county Cork ; that of Cineal Fearmaic, a district in old Thomond, in the county... | |
| 1832 - 448 Seiten
...family in the county Cork, was held by Mr. S about the middle of the last century. Walking one eveuing in his demesne, he observed a figure, apparently asleep,...but to mourn is a relief to the desolate heart and bumbled spirit. I am a Mac Carty, once the possessor of that castle, now in ruins, and of this ground... | |
| 1838 - 318 Seiten
...man. " A considerable part," says Mr. Croker, " of the forfeited estates of the family in the county Cork was held by Mr. S about the middle of the last...but to mourn is a relief to the desolate heart and humbled spirit. I am a M'Carty, once the possessor of that castle, now in ruins, and of this ground... | |
| Leitch Ritchie - 1838 - 356 Seiten
...part," says Mr. Croker, " of the INTERESTING ANECDOTE. 261 forfeited estates of the family in the county Cork was held by Mr. S about the middle of the last...but to mourn is a relief to the desolate heart and humbled spirit. I am a M'Carty, once the possessor of that castle, now in ruins, and of this ground... | |
| John Cornelius O'Callaghan - 1842 - 382 Seiten
...evening in his demesne, he observed a figure, apparently asleep, at the foot of an aged tree, and, approaching the spot, found an old man extended on...audible sobs proclaimed the severest affliction. Mr. 8 inquired the cause, and was answered — < Forgive me, Sir, my grief is idle, but to mourn is a relief... | |
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