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Miscellaneous Essays

By: Thomas de Quincey

...himself to be se- duced by their charms, endeavors to banish them from the county of Middlesex. But the truth is, that, however objec- tionable per se... ...t:) the answer was, with roars of laughter, from the under- sheriff of our county— “Non est inventus.” T oad-in-the-hole laughed outrageously at this:... ...! But, behold you! scarcely have we read a little farther, before the word Tipperary or Ballina-something betrays the Irish manu- facture. Instantly w... ...t I vehe- mently protest, viz., that no matter though the sheriff in every county should be running after you with his posse, touch a hair of your hea... ...t a body of business rolled north- wards, from the southern quarter of the county, that a fort- night at least occupied the severe exertions of two ju... ... horses, the roads were all silent. Except exhaustion in the vast adjacent county of York from a contested elec- tion, nothing like it was ordinarily ...

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The Prime Minister

By: Anthony Trollope

...y. That there would soon come causes of hot blood,—the English Church, the county suffrage, the in- come tax, and further education questions,—all men... ...r? Yes,—or lozenge-shaped, if you please; but, gentlemen, I am the man for Tipperary.’ Phineas Finn, having seen, or thought that he had seen, all thi... ...t say imperative. It was quite usual for a deputation to have four or five County members among the body, all Brew- ers; and the average wealth of a d... ...n height, and had the character of being one of the best horse- men in the county. He was one of the most popular men in Hertfordshire, and at Longbar... ...ure that he was never called upon to pretend to anything. Through- out the county those were the lucky men—and those too were the happy girls,—who wer... ..., and though perhaps a little self- opinionated, considered throughout the county to be one of the most prudent in it. Indeed no one ever ventured to ...

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The Life of John Sterling

By: Thomas Carlyle

...neral Barton of the Life-guards, an Irish land- lord, I think in Fermanagh County, and a man of connec- tions about Court, lived in a certain figure h... ...hinking that you might be pleased to know of a fellow-laborer somewhere in Tipperary. “Your Letter, like the Scriptural oil,—(they had no patent lamps...

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A Recruiting Pamphlet

By: George Bernard Shaw

...nce, followed by three cheers. Then the band strikes up It’s a Long Way to Tipperary and recedes until it is out of hearing. Private O’Flaherty V.C. c... ...nd all the cows I milked on him, he’d think me the finest ornament for the county jail he ever sent there for poaching.” SIR PEARCE [Laughing]. You’re... ...I’m stiff with it, and the listening to them playing God Save the King and Tipperary, and the trying to make my eyes look moist like a man in a pictur... ...k of sleep. I give you my word, Sir Pearce, that I never heard the tune of Tipperary in my life till I came back from Flanders; and al- 7 Shaw ready ...

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Catherine : A Story

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

... place, she has five hundred thousand acres, in a ring fence in Norfolk; a county in Scotland, a castle in Wales, a villa at Richmond, a corner house ... ...nion & the hother chaps rord with lafter. “As Bally has istates in Queen’s County, I’ve put him on the St. Helena direction. We call it the ‘Great St.... ...ett the following news:— “‘Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Diddlesex. “‘James Augustus de la Pluche, Esquire, to be Deputy L... ... United Kingdom, Baron Haggismore, in Scotland, K.T., Lord Leftnant of the County of Diddlesex, &c. &c. This young lady was with her Noble Ma, when I ... ...ntaining my dressing-case and close. “I was heverywhere introjuiced in the county as the great Railroad Cappitlist, who was to make Diddlesex the most... ...ail me. The infamous editors of the Kelso Champion, the Bungay Beacon, the Tipperary Argus, and the Stoke Pogis Sentinel, and other dastardly organs o... ...ry prints ever in Bundelcund or the Rohilla country? Does this exquis- ite Tipperary scribe know the difference between Hurrygurrybang and Burrumtolla...

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