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Title: The cabinet of Irish literature; selections from the works of the chief poet, orators, and prose writers of Ireland
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Read, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1841-1878 Tynan, Katharine, 1861-1931 O'Connor, T. P. (Thomas Power), 1848-1929
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Publisher: London : The Gresham Publishing Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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A GbiN ILhMAiNLV CAMNG ^ GEOEGE FARQUHAR. 25 pleasure with tlieir command.s, and gives ourduty the wings of iucliiiatiou. Mrs. S. Tliat flight was above the pitch ofa livery: and, sir, would you not be satisfiedto serve a lady again) Arch. As groona of thu chamber, madam,but not as a footman. Mrs. S. I suppose you seived as footmanbefore) Arch. For that reason, I would not serve inthat post again ; for my memory is too weak forthe load of messages that the ladies lay upontheir servants in London. My Lady Ilowdye,the last mistress I served, called me up onemorning, and told me, Martin, go to myLady Allnight, with my humble service; tellher I was to wait on her ladyship yesterday,and left word with Mrs. Rebecca, that thepreliminaries of the aflixir she knows of arestopped, till we know the concurrence of theperson I know of, for which theie are circum-stances wanting, which we shall accommodateat tlie old jjlace; but that, in the meantime,there is a pereon about her ladyship, that,from

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