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"I appale to this gintleman," said Father Peter turning to the stranger. "Are you a classical scholar, sir that is, do you understand Latin?" "What kind?" demanded the stranger dryly. "If you have read Corderius's Colloquies, it will do," said Father Peter. "No, sir," replied the other, "but I have read his commentator, Bardolphus, who wrote a treatise upon the Nasus Rubricundus of the ancients."
I'm not goin' in sickness an' misery, as I wint afore, to see a man that wouldn't hear my appale to him; an' I'm lavin' you comfortable, agrah, an' wantin' for nothin'. Sure it's only about five-an'-twenty miles from this a mere step. The good God bless an' take care of you, my darlin' wife, till I come home to you!"
Having lately recommended two separate claimants to a patent for the same land, the Land Commission became cautious and conservative. Roscommon was at first astounded, then indignant, and then warlike, he was for an "appale to onst!"
Owen looked about him rather vacantly; but soon collected himself, and implied in a mournful and touching tone of voice "I'm one of your honor's tenants from Tubber Derg; my name is Owen M'Carthy, your honor that is, if you be Mr. "And pray, what brought you to town, M'Carthy?" "I wanted to make an humble appale to your honor's feelins, in regard to my bit of farm.
Depend upon it there is a great deal more kindly human sympathy between two openly-confessed scamps than there is in that calm, respectable recognition that you and I, dear reader, exhibit when we happen to oppose each other with our respective virtues. "And ye'll get the appale?" "I will." And he DID! And by a singular coincidence got the District Attorneyship also.
Secondly A man, you see, may have money, or he may not, when his follow creature who stands in need of it makes an appale to his dacency and his feelings; and sorry I'd be to think that there's a man before me, or a woman either, who'd refuse to assist the distresses of any one, of any creed, church, or persuasion, whether white, black, or yallow no; I don't except even the blue-bellies themselves.
"Your political sentiments do you great credit," began Mr. Wood. "But fwhot's the Government to do wid the appale?" "The Government," said Mr. Wood significantly, "will be represented by the District Attorney." "And who's the spalpeen?" "It is rumored," said Mr. Wood, slowly, "that a new one is to be appointed. I, myself, have had some ambition that way."
"Gintlemen," he said, "he'll be talkin' in another tone within a wake. Bedad, we'll tache him phwat he don't know. We'll send out an appale fer foonds, an' we'll give him all the fight he wants." Mr. O'Fake's hopeful tone was needed to brace up the drooping courage of his friends.
Sappy Wood, it's the 'appale' I want, and the grant I'll have, more betoken as the old woman's har-rut and me own is set on it entoirely. Get me the land and I'll give ye the half of it, and it's a bargain!" "But my dear sir, there are some rules in our profession, technical though they may be " "The divel fly away wid yer profession. Sure is it better nor me own?
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