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Scratching his head, he cried: "Begorrah, but yees can't repate that trick!" making a rush toward his antagonist, who stood calmly awaiting his onset. "By heavens, I'll give you something different then!" said the man, as he caught him bodily in his arms, and running to the edge of the river, flung him sprawling into it.
"Now," said he, in a strong rich brogue, "let every man fall into rank according as his name is called out; and along with his name he must also repate his number whatever it may be, up until we come to a hundred, for I believe we have no more muskets. Where is Sargin Lynch?" "Here I am," replied that individual, who enjoyed a sergeant's pension, having fought through the peninsular campaign.
"Why," says his Riv'rence, "as there is no sich passidges I make myself mighty asy about them; but if you want to know how I dispose ov them," says he, "just repate one ov them, and I'll show you how to catapomphericate it in two shakes."
Katty, you go to bed, and let Barney stay up till I come back did you mind my words, I repate read you both out, if ever a syllable comes to Father Pother's ears, or anybody's else's but our own."
Thanks, Miss Hanna; in the meantime I will enunciate a toast, and although we shall not draw very strongly upon sentiment for the terms, it shall be plain and pithy; here is 'that the saddle of infamy may be soon placed upon the right horse, and maybe there's an individual not a thousand miles from us, and who is besides not altogether incognizant of the learned languages, including a tolerably comprehensive circle of mathematics, who will, to a certain extent, contribute to the consummation of that most desirable event; here then, I repate, is the toast 'may the saddle of infamy soon be placed upon the right horse!"
"'You had better behave yourself, I say again, says the dog, 'or if you make me speak, by my honor as a gintleman I'll expose you: I say you won't marry the same two, neither this nor any other day, and I'll give you my raisons presently; but I repate it, Father Flannagan, if you compel me to speak, I'll make you look nine ways at once.
You may say what you like, but I repate, it's a right good, thing to have the force of public opinion in your favor." "Yes, of public opinion, I grant you; but surely you cannot pretend, father, that such gross and barefaced flattery as that can be termed public opinion?" "And why not, sir?
He tells ye to yer teeth that it was yer beautiful self putt the exthra button into the bag, yez did it, Misther Laygrow, and nobody else." "Liar!" vociferated the Frenchman, with a menacing gesture. "Liar!" "Kape cool, Frenchy. It isn't Larry the Galwayman that's goin' to be scared at yer blusther. I repate, it was you yourself that putt that button into the bag."
"Come, Nancy," says Andy Morrow, "replenish again for us all, with a double measure for Shane Fadh because he well desarves it." "Why, Shane," observed Alick, "you must have a terrible memory of your own, or you couldn't tell it all so exact." "There's not a man in the four provinces has sich a memory," replied Shane. "I never hard that story yet, but I could repate it in fifty years afterwards.
"Will ye repate that, Tammas, iv ye plaze." I briefly rehearsed such relevant information as I possessed, whilst Rory kidnapped the geographical names, and imprisoned them in his note-book, trusting to his memory for the rest.
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