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This work, originally written in Irish, remained in manuscript in Louvain till the middle of the nineteenth century, when it was edited and translated into English by John O'Donovan, one of Ireland's greatest Irish scholars, with an ability and completeness quite worthy of the original.
"Faith, the son o' one that can run a shillin' farther than e'er another man in the country. Do you happen to be acquainted wid one Connor O'Donovan, of Lisnamona?" "Connor O'Donovan that's good, Mike in the mane time don't be goin' it on us. No, no; an' even if she did, it isn't to you she spake about any one, Michael ahagur!"
Faith I got a whisper of it some time ago, but it wint out o' my head. Biddy Nulty, faix a nate clane girl she is, too." "But that's not the best of it, Dandy. Sure, blood alive, I can tell you a sacret may dipind? Honor bright! The Bodagh's daughter, man, is to give her a portion, in regard to her bein' so thrue to Connor O'Donovan.
"Thank you, sir," replied Otway humbly, and with great seriousness, "I know my duty to my employers, and I know that this gentleman may be led into very serious trouble through the dense stupidity of the British Consul here." He turned to Mr. O'Donovan "Are you aware, Mr. O'Donikin I beg your pardon, O'Donovan that the British Consul here is not, officially, the British Consul.
They sat down on two cane lounges, and the supercargo's keen eye saw that Revel's schooner had gone. He breathed freely, and then brought Mr. O'Donovan a large whisky and soda. In the morning Mr. O'Donovan and Mr. William Johns, the British Consul, were in a state of frenzy on discovering that Mr. and Mrs. Lacy had escaped during the night in the schooner Solafanua.
Tom O'Donovan caught, just caught the mail boat at Kingstown. He secured the agency for the sale of the Manners' machines in Ireland. He is in a fair way to becoming a very prosperous man; but it is unlikely that he will ever be a member either of Parliament or Dail Eireann. He says that politics interfere with business.
And yet he was, perhaps, the most thoroughly scientific soldier of all those that crossed the Atlantic at this time. Reading the evidence of Corydon in one of the trials, I find he described Edmond O'Donovan as helping Halpin to make maps for use when the Rising would take place. Knowing both men so well, I can say that none better could be found for planning out a campaign.
Clare in 1736; Thompson, the sculptor, was born in Queen's Co.; another noted sculptor was William D. O'Donovan of Virginia; and Augustus Saint Gaudens, one of the greatest sculptors of modern times, was born in Dublin. Other sculptors of Irish race have been elsewhere mentioned.
Before twelve o'clock the next day informations had been sworn against him, and at the hour of three he found himself in the very room which had been assigned to Connor O'Donovan, sinking under the double charge of abduction and robbery. And now once more did the mutability of public feeling and opinion as usual become apparent.
"I'll get you a better husband," replied her father "far more wealthy and more respectable than he is." "I'll give back the promise," said she; "but the man is not living, except Connor O'Donovan, that will ever call me wife. More wealthy! more respectable! Oh, it was only himself I loved. Father, I'm on my knees before you, and before my mother.
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