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"Plase your honour, we are all her sons-in-law, except myself, who am her lawful son." "Then you are my foster-brother?" "No, plase your honour, it's not me, but my brother, and he's not in it." "Not in it? "No, plase your honour; becaase he's in the forge, up abow." "Abow!" said I; "what does he mean?" "Sure he's the blacksmith, my lard." "And what are you?"
"Then, one of the family is enough," said Bridget. "I don't want another. Lave here wid you!" "Give me my brother, then!" said Pietro, provoked. "I don't know anything of your brother. If he looks like you, he's a beauty, sure," returned Mrs. McGuire. "Will you let me look for him?" "Faith and I won't. You may call him if you plase."
"Where's your manners, you animal? No `If you plase. For the future, you must not forget to say, `No, sir, or, `No, Mr O'Gallagher. D'ye mind me now say yes what?" "Yes, what!" "Yes, what! you little ignoramus; say `yes, Mr O'Gallagher, and recollect, as the parish clerk says, `this is the last time of asking." "Yes, Mr O'Gallagher."
'Well, Patrick, let us take a start now, then, said Henry. 'Stop a bit, if ye plase, master Henry, till I ask yer honor a bit of a question. Is there any wild bastes on this elligant little island? 'Not that I know of. But what made you think of that, Patrick? 'Faith, an it was just this, then, your honor.
"'We, munseer, says he. "'Then would you lind me the loan of a gridiron, says I, 'if you plase?
"Will I tell him you're itchy about the houghs? eh? However, the thruth is, that they," and he pointed to the stocks "might be justice, but no novelty to you. The iron gathers is an ornament you often wore, an' will again, plase goodness."
Who'll listen to that in a court of justice, do you think?" "I don't know, plase your honour; but this I'm sure of, my lord and Miss Nugent, though but a child at the time, God bless her! who was by when my lord wrote it with his pencil, will remember it." "Miss Nugent! what can she know of business? What has she to do with the management of my Lord Clonbrony's estate, pray?"
Hardcastle, and I was struck with the sight of a cabin, more wretched than any I had ever before beheld: the feeble light of a single rush-candle through the window revealed its internal misery. "Does any body live in that hovel?" said I "Ay, sure, does there: the Noonans, plase your honour," replied a man on the road. Noonans!
"Never despair, Bartle," said Connor; "you know the ould proverb,'a faintheart; however, settin' the purty crature aside, whoever she is, I think if we divided ourselves you to that side, an' me to this we'd get this hay lapped in half the time; or do you take which side you plase."
"'Ay, says Grogan, 'what he often threatened to others he'll soon meet himself, plase God come, boys, says he, 'bring the straw and light it, and just lay it up, my darlings, nicely to the thatch here, and ye'll see what a glorious bonfire we'll have of the black Orange villain's blankets in less than no time.
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