priface

Updated: June 10, 2025

Or it may be compared, he says, in the priface of the work, 'to the three states of the Catholic church the church Militant, the church Suffering and the church Triumphant. The larnin' of that man was beyant the reach of credibility." "Arra, have you a small glass, Masther? You see, Misther O'Flaherty, it's consarnin' purgatory, this that I want to talk about."

William Carleton - Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee: Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of: William Carleton, Volume Three