 The wooden walls of Ireland ! " This toast being quite new to us all, he was asked for an explanation ; upon which, filling a bumper, he very gravely stood up, and bowing to the Marquess of Waterford and several country gentlemen, who commanded county...  Personal Sketches of His Own Times - Página 134por Sir Jonah Barrington - 1827 - 474 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Sir Jonah Barrington - 1827 - 266 páginas
...bumper, he very gravely stood up, and, bowing to the Marquess of Waterford and several country gentlemen, who commanded county regiments, he said, — " My...have the pleasure of giving you 'The wooden walls of Ireland' — the colonels of militia!" So broad but so good-humoured a jeu d'esprit, excited great... | |
 | 1827 - 624 páginas
...bumper, he very gravely stood up, and, bowing to the Marquess of Waterford and several country gentlemen, who commanded county regiments, he said, — " My...gentlemen! I have the pleasure of giving you ' The wooden svalk of Ireland ' — the colonels of militia!" So broad but so good-humoured л jeu d'esprit, excited... | |
 | 1828 - 488 páginas
...bumper, he very gravely stood up, and, bowing to the marquess of Waterford and several country gentlemen, who commanded county regiments, he said, — " My...have the pleasure of giving you the wooden walls of Ireland — the colonels of militia .>" So broad but so good-humoured a Jtu f esprit, excited great... | |
 | Joe Miller - 1836 - 266 páginas
...bumper, he very gravely stood up, and, bowing to the Marquis of Waterford and several country gentlemen, who commanded county regiments, he said, My lords...have the pleasure of giving you The wooden walls of Ireland — the colonels of militia. 668. When it was debated about sending bishops to America, much... | |
 | 1848 - 580 páginas
...bumper, he very gravely stood up, and bowing to the Marquis of WATERFORD, and several country gentlemen who commanded county regiments, he said : ' My lords...have the pleasure of giving you ' The wooden walls of Ireland — The Colonels of Militia !' One of the blockheads thus honored was foolish enough to get... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1881 - 290 páginas
...bumper, he very gravely stood up, and, bowing to the Marquess of Waterford and several county gentlemen, who commanded county regiments, he said — " My lords...have the pleasure of giving you ' The wooden walls of Ireland ' — the colonels of militia!" UNDER HIS HAND. The same authority says : — Sir Richard Musgrave,... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1886 - 306 páginas
...bumper, he very gravely stood up, and, bowing to the Marquess of Waterford and several county gentlemen, who commanded county regiments, he said — " My lords...and gentlemen ! I have the pleasure of giving you ' Th» wooden walls of Ireland' — Uie colonels of militial" UNDER HtS HAND. The same authority says... | |
 | Michael MacDonagh - 1904 - 494 páginas
...he very gravely stood up, and bowing to the Marquis of Waterford and several other country gentlemen who commanded county regiments, he said : ' My lords...have the pleasure of giving you " The wooden walls of Ireland " — the colonels of militia /' " — BARRINGTON : " Personal Recollections of his Own Times."... | |
 | Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Charles Welsh, Douglas Hyde, Lady Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche - 1904 - 510 páginas
...bumper, he very gravely stood up, and, bowing to the Marquis of Waterford and several country-gentlemen, who commanded county regiments, he said : " My lords...have the pleasure of giving you ' The wooden walls of Ireland — the colonels of militia!'" So broad but so good-humored a jeu-d'esprit excited great merriment;... | |
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