...shew the state of affairs during the rule of Lord Anglesey. CHAPTER XIV THE RIG OF FERGUS O'CONNOR. " He little dreamt when he set out. Of running such a rig." JOHN GILFIS'S Hide. FROM the Revolution to the passing of the Reform Bill, the County Cork had been...

...Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Oilpin, bat I was brought to my idleness by degrees ; irrt...fever at iht- time of the assizes being in the county ; Л bottle swinging at each side, As hath been »aid or sung. The dogs did bark, the children screamed,...

..."as rated spaniel takes his burden up;" and that he possessed but little " knowledge of the world;" " He little dreamt when he set out, Of running such a rig! " " I shall stop here, and look at all the flowers, they appear to be all now. Here is a handsome one,...

...his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig : He little dreamed, when he set out, Of running such a rig. The wind did blow, the cloak did fly Like streamer...

...his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck...when he set out, Of running such a rig. The wind did blouf, the cloak did fly, Like streamer long and gay. Till, loop and button failing both, At last it...

...glad voyagers that, after all their troubles, at length they were calmly at rest. CHAPTER XVIII, ' He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running such a rig."— -JoHN GILPIN. " OH, it 'sa beautiful world ! and here we are all for the shore ! Oh, it 'sa glorious...

...might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig : He little dreamed, when he set out, Of running such a rig. The wind did blow, the cloak did fly Like streamer...

...needs must who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, and eke with all his might. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought, away went hat and...dreamt, when he set out, of running such a rig. The horse, who never had before been handled in this kind, 40 Affrighted fled : and, as he flew, left all...

...ballad of ' John Oilpin ' may prove an illustration :— LOOPS INSTEAD ОГ BuTTOKB (8 th S. ÍÜ. 227, The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like streamer...loop and button failing both. At last it flew away. Newbourne Rectory, Woodbridge. JOHN PICKFORD, MA CARRINGTON (8 Л S. iv. 27). —For state of SmithCarrington...

...more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or naught, Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt, when he sat out. Of running such a rig. The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like streamers long and gay, Till loop and button failing both, At last it flew away. Then might all people...