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A Dog's Religion
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His Duel With Captain D'esterre
A Certificate Of Marriage
His Birth
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Arthur O'leary
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His Birth
Swift At Thomastown
Scene At Killiney
To Quilca
Sow-west And The Wigs
The Dean And Faulkner
Epistolary Bores
Curran As Punch's Man
His Duel With Bully Egan
His Reception At The Rotundo By The Volunteers
Random Irish Humour
Dr O'leary And Father Callanan
Public Absurdities In Ireland
A Political Hurrah At A Funeral
A Dog's Religion
His Encounter With Biddy Moriarty
His Duel With Bully Egan
Curran And The Banker
The Three Crosses
Dr Sacheverell
O'leary And The Irish Parliament
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Verses Left With A Silver Standish On The Dean's Desk By Dr Delany
Irish Humour Home
Hither from Mexico I came,
To serve a proud Iernian dame;
Was long submitted to her will,
At length she lost me at Quadrille.
Through various shapes I often passed,
Still hoping to have rest at last;
And still ambitious to obtain
Admittance to the patriot Dean;
And sometimes got within his door,
But soon turn'd out to serve the poor;
Not strolling idleness to aid,
But honest industry decay'd.
At length an artist purchased me,
And wrought me to the shape you see.
This done, to Hermes I applied:
O Hermes! gratify my pride!
Be it my fate to serve a sage,
The greatest genius of his age;
That matchless pen let me supply,
Whose living lines will never die!
I grant your suit, the god replied,
And here he left me to reside.
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