O'Fay

When Grace Nugent left the room, after some minutes 'silence, and some effort, Lord Colambre said to his mother,' Pray, madam, do you know anything of Sir Terence O'Fay? '

The Absentee Maria Edgeworth 1808

No general officer could talk of his victories, or fight his battles o'er again, with more complacency than Sir Terence O'Fay recounted his

The Absentee Maria Edgeworth 1808

"Sir Terence O'Fay," continued Lord Colambre, in a moderated tone,

Tales and Novels — Volume 06 Maria Edgeworth 1808

No; her ladyship made the most solemn and desperate protestation, that she would sooner give up her gala altogether -- tie up the knocker -- say she was sick -- rather be sick, or be dead, than be obliged to have such a creature as Sir Terence O'Fay at her gala.

The Absentee Maria Edgeworth 1808

When Miss Nugent left the room, after some minutes 'silence, and some effort, Lord Colambre said to his mother, "Pray, madam, do you know any thing of Sir Terence O'Fay?"

Tales and Novels — Volume 06 Maria Edgeworth 1808

Of these associates, the first in talents, and in jovial profligacy, was Sir Terence O'Fay -- a man of low extraction, who had been knighted by an Irish lord-lieutenant in some convivial frolic.

Tales and Novels — Volume 06 Maria Edgeworth 1808

Two great objects were now to be accomplished -- the payment of his father's debts, and the settlement of the Irish agent's accounts; and, in transacting this complicated business, he derived considerable assistance from Sir Terence O'Fay, and from Sir Arthur Berryl's solicitor, Mr. Edwards.

Tales and Novels — Volume 06 Maria Edgeworth 1808

No general officer could talk of his victories, or fight his battles o'er again, with more complacency than Sir Terence O'Fay recounted his

Tales and Novels — Volume 06 Maria Edgeworth 1808

Terence O'Fay now supplied Mr. Edwards with accurate information as to the demands that were made upon Lord Clonbrony, and of the respective characters of the creditors.

Tales and Novels — Volume 06 Maria Edgeworth 1808

"Sir Terence O'Fay, sir -- There must be entire new wheels."

Tales and Novels — Volume 06 Maria Edgeworth 1808