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A little further on, still to the right of the road, branched off suddenly a narrow bridle-path, or "boreen," as it is called in this part of the country.— Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
It was my car-driver, a teetotaller, opined on this "boreen," that the irreconcilable tenant, one Thomas Browne, dwelt.— Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
At last I came to a turning into a path several degrees worse in quality than the "boreen," and concluded that, as it was nearly impassable, it must lead to the home of the Irreconcilable.— Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
It is true that when one has driven up the private road, be the same a mere "boreen" or a "shplendid avenue," the bell is found to be broken, the knocker wrenched off, the blinds hauled up awry, and the servants hard to be got at; but the householder is prosperous nevertheless.— Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
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