Irishman

Examples

• At this same palace school half a century later the Irishman Scotus Erigena exhibited his learni ng, wit, and logical acumen. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Can it be possible that the painters make John the Baptist a Spaniard in Madrid and an Irishman in Dublin? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• With those engaged on night duty he got midnight lunch from an old Irishman called the Cake Man, who appeared regularly with his wares at 12 midnight. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We had a hand-laborer foreman--'Big Jim'--a very powerful Irishman, who could lift above half a ton. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Come now, aisey there, aisey, bawled out a queer, poor Irishman, with a small bundle in his hand, running towards the coach in breathless haste. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But, you will tell me, our race have equal rights to mingle in the American republic as the Irishman, the German, the Swede. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• They sang obsolete sentimental songs with genuine emotion; and their language was frightful even to an Irishman. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• There is a sort of short dark Welshman, and certain types of Irishmen, who are Iberians by race. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I only hope my poor Irishmen are not terrified out of their wits by such a fiendlike noise. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• As they say, the persons who hate Irishmen most are Irishmen; so, assuredly, the greatest tyrants over women are women. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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