"Mangan" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... British anthology of the century. The names of the pioneers and leading contributors to this movement are significant of the varied strains of blood which compose Irish nationality. James Clarence Mangan was a Celt of the Celts; Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and Aubrey de Vere were of Norman-Irish stock, and the former was the son of a dean of the Established Church, and himself the editor of a Tory newspaper; Sir Samuel Ferguson was an Ulster Protestant of Scotch descent; ...
— A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century • Henry A. Beers
... of beauty which mothers dreamed of to mould their yet unborn children. We can see, however, as the ideal of Ireland grows from mind to mind, it tends to assume the character of a sacred land. The Dark Rosaleen of Mangan expresses an almost religious adoration, and to a later writer it seems to be nigher to the spiritual ...
— Imaginations and Reveries • (A.E.) George William Russell
... of yours at times wags more than charity allows; And if you're strong, be merciful, great woman of three cows.' —J. O. MANGAN. ...
— Nuttie's Father • Charlotte M. Yonge |
