"Murphy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... yells, 'Th' 'ell with King Willum.' That was more thin th' Orangeys cud stand. They halted as wan man, an' roared out, 'Th' 'ell with th' pope.' 'What's that?' says th' captain iv th' polis foorce. He was a man be th' name of Murphy, an' he was blue with rage f'r havin' to lead th' Orangeys. 'Ma-arch on, Brass Money,' says th' Orange marshal. Murphy pulled him fr'm his horse; an' they wint at it, club an' club. Be that time th' whole iv th' line ...
— Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen • Finley Peter Dunne
... the Commissioner. 'There's been no one here that the police are acquainted with; not that I suppose Jackson and Murphy know many of ...
— Robbery Under Arms • Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood
... soon as yourself, Bob," said little Larry; "he came to Castleknock last night, and he's at Frenchpark now: Murphy from Frenchpark ...
— The Macdermots of Ballycloran • Anthony Trollope
... its far down extremity. Thy sire May be the signer of a temperance pledge, And clad all decently may walk the earth— Nay—may be number'd with that blessed few Who never ask for discount—yet, alas! If, homeward wending from his daily cares, He go by Murphy's Line, thence eastward tending— Or westward from the Line of Kipp & Brown— My vision is departed! Harshly falls The doom upon the ear, "She's not genteel!" And pitiless is woman who doth keep Of "good society" the ...
— The Humourous Poetry of the English Language • James Parton
... Bay of Naples, and the Bay of Dublin, which equals it in Paddy Murphy's estimation. I know both; and Gibraltar, the little-spoken-of, leaves them nowhere. The sky, and the undulating mirror below that reflects it, are such a blue; the rocks are such an ashen-grey; the Spanish sierras such a leonine ...
— Romantic Spain - A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) • John Augustus O'Shea
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