...juvenile indications of his poetic talents. The scene was amusing. The book was presented to him. Île shook his head, and declined to take it. It was thrust...visitor's explanation, many who had been contumacious, cameforward and confessed their errors. In a few instances, the names of persons implicated were insisted...

...natural.' ' The scene was amusing,' says a writer in the ' Dublin University Magazine ' for May last. ' The book was presented to him. He shook his head,...hands behind him, till he was stopped by the wall.' He was at last induced to take the oath in the modified form stated. Early in 1799 Mr Moore left Ireland...

...was afraid of its being infected by the touch, and placed it out of the way behind his back. It wns then presented to his left hand, which he also withdrew...hands behind him, till he was stopped by the wall.' He was at last induced to take the oath in the modified form stated. Early in 1799 Mr Moore left Ireland...

...oath was Thomas Moore. He was then an undergraduate in College, and already distinguished by the early indications of his poetic talents. The scene was amusing....hands behind him, till he was stopped by the wall." — Ireland Sixty Yean Ago. This, the comic part of the scene, Moore had probably forgotten ; but his...

...oath was Thomas Moore. He was then an undergraduate in College, and already distinguished by the early indications of his poetic talents. The scene was amusing....with his hands behind him, till he was stopped by the wall.'—Ireland Sixty Years Ago. This, the comic part of the scene, Moore had probably forgotten ;...

...presented to his left hand, which he also withdrew, and held behind his back with his right. Still the book was thrust upon him and still he refused, bowing and retreating until stopped by the wall. He afterwards, however, took the oath, modified by the explanation, and...

...declined to take it. It was thrust into his right hand. He hastily withdrew the hand and placed it behind his back. It was then presented to his left...hands behind him till he was stopped by the wall." The visitation lasted three days, and resulted in the expulsion of nineteen persons, amongst whom was...

...accompanied by an injunction not to criminate themselves. The chancellor also indicated that these persons would come forward and confess their own errors,...bowing and retreating, with his hands behind him, until he was stopped by the wall. He afterwards, however took the oath, as modified by the explanation,...

...the bible, Moore's reactions made the scene, as Walsh later described it, unintentionally hilarious: The book was presented to him. He shook his head and...hands behind him, till he was stopped by the wall. 170 Moore's own account of the incident continues the story. On the second day of the visitation the...