Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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... English , Mr. O'Leary was fuddled ; and the only intelligible part of his discourse was an assurance that his papers were entirely at our service , and that , as in some three weeks ' time he hoped to be in Africa , having promised to ...
... English , Mr. O'Leary was fuddled ; and the only intelligible part of his discourse was an assurance that his papers were entirely at our service , and that , as in some three weeks ' time he hoped to be in Africa , having promised to ...
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... English habits , customs , and constitu- tion , delivered by some ill - informed , under - bred fellow or other to some eager German , -a Frenchman , happily , is too self - sufficient ever to listen , who greedily swallows the farrago ...
... English habits , customs , and constitu- tion , delivered by some ill - informed , under - bred fellow or other to some eager German , -a Frenchman , happily , is too self - sufficient ever to listen , who greedily swallows the farrago ...
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... English , and some very strong epithets in bad French . Meanwhile , his cou- rier busied himself in preparations for departure , and the Honorable Jack undertook to shawl the young ladies , a performance which , whether from the ...
... English , and some very strong epithets in bad French . Meanwhile , his cou- rier busied himself in preparations for departure , and the Honorable Jack undertook to shawl the young ladies , a performance which , whether from the ...
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... English people that John Murray was wrong . National bank- ruptcy , a defeat at sea , the loss of the colonies , might all be borne up against ; but if we awoke one morning to hear that the " Continent " was no longer the Continent we ...
... English people that John Murray was wrong . National bank- ruptcy , a defeat at sea , the loss of the colonies , might all be borne up against ; but if we awoke one morning to hear that the " Continent " was no longer the Continent we ...
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... English min- ister has in any part of the Continent frequented by his countrymen . Let John Bull , from his ignorance of the country or its language , involve himself in a scrape with the authorities , let him lose his passport or his ...
... English min- ister has in any part of the Continent frequented by his countrymen . Let John Bull , from his ignorance of the country or its language , involve himself in a scrape with the authorities , let him lose his passport or his ...
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acquaintance admirable amusing Antwerp Arthur O'Leary Aubuisson beside Boitsfort burgomaster called character château colonel companion cried dark delightful Dinant dinner door dressed endeavored English Erfurt Ettenheim eyes face fear feel felt Flemish followed fortune Frankfort French German give Givet Göttingen habits half Halsdt hand happy head heard heart honor horses host Hôtel de France hour kind knew lady laughing Laura leave live look louis-d'ors Meuse mind Monsieur morning mountain Napoleon never night Norvins O'Kelly once party passed passion Père pleasant pleasure replied Rhine road Saint Christopher scarcely scene Scheldt schiedam seemed seen side smile speak spirit spoke stood story strange table d'hôte taste tell there's thing thought tion tone took traveller turned Tyrol Vandyck voice walked whole wild wish word
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Stran 191 - To-day, my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Stran 53 - I will not bore my reader with the tiresome cant of "effect," "expression," "force," "depth," and " relief," but, instead of all this, will tell him a short story about the painting, which, if it has no other merit, has at least that of authenticity. Rubens — who, among his other tastes, was a great florist — was very desirous to enlarge his garden, by adding to it a patch of ground adoining.
Stran 191 - With equal taste and judgement it is provided that the deep recesses of the forest, and the ' oak, whose antique root peeps out upon the brook that brawls along the wood,' should be the scenes whence Jaques inculcated his lessons of philosophy and morality.
Stran 242 - Why, soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys! Why, soldiers, why? Whose business 'tis to die?
Stran 103 - Northumberland," with troops, was the answer ; and before the words were well out, a banging noise was heard — the ports of the...