Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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... called " Confessions , " to introduce to our reader's acquaintance the gentleman whose name figures in the title- page , we subjoined a brief notice by himself , intimating the intention he entertained of one day giving to the world a ...
... called " Confessions , " to introduce to our reader's acquaintance the gentleman whose name figures in the title- page , we subjoined a brief notice by himself , intimating the intention he entertained of one day giving to the world a ...
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... called out , that a senti- nel happened to have an altercation with an old woman of that class for which the Irish metropolis used to have a patent in all that regards street eloquence and repartee . The soldier , provoked beyond ...
... called out , that a senti- nel happened to have an altercation with an old woman of that class for which the Irish metropolis used to have a patent in all that regards street eloquence and repartee . The soldier , provoked beyond ...
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... called " small farmers , " namely , individuals weighing from eighteen to six - and - twenty stone ; priests , with backs like the gable of a chapel ; and a sprinkling of elderly ladies . from the bog towns along the bank , who actually ...
... called " small farmers , " namely , individuals weighing from eighteen to six - and - twenty stone ; priests , with backs like the gable of a chapel ; and a sprinkling of elderly ladies . from the bog towns along the bank , who actually ...
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... called - for new editions will keep him in cash all his life . I'll give you that box and its contents ; yes , I repeat it , it is yours . I see you are overpowered ; there , taste the pewter , and you'll get better presently . In that ...
... called - for new editions will keep him in cash all his life . I'll give you that box and its contents ; yes , I repeat it , it is yours . I see you are overpowered ; there , taste the pewter , and you'll get better presently . In that ...
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... called out , · " Eh , Jem ! all right ? " - " Yes , sir , all right , " said the man , touching his hat respectfully . The tall figure immediately disappeared down the com - panion ladder , leaving me in the most puzzling THE " ATTWOOD ...
... called out , · " Eh , Jem ! all right ? " - " Yes , sir , all right , " said the man , touching his hat respectfully . The tall figure immediately disappeared down the com - panion ladder , leaving me in the most puzzling THE " ATTWOOD ...
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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...