Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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Stran 12
... Hand me that oak box , Hal . Which is the key ? At this hour one's sight becomes always defective . Ah , here it is ! — look there ! " We obeyed the command , and truly our amazement was great , though possibly not for the reason that ...
... Hand me that oak box , Hal . Which is the key ? At this hour one's sight becomes always defective . Ah , here it is ! — look there ! " We obeyed the command , and truly our amazement was great , though possibly not for the reason that ...
Stran 16
... hand . What a noise they make ! " bang ! crash ! buzz ! What a crowd of men in pilot coats and caps ! women in plaid shawls and big reticules , band - boxes , bags , and babies ; and what higgling for sixpences with the wherrymen ! All ...
... hand . What a noise they make ! " bang ! crash ! buzz ! What a crowd of men in pilot coats and caps ! women in plaid shawls and big reticules , band - boxes , bags , and babies ; and what higgling for sixpences with the wherrymen ! All ...
Stran 31
... hand se- verely cut , his greatest grief was his torn doublet , which , threadbare before , now hung around him in ribbons . " It was you who stopped them ? Are you hurt ? " said a tall , handsome man , plainly but well dressed , and in ...
... hand se- verely cut , his greatest grief was his torn doublet , which , threadbare before , now hung around him in ribbons . " It was you who stopped them ? Are you hurt ? " said a tall , handsome man , plainly but well dressed , and in ...
Stran 32
... hand upon his breast , and bowed in silence . " Take the dress you will find on that chair ; a carriage is now ready , waiting in the courtyard ; get into it , and set out for Bâle . On your arrival there , which will be- mark me well ...
... hand upon his breast , and bowed in silence . " Take the dress you will find on that chair ; a carriage is now ready , waiting in the courtyard ; get into it , and set out for Bâle . On your arrival there , which will be- mark me well ...
Stran 34
... hand , and napkin round his neck , he followed after . His conduct at table was a fine specimen of Dutch independence of character ; he never thought of bestowing those petty attentions which might cultivate the good - will of his ...
... hand , and napkin round his neck , he followed after . His conduct at table was a fine specimen of Dutch independence of character ; he never thought of bestowing those petty attentions which might cultivate the good - will of his ...
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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...