Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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... hour to the present one nothing of the kind ever transpired , nor could we ascertain , by the strictest inquiry , that such a proposition of publication had ever been entertained in the West End , or heard of in the " Row . " The worthy ...
... hour to the present one nothing of the kind ever transpired , nor could we ascertain , by the strictest inquiry , that such a proposition of publication had ever been entertained in the West End , or heard of in the " Row . " The worthy ...
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... hour , I have been swallowing all the smoke of my meer- schaum , and I feel myself turning round and round like a smoke- jack . Once for all , - stop ! recall your announcement , burn your manuscript , and prostrate yourself in abject ...
... hour , I have been swallowing all the smoke of my meer- schaum , and I feel myself turning round and round like a smoke- jack . Once for all , - stop ! recall your announcement , burn your manuscript , and prostrate yourself in abject ...
Stran 11
... hour of sun and wind , was lost to us for- ever , and we may be pardoned if our grief was heavy . " Cheer up , old fellow , " said he , as the last flicker of the burning paper expired . " You know the thing was bad ; it could n't be ...
... hour of sun and wind , was lost to us for- ever , and we may be pardoned if our grief was heavy . " Cheer up , old fellow , " said he , as the last flicker of the burning paper expired . " You know the thing was bad ; it could n't be ...
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... 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 Mr. O'Leary could have desired ; for , instead of ...
... 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 Mr. O'Leary could have desired ; for , instead of ...
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... hour for dinner ? " " Four o'clock , sir , after we pass Gravesend . " " Bring me some brandy and water and a biscuit , then . " a ! " " Lud , pa " To be sure , dear , we shall be sick in the pool . They say there's a head wind . ” How ...
... hour for dinner ? " " Four o'clock , sir , after we pass Gravesend . " " Bring me some brandy and water and a biscuit , then . " a ! " " Lud , pa " To be sure , dear , we shall be sick in the pool . They say there's a head wind . ” How ...
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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...