Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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Stran 1
... 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 traveller had wandered away to ...
... 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 traveller had wandered away to ...
Stran 5
... kind of dyspeptic foolscap ; the very mill that fabricated it might have had the shaking ague . The seal was of bottle - wax , the impression , a heavy thumb . The ad- dress ran , " To H. L. " The writing was a species of rustic paling ...
... kind of dyspeptic foolscap ; the very mill that fabricated it might have had the shaking ague . The seal was of bottle - wax , the impression , a heavy thumb . The ad- dress ran , " To H. L. " The writing was a species of rustic paling ...
Stran 12
... kind or other . " What's all this ? " said we . " These , " said he , " are really ' The Loiterings of Arthur O'Leary . ' Listen to this . Here's a bit of Goldsmith for you : " I was born of poor but respectable parents in the country ...
... kind or other . " What's all this ? " said we . " These , " said he , " are really ' The Loiterings of Arthur O'Leary . ' Listen to this . Here's a bit of Goldsmith for you : " I was born of poor but respectable parents in the country ...
Stran 15
... kind interference prevailed in my case . I was a vagabond from my cradle . I never could be sent to school alone , like other children ; they always had to see me there safe , and fetch me back again . The rambling bump monopolized my ...
... kind interference prevailed in my case . I was a vagabond from my cradle . I never could be sent to school alone , like other children ; they always had to see me there safe , and fetch me back again . The rambling bump monopolized my ...
Stran 16
... kind of family chief - remembrancer , that sits on a high stool in a bar , and always detects something you have had that was not " put down in the bill , " - two shillings for a cab , or a " brandy and water . " A curse upon them all ...
... kind of family chief - remembrancer , that sits on a high stool in a bar , and always detects something you have had that was not " put down in the bill , " - two shillings for a cab , or a " brandy and water . " A curse upon them all ...
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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...