Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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... less , unquestion- ably , than had we heard of his ordering his boots from Hoby , or his coat from Stultz . Meanwhile time rolled on ; and whether Mr. O'Leary had died of the whale feast , or been eaten himself by his godson , no one ...
... less , unquestion- ably , than had we heard of his ordering his boots from Hoby , or his coat from Stultz . Meanwhile time rolled on ; and whether Mr. O'Leary had died of the whale feast , or been eaten himself by his godson , no one ...
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... less any- thing like consecutive interest . ― Осса- All that lay in our power was to select from the whole certain portions which , from their length , promised more of care than the mere fragments about them , and present them to our ...
... less any- thing like consecutive interest . ― Осса- All that lay in our power was to select from the whole certain portions which , from their length , promised more of care than the mere fragments about them , and present them to our ...
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... less practised observer than himself could not fail to remark the unequivocal evidences the lady portion of the community bore to his success . The old ones looked boldly at him with that fearless intrepidity that character- izes ...
... less practised observer than himself could not fail to remark the unequivocal evidences the lady portion of the community bore to his success . The old ones looked boldly at him with that fearless intrepidity that character- izes ...
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... , having more ambition and less industry than the rest of the family , resolved to seek his fortune ; and early in the September of the year 1681 he found himself wandering in the streets of Paris , without a 30 ARTHUR O'LEARY .
... , having more ambition and less industry than the rest of the family , resolved to seek his fortune ; and early in the September of the year 1681 he found himself wandering in the streets of Paris , without a 30 ARTHUR O'LEARY .
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... less than a quarter of an hour he en- tered the chamber , his face covered with smiles . " Monsieur , " said he , " you have rendered his Majesty good service . Here is your brevet of colonel . The king has this instant signed it . " In ...
... less than a quarter of an hour he en- tered the chamber , his face covered with smiles . " Monsieur , " said he , " you have rendered his Majesty good service . Here is your brevet of colonel . The king has this instant signed it . " In ...
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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...