Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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... lives of distinguished men , even before their death , and who ever heard of the individual seeking legal redress against his biographer , except for libel ? " Come , come , Arthur , " said we to ourselves , " this threat affrights us ...
... lives of distinguished men , even before their death , and who ever heard of the individual seeking legal redress against his biographer , except for libel ? " Come , come , Arthur , " said we to ourselves , " this threat affrights us ...
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... pretenders compared to him : they have retired like rich shop - keepers , to live on the in- terest of their fortune , which is fame ; while he , deprived ―― - of all the accessories which gave him rank , place THE " ATTWOOD . " 21.
... pretenders compared to him : they have retired like rich shop - keepers , to live on the in- terest of their fortune , which is fame ; while he , deprived ―― - of all the accessories which gave him rank , place THE " ATTWOOD . " 21.
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... lives ! " said he , aloud , as the bystanders crowded about him , and showered questions upon him . " It is Monsieur le Ministre , man , - M. de Louvois him- self , whose life you've saved . Your fortune is made for- ever . " ―― The ...
... lives ! " said he , aloud , as the bystanders crowded about him , and showered questions upon him . " It is Monsieur le Ministre , man , - M. de Louvois him- self , whose life you've saved . Your fortune is made for- ever . " ―― The ...
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... stuck to the old trade , which I suppose I'll not give up now as long as I live . " " And what may that be ? " asked I , curious to know how he filled up moments snatched from the agreeable pursuits he 60 ARTHUR O'LEARY .
... stuck to the old trade , which I suppose I'll not give up now as long as I live . " " And what may that be ? " asked I , curious to know how he filled up moments snatched from the agreeable pursuits he 60 ARTHUR O'LEARY .
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... lives and rescue the poor fellows who yet clung to the rigging , but to pillage the ship ere she went to pieces . The expedition succeeded far beyond their most ardent hopes , and a rich harvest of plunder resulted from this venture ...
... lives and rescue the poor fellows who yet clung to the rigging , but to pillage the ship ere she went to pieces . The expedition succeeded far beyond their most ardent hopes , and a rich harvest of plunder resulted from this venture ...
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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...