Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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Stran 10
... " said Mr. O'Leary . " No , sir , " rejoined he , with a searching look around the room , and a sniff of his nose , to discover if he could detect the smell of fire . " What's the premises worth , Peter ? " " 10 INTRODUCTION .
... " said Mr. O'Leary . " No , sir , " rejoined he , with a searching look around the room , and a sniff of his nose , to discover if he could detect the smell of fire . " What's the premises worth , Peter ? " " 10 INTRODUCTION .
Stran 11
... Look how it floats up there ! I never expected to travel like that anyhow . Eh , Hal ? Your work is a brilliant affair , is n't it ? and as well puffed as if you entertained every newspaper editor in the king- dom ? And see , " cried he ...
... Look how it floats up there ! I never expected to travel like that anyhow . Eh , Hal ? Your work is a brilliant affair , is n't it ? and as well puffed as if you entertained every newspaper editor in the king- dom ? And see , " cried he ...
Stran 12
... 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 anything like a regular manuscript , we beheld a mass of small scraps ...
... 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 anything like a regular manuscript , we beheld a mass of small scraps ...
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... look half saucy , half shy ; the landlord's son , an abortion of two feet high , a 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 ...
... look half saucy , half shy ; the landlord's son , an abortion of two feet high , a 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 ...
Stran 18
... look after the tarpaulins , inspect the coverings , see the knee - caps safe , and ask if they want " ' ay ; " and all this , that to some others on board they may appear as sporting characters , well versed in turf affairs 18 ARTHUR O ...
... look after the tarpaulins , inspect the coverings , see the knee - caps safe , and ask if they want " ' ay ; " and all this , that to some others on board they may appear as sporting characters , well versed in turf affairs 18 ARTHUR O ...
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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...