Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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... perhaps , give point to what dramatic people call " situations , " but yet were not of such a nature as to make their portraiture a matter of any difficulty . We confess the thing savored a good deal of book- 2 INTRODUCTION .
... perhaps , give point to what dramatic people call " situations , " but yet were not of such a nature as to make their portraiture a matter of any difficulty . We confess the thing savored a good deal of book- 2 INTRODUCTION .
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... matter , yet do we grievously fear that a tureen full of " O'Leary " might not be an acceptable dish , because there was a bone of " Harry Lorrequer " in the bottom . With all these pros and cons , our vainglorious boast to write the ...
... matter , yet do we grievously fear that a tureen full of " O'Leary " might not be an acceptable dish , because there was a bone of " Harry Lorrequer " in the bottom . With all these pros and cons , our vainglorious boast to write the ...
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... matters when one early morning in December the post brought us an ominous - looking epistle , which , even as we glanced our eye on the outside , conveyed an impression of fear and misgiving to our minds . If there are men in whose ...
... matters when one early morning in December the post brought us an ominous - looking epistle , which , even as we glanced our eye on the outside , conveyed an impression of fear and misgiving to our minds . If there are men in whose ...
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... matters of foreign and domestic policy , from Shah Shoojah to subsoil ploughs . A dirty pack of cards , and even punch , were adding their fascinations to while away the tedious hours ; but now the company sat in solemn silence . The ...
... matters of foreign and domestic policy , from Shah Shoojah to subsoil ploughs . A dirty pack of cards , and even punch , were adding their fascinations to while away the tedious hours ; but now the company sat in solemn silence . The ...
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... Matters remained for some months thus , when the bur- gomaster , who was an ardent admirer of Rubens's genius , happened to hear of the entire transaction , and waiting on the painter , suggested an expedient by which every diffi- culty ...
... Matters remained for some months thus , when the bur- gomaster , who was an ardent admirer of Rubens's genius , happened to hear of the entire transaction , and waiting on the painter , suggested an expedient by which every diffi- culty ...
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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...