Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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... moment was preposterous ; for although in an age of temperance , nothing prospered but " Punch . " It occurred to us , " then pondering , " as Lord Brougham would say , that as these same " Loiterings " had been asked for more than once ...
... moment was preposterous ; for although in an age of temperance , nothing prospered but " Punch . " It occurred to us , " then pondering , " as Lord Brougham would say , that as these same " Loiterings " had been asked for more than once ...
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... moment . things , shooting past like dragon - flies skimming the water , steaming down to Gravesend . What a mob of parasols cover the deck , and what kissing of hands and waving of handkerchiefs to anonymous acquaintances nowhere ...
... moment . things , shooting past like dragon - flies skimming the water , steaming down to Gravesend . What a mob of parasols cover the deck , and what kissing of hands and waving of handkerchiefs to anonymous acquaintances nowhere ...
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... moment to the wearer . All were in keeping with the nonchalant ease and self - satisfaction of his look , as with half - drooping lids he surveyed the deck , caressing with his jewelled fingers the silky line of his mustache , and ...
... moment to the wearer . All were in keeping with the nonchalant ease and self - satisfaction of his look , as with half - drooping lids he surveyed the deck , caressing with his jewelled fingers the silky line of his mustache , and ...
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... moment before was in a tone of jest , suddenly grew pale , and as she crossed herself devoutly muttered , " Nein ! nein ! don't do that ! " and shutting the door , hurried downstairs with all the speed she could muster . I was in no ...
... moment before was in a tone of jest , suddenly grew pale , and as she crossed herself devoutly muttered , " Nein ! nein ! don't do that ! " and shutting the door , hurried downstairs with all the speed she could muster . I was in no ...
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... moment . Take this , " said he , handing him his purse ; " buy yourself a new doublet , and wait on me to - morrow by eleven . " With these words the stranger disappeared in a calèche , which seemed to arrive at the moment , leaving ...
... moment . Take this , " said he , handing him his purse ; " buy yourself a new doublet , and wait on me to - morrow by eleven . " With these words the stranger disappeared in a calèche , which seemed to arrive at the moment , leaving ...
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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...