Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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Stran 15
... never could be sent to school alone , like other children ; they always had to see me there safe , and fetch me back again . The rambling bump monopolized my whole head . I'm sure my god- father must have been the Wandering Jew , or a ...
... never could be sent to school alone , like other children ; they always had to see me there safe , and fetch me back again . The rambling bump monopolized my whole head . I'm sure my god- father must have been the Wandering Jew , or a ...
Stran 29
... never find the hotel at this hour , " said Sir Peter , angrily . " The house will certainly be closed , " chimed in the young ladies . " Take your five to two on the double event , " replied Jack , slapping the alderman on the shoulder ...
... never find the hotel at this hour , " said Sir Peter , angrily . " The house will certainly be closed , " chimed in the young ladies . " Take your five to two on the double event , " replied Jack , slapping the alderman on the shoulder ...
Stran 34
... never thought of bestowing those petty attentions which might cultivate the good - will of his guests ; he spoke a little , he smiled never ; a short nod of recognition bestowed upon a towns- man was about the extent of royal favor he ...
... never thought of bestowing those petty attentions which might cultivate the good - will of his guests ; he spoke a little , he smiled never ; a short nod of recognition bestowed upon a towns- man was about the extent of royal favor he ...
Stran 42
... never walked so far since I was born . ' 666 Where is the citadel ? ' cried he in a passion . " In the devil's keeping , ' said I , ' or we should have seen it long ago . ' 666 That must be it yonder , ' said an aide - de - camp , point ...
... never walked so far since I was born . ' 666 Where is the citadel ? ' cried he in a passion . " In the devil's keeping , ' said I , ' or we should have seen it long ago . ' 666 That must be it yonder , ' said an aide - de - camp , point ...
Stran 45
... never " cabbaged from any man's cloth . " -- And now , to abjure decimals and talk like a unit of humanity , if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad , the best mode of reaching your des- tination , the most ...
... never " cabbaged from any man's cloth . " -- And now , to abjure decimals and talk like a unit of humanity , if you would know the exact distance between any two towns abroad , the best mode of reaching your des- tination , the most ...
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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...