Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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Stran 9
... poor - rates , and discussing various 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 ...
... poor - rates , and discussing various 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 ...
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... poor but respectable parents in the country- - " What are you laughing at ? Is it because I did n't open with , The sun was setting , on the 25th of June , in the year 1763 , as two travellers were seen , ' etc. , etc. ? Eh ? That's ...
... poor but respectable parents in the country- - " What are you laughing at ? Is it because I did n't open with , The sun was setting , on the 25th of June , in the year 1763 , as two travellers were seen , ' etc. , etc. ? Eh ? That's ...
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... poor 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.
... poor 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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... poor the interest he took in the welfare of the craft wherein he was " only a lodger , " and how narrowed were all his sympathies within the small circle of bottled porter and brandy and water , the steward's infallibles in suffering ...
... poor the interest he took in the welfare of the craft wherein he was " only a lodger , " and how narrowed were all his sympathies within the small circle of bottled porter and brandy and water , the steward's infallibles in suffering ...
Stran 31
... poor Frank spinning some twenty yards before them . Frank soon got up again ; and though his forehead was bleeding and his hand se- verely cut , his greatest grief was his torn doublet , which , threadbare before , now hung around him ...
... poor Frank spinning some twenty yards before them . Frank soon got up again ; and though his forehead was bleeding and his hand se- verely cut , his greatest grief was his torn doublet , which , threadbare before , now hung around him ...
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acquaintance admirable amusing Antwerp Arthur O'Leary Aubuisson beside Boitsfort burgomaster called character château colonel companion cried dark delightful Dinant dinner door dressed endeavored English Erfurt Ettenheim eyes face fear feel felt Flemish followed fortune Frankfort French German give Givet Göttingen habits half Halsdt hand happy head heard heart honor horses host Hôtel de France hour kind knew lady laughing Laura leave live look louis-d'ors Meuse mind Monsieur morning mountain Napoleon never night Norvins O'Kelly once party passed passion Père pleasant pleasure replied Rhine road Saint Christopher scarcely scene Scheldt schiedam seemed seen side smile speak spirit spoke stood story strange table d'hôte taste tell there's thing thought tion tone took traveller turned Tyrol Vandyck voice walked whole wild wish word
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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...