Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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... side so as to display to better advantage his perfumed locks , that floated in a graceful manner somewhat lengthily on his neck ; the shawl around his neck having so much of negli- gence as to show that the splendid enamel pin that ...
... side so as to display to better advantage his perfumed locks , that floated in a graceful manner somewhat lengthily on his neck ; the shawl around his neck having so much of negli- gence as to show that the splendid enamel pin that ...
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... side where Jack was standing , he studiously per- forming some small act of courtesy from time to time as they passed , removing a seat , kicking any small fragment of rope , etc .; but the motion of the packet warned me that note ...
... side where Jack was standing , he studiously per- forming some small act of courtesy from time to time as they passed , removing a seat , kicking any small fragment of rope , etc .; but the motion of the packet warned me that note ...
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... side of him , with a light beside his face , a third read out the clauses of the passport , and compared the description with the original . Happily Mr. Moriarty's ignorance of French saved him from the penalty of lis- tening to the ...
... side of him , with a light beside his face , a third read out the clauses of the passport , and compared the description with the original . Happily Mr. Moriarty's ignorance of French saved him from the penalty of lis- tening to the ...
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... side , and trudged along the Boomjes , that long quay , with its tall elm trees , under whose shade many a burgomaster has strolled at eve , musing over the profits which his last venture from Batavia was to realize ; and then , having ...
... side , and trudged along the Boomjes , that long quay , with its tall elm trees , under whose shade many a burgomaster has strolled at eve , musing over the profits which his last venture from Batavia was to realize ; and then , having ...
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... side , and conducted us through a little garden to a small summer - house . The building , which was of wood , was painted in gaudy stripes of red , blue , and yel- low , and made in some sort to resemble those Chinese pagodas we see ...
... side , and conducted us through a little garden to a small summer - house . The building , which was of wood , was painted in gaudy stripes of red , blue , and yel- low , and made in some sort to resemble those Chinese pagodas we see ...
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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...