Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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... order of the court will soon put an end to this most unwarrantable invasion of private rights . Let us see then if you'll dare to persist in this nefarious scheme . The Swan River for you and the stocks for your 6 INTRODUCTION .
... order of the court will soon put an end to this most unwarrantable invasion of private rights . Let us see then if you'll dare to persist in this nefarious scheme . The Swan River for you and the stocks for your 6 INTRODUCTION .
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... soon be where , however interesting it may make a young lady , it by no means suits an elderly gentleman to be , namely , - in chancery . " What's to be done ? " was the question , which like a tennis - ball we pitched at each other ...
... soon be where , however interesting it may make a young lady , it by no means suits an elderly gentleman to be , namely , - in chancery . " What's to be done ? " was the question , which like a tennis - ball we pitched at each other ...
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... soon made his appearance , rather startled at being summoned from his bed , and evidencing in his toilette somewhat more of zeal than dandyism . " Is the house insured , Peter ? " said Mr. O'Leary . " No , sir , " rejoined he , with a ...
... soon made his appearance , rather startled at being summoned from his bed , and evidencing in his toilette somewhat more of zeal than dandyism . " Is the house insured , Peter ? " said Mr. O'Leary . " No , sir , " rejoined he , with a ...
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... 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 in ribbons . " It was you who stopped them ? Are you hurt ...
... 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 in ribbons . " It was you who stopped them ? Are you hurt ...
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... soon I could perceive , through the half light , that we had traversed the suburbs and were entering the open country . " We've not far to go now , " said my companion , who seemed to suspect that I was meditating over the length of the ...
... soon I could perceive , through the half light , that we had traversed the suburbs and were entering the open country . " We've not far to go now , " said my companion , who seemed to suspect that I was meditating over the length of the ...
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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...