Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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Stran 17
... speaking to Sir Willoughby Steward , " said the captain , to a tall , gray - headed , soldier- like figure , with a closely - buttoned blue frock . Willoughby , your berth is No. 8. " " Sir " Eh ! that's the way they come it ...
... speaking to Sir Willoughby Steward , " said the captain , to a tall , gray - headed , soldier- like figure , with a closely - buttoned blue frock . Willoughby , your berth is No. 8. " " Sir " Eh ! that's the way they come it ...
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... speaking ; he directed me to a pipe , by a long whiff of smoke from his own ; he grunted out a welcome , and then ... speak ; the great green eyes that glared on me through the haze seemed to chill my very soul ; and I drank , out of ...
... speaking ; he directed me to a pipe , by a long whiff of smoke from his own ; he grunted out a welcome , and then ... speak ; the great green eyes that glared on me through the haze seemed to chill my very soul ; and I drank , out of ...
Stran 38
... speak . During this time , however , his anger took a thirsty form , and he swigged away at the schiedam most manfully . The effect of his libations became at last evident ; his great green stagnant eyes flashed and flared , his wide ...
... speak . During this time , however , his anger took a thirsty form , and he swigged away at the schiedam most manfully . The effect of his libations became at last evident ; his great green stagnant eyes flashed and flared , his wide ...
Stran 40
... speak it myself ; so I only said ' Ja , Ja , ' and followed them . " They led me up an oak stair , and through three or four large rooms crowded with officers in fine uniforms , who all bowed as I passed ; and some one went before us ...
... speak it myself ; so I only said ' Ja , Ja , ' and followed them . " They led me up an oak stair , and through three or four large rooms crowded with officers in fine uniforms , who all bowed as I passed ; and some one went before us ...
Stran 41
... speak French . ' " Tell him I am not a cod - fish , ' said I. " Who speaks Dutch here ? ' said he . ' General de Ritter , ask him where are the échevins , or is the man a fool ? ' " I have heard , ' said the General , bowing ...
... speak French . ' " Tell him I am not a cod - fish , ' said I. " Who speaks Dutch here ? ' said he . ' General de Ritter , ask him where are the échevins , or is the man a fool ? ' " I have heard , ' said the General , bowing ...
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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...