Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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... stood matters when one early morning in December the post brought us an ominous - looking epistle , which , even as we glanced our eye on the outside , conveyed an impression of fear and misgiving to our minds . If there are men in ...
... stood matters when one early morning in December the post brought us an ominous - looking epistle , which , even as we glanced our eye on the outside , conveyed an impression of fear and misgiving to our minds . If there are men in ...
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... stood guard over it , exclaim- ing as he did so , " Touch it , and by the beard of the Prophet I'll brain you ! Now , there it goes , blazing up the chimney . Look how it floats up there ! I never expected to travel like that anyhow ...
... stood guard over it , exclaim- ing as he did so , " Touch it , and by the beard of the Prophet I'll brain you ! Now , there it goes , blazing up the chimney . Look how it floats up there ! I never expected to travel like that anyhow ...
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... stood erect upon the ground . A second lantern was now produced , and while one of the officers stood on either side of him , with a light beside his face , a third read out the clauses of the passport , and compared the description ...
... stood erect upon the ground . A second lantern was now produced , and while one of the officers stood on either side of him , with a light beside his face , a third read out the clauses of the passport , and compared the description ...
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... stood before them , and endeav- ored to pass by ; but he sprang to their heads , and with one vigorous plunge grasped the bridle . Though he held on manfully , they continued their way ; and notwith- standing his every effort their mad ...
... stood before them , and endeav- ored to pass by ; but he sprang to their heads , and with one vigorous plunge grasped the bridle . Though he held on manfully , they continued their way ; and notwith- standing his every effort their mad ...
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... stood a short man , with a sallow , stern countenance , and a great broad forehead , his hair combed straight over it . He wore a green coat with white facings , and over that a gray surtout trimmed with fur . I am particular about all ...
... stood a short man , with a sallow , stern countenance , and a great broad forehead , his hair combed straight over it . He wore a green coat with white facings , and over that a gray surtout trimmed with fur . I am particular about all ...
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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...