Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many LandsLittle, Brown, 1899 - 499 strani |
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... whole the appearance of something like a child's effort to draw a series of beetles and cockroaches with a blunt stick . But what most of all struck terror to our souls was an abortive effort at the words " Arthur O'Leary , " scrawled ...
... whole the appearance of something like a child's effort to draw a series of beetles and cockroaches with a blunt stick . But what most of all struck terror to our souls was an abortive effort at the words " Arthur O'Leary , " scrawled ...
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... whole edition is exhausted already , -not a copy to be had for any money . " ― We threw ourselves back in our chair , and covered our face with our hands . The toil of many a long night , of many a bright hour of sun and wind , was lost ...
... whole edition is exhausted already , -not a copy to be had for any money . " ― We threw ourselves back in our chair , and covered our face with our hands . The toil of many a long night , of many a bright hour of sun and wind , was lost ...
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... whole certain portions which , from their length , promised more of care than the mere fragments about them , and present them to our readers with this brief notice of the mode in which we obtained them , our only excuse for a most ...
... whole certain portions which , from their length , promised more of care than the mere fragments about them , and present them to our readers with this brief notice of the mode in which we obtained them , our only excuse for a most ...
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... whole head . I'm sure my god- father must have been the Wandering Jew , or a king's messenger . Here I am again , en route , and sorely puzzled to know whither ? There ' s the fellow for my trunk . " What packet , sir ? " " Eh ? What ...
... whole head . I'm sure my god- father must have been the Wandering Jew , or a king's messenger . Here I am again , en route , and sorely puzzled to know whither ? There ' s the fellow for my trunk . " What packet , sir ? " " Eh ? What ...
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... whole contents of your wardrobe before you have unlocked the trunk " warranted solid leather , " and with a glance appears to distinguish the true man from the knave , knowing , as if by intuition , the precise number of cambric ...
... whole contents of your wardrobe before you have unlocked the trunk " warranted solid leather , " and with a glance appears to distinguish the true man from the knave , knowing , as if by intuition , the precise number of cambric ...
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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...