The Novels of Charles Lever, Količina 7Downey, 1897 |
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Stran xiv
Charles James Lever. George Sand's last bulletin of wickedness half cut before him - these Souvenirs de Voyage being nothing more than the adventures and incidents of Messrs . John Doe and Richard Doe , paragraphed , witticised , and ...
Charles James Lever. George Sand's last bulletin of wickedness half cut before him - these Souvenirs de Voyage being nothing more than the adventures and incidents of Messrs . John Doe and Richard Doe , paragraphed , witticised , and ...
Stran xviii
... half - hour , I have been swallowing all the smoke of my meerschaum , and I feel myself turning round and round like a smoke - jack . Once for all - stop ! recall your announcement , burn your manuscript , and prostrate your- self in ...
... half - hour , I have been swallowing all the smoke of my meerschaum , and I feel myself turning round and round like a smoke - jack . Once for all - stop ! recall your announcement , burn your manuscript , and prostrate your- self in ...
Stran 2
... half saucy , half shy ; the landlord's son , an abortion of two feet high , a kind of family chief - remem- brancer , that sits on a high stool in a bar , and always detects something you have had that was not ' put down in the bill ...
... half saucy , half shy ; the landlord's son , an abortion of two feet high , a kind of family chief - remem- brancer , that sits on a high stool in a bar , and always detects something you have had that was not ' put down in the bill ...
Stran 5
... half - hour to look after the tarpaulins , inspect the coverings , see the knee - caps safe , and ask if they want ' ' ay ' ; and all this , that to some others on board they may appear as sporting characters , well versed in turf ...
... half - hour to look after the tarpaulins , inspect the coverings , see the knee - caps safe , and ask if they want ' ' ay ' ; and all this , that to some others on board they may appear as sporting characters , well versed in turf ...
Stran 6
... it . There was a jaunti- ness , an ease , no smirking , half - bred , self - satisfied look , such as a London linendraper might wear on his trip to Margate ; but a consummate sense of his own personal 6 ARTHUR O'LEARY.
... it . There was a jaunti- ness , an ease , no smirking , half - bred , self - satisfied look , such as a London linendraper might wear on his trip to Margate ; but a consummate sense of his own personal 6 ARTHUR O'LEARY.
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acquaintance admirable adventure amuse Antwerp Arthur O'Leary Aubuisson beneath beside Boitsfort Brussels burgomaster called character château colonel companion confess countess cried dare dark delightful Dinant dinner door dressed Dutch endeavoured English Erfurt eyes fear feel felt Flemish followed fortune Frankfort French gentleman German Givet habits half Halsdt hand head heard heart honour horses host Hôtel de France hour kind knew lady laughing Laura leave lived look louis-d'or matter Meuse mind minutes Monsieur morning mountain Napoleon never night Norvins O'Kelly once party passed père pleasant pleasure porte cochère replied Rhine road Saint Christopher scarcely Scheldt schiedam seemed seen side smile speak spoke stood story strange suddenly table d'hôte taste tell there's thing thought tone took traveller turned Van Halsdt voice walked whisper whole wild word
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Stran 187 - 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 42 - 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 187 - 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 241 - Why, soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys! Why, soldiers, why? Whose business 'tis to die?
Stran 22 - ... sauce, to any one guest in preference to another. The table d'hote, which began at one, concluded a little before three, during which time our host, when not helping others, was busily occupied in helping himself, and it was truly amazing to witness the steady perseverance with which he waded through every dish, making himself master in all its details of every portion of the dinner, from the greasy soup to that acme of Dutch epicurism, Utrecht cheese. About a quarter before three, the long dinner...