The Novels of Charles Lever, Količina 7Downey, 1897 |
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Stran xiv
... look nearer home , and bethink us of ourselves . After all - and what a glorious charge to the jury of one's conscience is your after all ' ! what a plenary indulgence against all your sins of * commission and omission ! what a ...
... look nearer home , and bethink us of ourselves . After all - and what a glorious charge to the jury of one's conscience is your after all ' ! what a plenary indulgence against all your sins of * commission and omission ! what a ...
Stran xxii
... , sir , ' rejoined he , with a searching look around the room , and a sniff of his nose , to discover if he could detect the smell of fire . ' What's the premises worth , Peter ? ' ' Sorrow one of me knows right , sir , xxii ARTHUR O'LEARY.
... , sir , ' rejoined he , with a searching look around the room , and a sniff of his nose , to discover if he could detect the smell of fire . ' What's the premises worth , Peter ? ' ' Sorrow one of me knows right , sir , xxii ARTHUR O'LEARY.
Stran xxiii
... Look how it floats up there ! I never expected to travel like that , anyhow . Eh , Hal ? Your work is a brilliant affair , isn't it ? -and as well puffed as if you entertained every newspaper editor in the kingdom ? And see , ' cried he ...
... Look how it floats up there ! I never expected to travel like that , anyhow . Eh , Hal ? Your work is a brilliant affair , isn't it ? -and as well puffed as if you entertained every newspaper editor in the kingdom ? And see , ' cried he ...
Stran xxiv
... look there ! ' We obeyed the command , and truly our amazement was great , though possibly not for the reason that Mr. O'Leary could have desired ; for instead of anything like a regular manuscript , we beheld a mass of small scraps of ...
... look there ! ' We obeyed the command , and truly our amazement was great , though possibly not for the reason that Mr. O'Leary could have desired ; for instead of anything like a regular manuscript , we beheld a mass of small scraps of ...
Stran 2
... look 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 ...
... look 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 ...
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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...