The Novels of Charles Lever, Količina 7Downey, 1897 |
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Stran vii
... XV . A NARROW ESCAPE 261 · XVI . A MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE 280 XVII . THE BORE - A SOLDIER OF THE EMPIRE 294 • XVIII . THE RETREAT FROM LEIPSIC 303 XIX . THE TOP OF A DILIGENCE 312 XX . BONN AND STUDENT LIFE PAGE 323 XXI .
... XV . A NARROW ESCAPE 261 · XVI . A MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE 280 XVII . THE BORE - A SOLDIER OF THE EMPIRE 294 • XVIII . THE RETREAT FROM LEIPSIC 303 XIX . THE TOP OF A DILIGENCE 312 XX . BONN AND STUDENT LIFE PAGE 323 XXI .
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... mountain of silver , would not trust him with a mustard- pot to - day ; that even the ' legs ' would laugh at him if he offered the odds on the Derby ; and yet if you were bound on oath to select the happiest fellow on board , by the ...
... mountain of silver , would not trust him with a mustard- pot to - day ; that even the ' legs ' would laugh at him if he offered the odds on the Derby ; and yet if you were bound on oath to select the happiest fellow on board , by the ...
Stran 34
... mountain torrent , was a Roman way . If the inn you sleep in be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable - all that long catalogue of evils , from boors to bugs - never mind , there's sure to be some delightful story of a ...
... mountain torrent , was a Roman way . If the inn you sleep in be infested with every annoyance to which inns are liable - all that long catalogue of evils , from boors to bugs - never mind , there's sure to be some delightful story of a ...
Stran 37
... mountain for a territory - whose subjects are not so numerous as the hairs of his moustache , but whose quarterings go back to Noah , an ark on a ' field azure ' figuring in his escutcheon . Well , well ! of all the expectations of ...
... mountain for a territory - whose subjects are not so numerous as the hairs of his moustache , but whose quarterings go back to Noah , an ark on a ' field azure ' figuring in his escutcheon . Well , well ! of all the expectations of ...
Stran 64
... mountains high - not the short jobble of a landlocked channel , but the heavy roll of the great Atlantic , dark and frowning , swelling to an enormous height , and thundering away on the iron - bound coast to leeward with a crash that ...
... mountains high - not the short jobble of a landlocked channel , but the heavy roll of the great Atlantic , dark and frowning , swelling to an enormous height , and thundering away on the iron - bound coast to leeward with a crash that ...
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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...