The Novels of Charles Lever, Količina 7Downey, 1897 |
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Stran xi
... present one nothing of the kind ever transpired , nor could we ascertain , by the strictest inquiry , that such a proposition of publication had ever been entertained in the West End , or heard of in the ' Row . ' 6 The worthy traveller ...
... present one nothing of the kind ever transpired , nor could we ascertain , by the strictest inquiry , that such a proposition of publication had ever been entertained in the West End , or heard of in the ' Row . ' 6 The worthy traveller ...
Stran xxvii
... present them to our readers with this brief notice of the mode in which we obtained them- our only excuse for a most irregular and unprecedented liberty in the practice of literature . With this apology for the incompleteness and ...
... present them to our readers with this brief notice of the mode in which we obtained them- our only excuse for a most irregular and unprecedented liberty in the practice of literature . With this apology for the incompleteness and ...
Stran 12
... present to him ; and how naturally would a story spring from the rosy - cheeked old gentleman , paying his duty upon a pâté de foie gras , to his pretty daughter , endeavour- ing by a smile to diminish the tariff on her French bonnet ...
... present to him ; and how naturally would a story spring from the rosy - cheeked old gentleman , paying his duty upon a pâté de foie gras , to his pretty daughter , endeavour- ing by a smile to diminish the tariff on her French bonnet ...
Stran 33
... present to my friends . Whatever they be in shade or texture , whether fine or homespun , rich in Tyrian dye or stained with russet brown , I can only say for them , they are all my own - I have never cabbaged from any man's cloth ...
... present to my friends . Whatever they be in shade or texture , whether fine or homespun , rich in Tyrian dye or stained with russet brown , I can only say for them , they are all my own - I have never cabbaged from any man's cloth ...
Stran 41
... present of ministers ordinary and extraordinary , envoys and plenipos ; though I intend to come back to them at another opportunity . CHAPTER V STRANGE CHARACTERS Ir was through no veneration for the memory of Van Hoogendorp's adventure ...
... present of ministers ordinary and extraordinary , envoys and plenipos ; though I intend to come back to them at another opportunity . CHAPTER V STRANGE CHARACTERS Ir was through no veneration for the memory of Van Hoogendorp's adventure ...
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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...