The Novels of Charles Lever, Količina 7Downey, 1897 |
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... short , should the volume ever come under the eyes of the respected gentleman himself , con- siderable mystification would exist as to whether he did not say , do , and think exactly as we made him , and much doubt lie on his mind that ...
... short , should the volume ever come under the eyes of the respected gentleman himself , con- siderable mystification would exist as to whether he did not say , do , and think exactly as we made him , and much doubt lie on his mind that ...
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... for whom life seemed too short for all the fascinations wealth spread around him , and each day brought the one embarrassment how to enjoy enough - I repeat it , I doubt much if he , when the hour of his abdication ARTHUR O'LEARY 7.
... for whom life seemed too short for all the fascinations wealth spread around him , and each day brought the one embarrassment how to enjoy enough - I repeat it , I doubt much if he , when the hour of his abdication ARTHUR O'LEARY 7.
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... short , but at our friend , who appeared to watch this studied denial on her part with the same kind of enjoyment the captain of a frigate would contemplate the destruction his broadsides were making on his enemy's rigging ; and perhaps ...
... short , but at our friend , who appeared to watch this studied denial on her part with the same kind of enjoyment the captain of a frigate would contemplate the destruction his broadsides were making on his enemy's rigging ; and perhaps ...
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... short pipe , has a mock air of thought about him . The great fat horses that wag along , trailing behind them some petty , insignificant truck , loaded with a little cask not bigger than a Life Guardsman's helmet , look as though ...
... short pipe , has a mock air of thought about him . The great fat horses that wag along , trailing behind them some petty , insignificant truck , loaded with a little cask not bigger than a Life Guardsman's helmet , look as though ...
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... short but voluminous petticoats , their heads ornamented by those gold or silver circlets which no Dutch peasant seems ever to lack , are exactly the very types of what you see in an Ostade or a Teniers . The very host himself , old ...
... short but voluminous petticoats , their heads ornamented by those gold or silver circlets which no Dutch peasant seems ever to lack , are exactly the very types of what you see in an Ostade or a Teniers . The very host himself , old ...
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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...