The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, Zväzok 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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Strana 9
... Death on the Pale Horse . Not one half the men were mount- ed , and such as were cut a shabby figure , loaded as the horses were to the very croups with the cloaks and valises of the dis- mounted . To me , who had not endured the toils ...
... Death on the Pale Horse . Not one half the men were mount- ed , and such as were cut a shabby figure , loaded as the horses were to the very croups with the cloaks and valises of the dis- mounted . To me , who had not endured the toils ...
Strana 74
... death the whole of the day , and heartily glad when the signal to bear away enabled me to enjoy my long- deferred dinner . For two days more we were favoured with delightful weather , and looked forward with confident hopes that these ...
... death the whole of the day , and heartily glad when the signal to bear away enabled me to enjoy my long- deferred dinner . For two days more we were favoured with delightful weather , and looked forward with confident hopes that these ...
Strana 82
... death . Already the lofty ridge of mountains which partly gird , and partly intersect Martinique , struck the anxious eye of the new Tropician . The next morning's sun saw the whole fleet , now increased by our arrival to several ...
... death . Already the lofty ridge of mountains which partly gird , and partly intersect Martinique , struck the anxious eye of the new Tropician . The next morning's sun saw the whole fleet , now increased by our arrival to several ...
Strana 97
... death was approaching . A little after day broke I despatched a messenger for the doctor , who , to do him justice , evinced a humane anxiety for his patient which did honour to his heart ; while his acknowledged medi- cal skill removed ...
... death was approaching . A little after day broke I despatched a messenger for the doctor , who , to do him justice , evinced a humane anxiety for his patient which did honour to his heart ; while his acknowledged medi- cal skill removed ...
Strana 99
... death to my hopes ! I saw the hour was rapidly ap proaching that would deprive the world of a brave and good . man , and me of a kind protector . The doctor renewed his precautions to me for my own safety , and gave me a prepara- tion ...
... death to my hopes ! I saw the hour was rapidly ap proaching that would deprive the world of a brave and good . man , and me of a kind protector . The doctor renewed his precautions to me for my own safety , and gave me a prepara- tion ...
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Strana 205 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Strana 98 - Horatio, what a wounded name, Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me. If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Absent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story.
Strana 92 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Strana 39 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Strana 201 - The adventures follow each other with delightful rapidity and variety ; occasionally there is a deep and thrilling touch of pathos, which we feel not a bit the less acutely, because the trouble and wo of the parties have originated in the familiar and somewhat laughable act of pulling an ear.
Strana 202 - Admirable. Truly, intensely Irish. The whole book has the brogue — never were the outrageous whimsicalities of that strange, wild, imaginative people so characteristically displayed; nor, in the midst of all the fun, frolic, and folly, is there any dearth of poetry, pathos, and passion. The author's a jewel, and he will be reviewed next number. Shepherd. The Eerishers are marchin in leeterature, pawri pashu? wi