The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, Zväzok 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... effect ; not that I had the folly to equip myself with the appointments of a cavalry officer , for those were to be obtained considerably under prime cost on the other side of the channel , but merely as regarded my personal outfit ...
... effect ; not that I had the folly to equip myself with the appointments of a cavalry officer , for those were to be obtained considerably under prime cost on the other side of the channel , but merely as regarded my personal outfit ...
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... effect it , when the Munster shopman whined out in that peculiar lachrymose tone of voice which is the characteristic of his province , " Aagh , gentlemen , if you please play Rule Brittan - ny - yagh . ' " The supplicating manner in ...
... effect it , when the Munster shopman whined out in that peculiar lachrymose tone of voice which is the characteristic of his province , " Aagh , gentlemen , if you please play Rule Brittan - ny - yagh . ' " The supplicating manner in ...
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... effect ; at the close of which I returned to my inn with a heart in peace with all mankind , and almost with itself ! A small party with my host's friends were assembled in the evening ; and I perceived with some degree of impatience ...
... effect ; at the close of which I returned to my inn with a heart in peace with all mankind , and almost with itself ! A small party with my host's friends were assembled in the evening ; and I perceived with some degree of impatience ...
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... , White Cliff ! may Heaven bless my dear , my generous Anna ! " This expression , uttered in a melancholy tone , broke from my lips before I could weigh their probable effect on my companion ; the next moment 36 THE STAFF OFFICER ;
... , White Cliff ! may Heaven bless my dear , my generous Anna ! " This expression , uttered in a melancholy tone , broke from my lips before I could weigh their probable effect on my companion ; the next moment 36 THE STAFF OFFICER ;
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A Tale of Real Life Oliver Moore. their probable effect on my companion ; the next moment I would have given worlds to recall them ; but it was too late ; the shaft had sped on its course ; the barb had already lodged in the sensitive ...
A Tale of Real Life Oliver Moore. their probable effect on my companion ; the next moment I would have given worlds to recall them ; but it was too late ; the shaft had sped on its course ; the barb had already lodged in the sensitive ...
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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