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
... render many little services and acts of kindness to my suffering bre- nren that would have endeared me to many of them , had for- tune blessed me with the means of continuing in that branch of the service . Take the corps , one and all ...
... render many little services and acts of kindness to my suffering bre- nren that would have endeared me to many of them , had for- tune blessed me with the means of continuing in that branch of the service . Take the corps , one and all ...
Strana 12
... render him un- prepossessing to a degree . He was dressed in the very showy ( though in this case somewhat faded ) regimentals of the King's Own , to which regiment he belonged , for some months , as ensign . What corps had the honour ...
... render him un- prepossessing to a degree . He was dressed in the very showy ( though in this case somewhat faded ) regimentals of the King's Own , to which regiment he belonged , for some months , as ensign . What corps had the honour ...
Strana 17
... rendered effective by the good acting of the late J. Edwin , Jun . , in the Tar , and a young lady of the name of Robinson , who sustained the character of the boy . The performance all to- gether would have been creditable to a more ...
... rendered effective by the good acting of the late J. Edwin , Jun . , in the Tar , and a young lady of the name of Robinson , who sustained the character of the boy . The performance all to- gether would have been creditable to a more ...
Strana 18
... rendered it easy to perceive that the good family " fared sumptuously every day . " This was the more worthy of remark , as it was , by no means , the foible of men of business , in those days , to run into profuse expenditure in their ...
... rendered it easy to perceive that the good family " fared sumptuously every day . " This was the more worthy of remark , as it was , by no means , the foible of men of business , in those days , to run into profuse expenditure in their ...
Strana 19
... rendering themselves agreeable to each other , when depending on their own society , without making any parade of their cordialities before company . Ere our party broke up , I felt more satisfied on this point , and left the house with ...
... rendering themselves agreeable to each other , when depending on their own society , without making any parade of their cordialities before company . Ere our party broke up , I felt more satisfied on this point , and left the house with ...
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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