The Staff Officer: Or, the Soldier of Fortune : a Tale of Real Life, Band 1E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... seemed an age , we took our leave of modern Athens , accompanied by a fellow traveller , if I may so term a lady , who had been on a visit to some northern friends , and who was introduced by our hostess as an agreeable compa- 66 nion ...
... seemed an age , we took our leave of modern Athens , accompanied by a fellow traveller , if I may so term a lady , who had been on a visit to some northern friends , and who was introduced by our hostess as an agreeable compa- 66 nion ...
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... seemed quite at home . What he could possibly see , hear , feel , or understand , in these lasses , to call forth such torrents of flattery as he poured on them , I could not for the life of me discover . From my earliest recollections ...
... seemed quite at home . What he could possibly see , hear , feel , or understand , in these lasses , to call forth such torrents of flattery as he poured on them , I could not for the life of me discover . From my earliest recollections ...
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... seemed to weigh in his mind every mouthful I devoured , as if shocked at my voracity ; but his un- timely remark- " The Staffordshire air seems to have given you a sharp appetite , young gentleman , " instantly threw a flag of truce ...
... seemed to weigh in his mind every mouthful I devoured , as if shocked at my voracity ; but his un- timely remark- " The Staffordshire air seems to have given you a sharp appetite , young gentleman , " instantly threw a flag of truce ...
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... seemed to drink every liquid word that poured from the lips of his once and still beloved Magan , who brilliantly sustained , throughout the whole of the arduous part , the first favourable impression his early scenes created . The ...
... seemed to drink every liquid word that poured from the lips of his once and still beloved Magan , who brilliantly sustained , throughout the whole of the arduous part , the first favourable impression his early scenes created . The ...
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... seemed to have been born good critics , " Mr. Mid- dleton's acting was greeted with the most unqualified ap- plause . Success , in any pursuit of life , softens down many asperities . The father , flattered by the praises lavished on ...
... seemed to have been born good critics , " Mr. Mid- dleton's acting was greeted with the most unqualified ap- plause . Success , in any pursuit of life , softens down many asperities . The father , flattered by the praises lavished on ...
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adjutant amiable amongst appeared Arabin arms arrived beauty bestowed blessing brother called Captain CHAPTER cheer Clonmell cockade Colonel command compliment daugh dear delight dress Dublin Dublin harbour duty Earl Earl of Westmeath Ensign eyes face fair father favour feelings felt followed gallant gave geant gentleman girl half hand happy heard heart Holyhead honour hour Husho indulged Ireland Irish John Doyle Joseph Atkinson kind lady leave letter lieutenant lips look Lord Lord Rawdon Manor Rawdon Maria miles mind morning Mullingar Nag's Head Nanny never night o'clock O'Farrel officer old Robin once party passed person pleasure poor quarter-master quarters Rafferty received recollections recruits regiment rendered seemed Sergeant Macnab silence SIR JOHN BLAQUIERE soldier soon spirits tears Templemore thought tinker tion took town widow wife wish woman words wretched young youth
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Seite 1 - 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.
Seite 165 - Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.
Seite 173 - Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat-- Come hither, come hither, come hither! Here shall we see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i' the sun, Seeking the food he eats And pleased with what he gets-- Come hither, come hither, come hither!
Seite 115 - Out of my grief and my impatience, Answer'd neglectingly I know not what, He should, or he should not; for he made me mad, To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet...
Seite 86 - And let th' aspiring youth beware of love, Of the smooth glance beware; for 'tis too late, When on his heart the torrent softness pours. Then wisdom prostrate lies, and fading fame Dissolves in air away ; while the fond soul, Wrapt in gay visions of unreal bliss, Still paints th' illusive form ; the kindling grace ; Th...
Seite 150 - She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Seite 11 - Full are thy cities with the sons of Art; And trade, and joy, in every busy street, Mingling are heard; even Drudgery himself, As at the car he sweats, or dusty hews The palace stone, looks gay. Thy crowded ports, Where rising masts an endless prospect yield, With labour burn...
Seite 180 - Oh ! what was love made for, if 'tis not the same Through joy and through torment, through glory and shame ? I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart, I but know that I love thee, whatever thou art.
Seite 123 - tis in my custody. Oth. Ha! lago. O, beware, my lord, of jealousy ; It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on : that cuckold lives in bliss Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger ; But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves ! Oth.
Seite 73 - Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come...