The Scrap Table for MDCCCXXXI.Carter, Hendee & Babcock, 1830 - 184 pàgines |
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Pàgina 10
... authenticity , and for the truth of the narrative he was about to relate to me . I listened to it with deep interest ; and I give , as nearly as possible , his own words : " FREDERICK DE B , was the friend of my 10 THE HERMIT.
... authenticity , and for the truth of the narrative he was about to relate to me . I listened to it with deep interest ; and I give , as nearly as possible , his own words : " FREDERICK DE B , was the friend of my 10 THE HERMIT.
Pàgina 12
... give the final order for departure in the same breath in which he bade me farewell . I wait- ed on my return to town to catch one more glimpse of him at the public square , where the Prince of Brunswick was to resume the command , and ...
... give the final order for departure in the same breath in which he bade me farewell . I wait- ed on my return to town to catch one more glimpse of him at the public square , where the Prince of Brunswick was to resume the command , and ...
Pàgina 58
... give the American General Lee , who was at last exchanged for Gen- eral Prescott . At the period of time to which this part of our narrative relates , a considerable change had taken place in the calculations of the British Commanders ...
... give the American General Lee , who was at last exchanged for Gen- eral Prescott . At the period of time to which this part of our narrative relates , a considerable change had taken place in the calculations of the British Commanders ...
Pàgina 75
... give you , general , as a set off to the enthusiasm of my young friend , the health of a lady of uncommon attractions and great merit , Mad- amoiselle Varolle , rigadoon dancer at the Golden Ball in the fields ; Balcarras will drink ...
... give you , general , as a set off to the enthusiasm of my young friend , the health of a lady of uncommon attractions and great merit , Mad- amoiselle Varolle , rigadoon dancer at the Golden Ball in the fields ; Balcarras will drink ...
Pàgina 77
... give it to ' em Jagers , give it to ' em my brave boys ; ' while general Robertson , never forgetting what was his duty at the festive board , apologized for his uncere- OLDEN TIME . 77.
... give it to ' em Jagers , give it to ' em my brave boys ; ' while general Robertson , never forgetting what was his duty at the festive board , apologized for his uncere- OLDEN TIME . 77.
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
admiration American amusement appearance army arrived aunt Balcarras beautiful British British army Capt Beaufort Capt Reginald Cavan Beaufort character Charlotte Eustace cher colonel Hanger command crowd danger daughter dear delighted distance door dressed Easterling Edmund English excited fair fancy fate father feeling felt forever forget fortune French gave gentleman George Clinton glass guests hand happy head heard heart heaven honor hope horse Housseker instant island John Carr King's Arms known land letter look Lord Cornbury manner Mapleloft ment military mind Miss Eustace Miss St Lawrence mistress never night Norfolk punch officers passed pier glass pleasure possession prisoners received recollection regiment remark replied scarce scene seat seemed Sir Henry Clinton soon sorrow spirit St Hilary Stadtholder stood sweet taste thing tion Tippleglass took uncon village voice whig York York island young lady youth
Passatges populars
Pàgina 64 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Pàgina 147 - Doubt thou the stars are fire ; Doubt that the sun doth move ; Doubt truth to be a liar ; But never doubt I love.
Pàgina 31 - I SAW thy form in youthful prime, Nor thought that pale decay Would steal before the steps of Time, And waste its bloom away, Mary ! Yet still thy features wore that light, Which fleets not with the breath ; And life ne'er look'd more...
Pàgina 121 - The small birds rejoice in the green leaves returning, The murmuring streamlet winds clear thro' the vale; The primroses blow in the dews of the morning, And wild...
Pàgina 101 - In our country [she continues], though all men are not "created equal," such is the influence of the sentiment of liberty and political equality, that "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame," may with as much probability be supposed to affect conduct and expectation in the log cabin as in the marble mansion; and to illustrate this truth, to dispel that erroneous belief of the necessary baseness of the "common people...
Pàgina 125 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Pàgina 99 - England, has rendered herself forever famous. The exhibition of her devotion to him amid the horrors of battle, and the tedious hours of sickness, has been celebrated by the classic pen of Burgoyne, as a ' picture of the spirit, the enterprize, and the distress of romance realized, and regulated, upon the chaste and sober principles of rational love and connubial duty.
Pàgina 80 - Arms, the noisy chorus of the bar was hushed to silence, and Tippleglass sank to rest with sundry calculations of profit, which were followed by a delightful dream of wealth and repose. He might have been almost heard to exclaim, with ancient Pistol : ' A foutra for the world and worldlings base, I speak of Africa and golden joys,' THE EXILE, ' I will a round unvarnished tale deliver.
Pàgina 32 - Seem'd worthless in thy own, Mary ! If souls could always dwell above, Thou ne'er hadst left that sphere : Or could we keep the souls we love, We ne'er had lost thee here, Mary ! Though many a gifted mind we meet, Though fairest forms we see, To live with them is far less sweet, Than to remember thee, Mary !i — :o: — BY THAT LAKE WHOSE GLOOMY SHORE.