Dermot O'Brien, Or, The Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649Stringer & Townsend, 1849 - 166 pàgines |
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Pàgina 23
... order to betray ; blas- phemers and ungodly , who , without , are of mild speech and innocent seeming , but within are ravening wolves . Over these documents , Dermot O'Brien ran his eye quickly , but observantly ; and in less time than ...
... order to betray ; blas- phemers and ungodly , who , without , are of mild speech and innocent seeming , but within are ravening wolves . Over these documents , Dermot O'Brien ran his eye quickly , but observantly ; and in less time than ...
Pàgina 31
... order to compel it to keep up with the high - bred and gallant coursers , which , despite of their morning's gallop ... orders , was at that time almost unknown in that country ; nor was it prevalent , to any great degree then , among ...
... order to compel it to keep up with the high - bred and gallant coursers , which , despite of their morning's gallop ... orders , was at that time almost unknown in that country ; nor was it prevalent , to any great degree then , among ...
Pàgina 43
... orders countermanded thus , - " To turn back would be sure death , if it please you ! " he said . " Before he could face the eddy he would be swept over the black boar's back , and plunged into the hell - kettle , down below there ! The ...
... orders countermanded thus , - " To turn back would be sure death , if it please you ! " he said . " Before he could face the eddy he would be swept over the black boar's back , and plunged into the hell - kettle , down below there ! The ...
Pàgina 51
... ordered for the dungeon ? " " Tis even so , McCarthy . Had it not been for him , I had been slain this day , or sorely wounded " " I would you had been sorely wounded rather than owe es- cape to him . From being nigh slain , had there ...
... ordered for the dungeon ? " " Tis even so , McCarthy . Had it not been for him , I had been slain this day , or sorely wounded " " I would you had been sorely wounded rather than owe es- cape to him . From being nigh slain , had there ...
Pàgina 61
... order as if it had been intended for imme- diate use ; yet the fashion of the armor was obsolete ; and the use of complete suits had already passed away , even among leaders , as inconsistent with the rapidity of modern warfare , and of ...
... order as if it had been intended for imme- diate use ; yet the fashion of the armor was obsolete ; and the use of complete suits had already passed away , even among leaders , as inconsistent with the rapidity of modern warfare , and of ...
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Dermot O'brien, Or the Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649 (Classic Reprint) Henry William Herbert Previsualització no disponible - 2016 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 94 - Then bugle's note and cannon's roar the death-like silence broke, And with one start, and with one cry, the royal city woke.
Pàgina 95 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes: Those scraps are good deeds past; which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
Pàgina 41 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
Pàgina 137 - God ! it is a fearful thing To see the human soul take wing In any shape, in any mood...
Pàgina 137 - He faded, and so calm and meek, So softly worn, so sweetly weak, So tearless, yet so tender — kind, And grieved for those he left behind; With all the while a cheek whose bloom Was as a mockery of the tomb...
Pàgina 26 - DAY set on Norham's castled steep,* And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's mountains lone : The battled towers, the donjon keep,* The loophole grates, where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone.
Pàgina 137 - I've seen the sick and ghastly bed Of Sin delirious with its dread: But these were horrors — this was woe Unmix'd with such — but sure and slow. He faded, and so calm and meek, So softly worn, so sweetly weak, So tearless, yet so tender — kind, And grieved for those he left behind...