With a Show in the North: Reminiscences of Mark LemonW. H. Allen, 1871 - 284 pàgines |
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... Close was situated a tavern much frequented by lawyers in the days of Sir Walter Scott . It was here that the Solemn League and Covenant was placed for signature in 1640 . Finding my companion , Sir John , suddenly raising his hat in ...
... Close was situated a tavern much frequented by lawyers in the days of Sir Walter Scott . It was here that the Solemn League and Covenant was placed for signature in 1640 . Finding my companion , Sir John , suddenly raising his hat in ...
Pàgina 55
... close in a pipe of to- bacco . Although he had a quick and correct ear for poetic rhythm , and wrote ballads with facility , he was not very fond of music . He would listen with evident pleasure to any familiar strain , and he enjoyed a ...
... close in a pipe of to- bacco . Although he had a quick and correct ear for poetic rhythm , and wrote ballads with facility , he was not very fond of music . He would listen with evident pleasure to any familiar strain , and he enjoyed a ...
Pàgina 86
... close by the hotel . " ( Have you The Times ? " The man looked at me vacantly . " Or The Standard ? " No reply : " The Telegraph ? " I next suggested . " The Greenock Telegraph , yes , " said the man , handing me the local paper . " No ...
... close by the hotel . " ( Have you The Times ? " The man looked at me vacantly . " Or The Standard ? " No reply : " The Telegraph ? " I next suggested . " The Greenock Telegraph , yes , " said the man , handing me the local paper . " No ...
Pàgina 96
... close and intimate acquaintance does not increase your esteem for a public man . His character is improved when you are left to fill up the portrait from imagination and by the help of his works . This was not so with Mark Lemon . To ...
... close and intimate acquaintance does not increase your esteem for a public man . His character is improved when you are left to fill up the portrait from imagination and by the help of his works . This was not so with Mark Lemon . To ...
Pàgina 97
... close our visit to Scotland . If shaping our course homeward had not conjured up pleasant glimpses of our respective counties , Sussex and Worcestershire , I suspect we should both have regretted leaving the land o ' cakes . As for the ...
... close our visit to Scotland . If shaping our course homeward had not conjured up pleasant glimpses of our respective counties , Sussex and Worcestershire , I suspect we should both have regretted leaving the land o ' cakes . As for the ...
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With a Show in the North: Reminiscences of Mark Lemon Joseph Hatton Previsualització no disponible - 2015 |
With a Show in the North: Reminiscences of Mark Lemon (Classic Reprint) Joseph Hatton Previsualització no disponible - 2018 |
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Pàgina 234 - If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked ! If to be old and merry be a sin, then many an old host that I know, is damned ; if to be fat be to be hated, then Pharaoh's lean kine are to be loved. No, my good lord ; banish Peto, banish Bardolph, banish Poins ; but for sweet Jack Falstaff, kind Jack Falstaff, true Jack Falstaff, valiant Jack Falstaff, and therefore more valiant, being as he is, old Jack Falstaff, banish not him thy Harry's company ; banish plump Jack, and banish all the world.
Pàgina 207 - And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am By so much shall I falsify men's hopes...
Pàgina 272 - ... madam? And didst thou not kiss me, and bid me fetch thee thirty shillings? I put thee now to thy book-oath; deny it, if thou canst.
Pàgina 225 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest I am as valiant as Hercules ; but beware instinct ; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee, during my life ; I, for a valiant lion, and thou for a true prince.
Pàgina 8 - German Life and Manners. As seen in Saxony. With an account of Town Life — Village Life — Fashionable Life — Married Life — School and University Life, &c. Illustrated with Songs and Pictures of the Student Customs at the University of Jena. By HENRY MAYHEW, 2 vols., 8vo., with numerous illustrations.
Pàgina 11 - Illustrated Horse Management. Containing descriptive remarks upon Anatomy, Medicine, Shoeing, Teeth, Food, Vices, Stables ; likewise a plain account of the situation, nature, and value of the various points ; together with comments on grooms, dealers, breeders, breakers, and trainers : Embellished with more than 400 engravings from original designs made expressly for this work. By E. MAYHEW. A new Edition, revised and improved by JI LUPTON.
Pàgina 28 - Wellesley's Despatches. The Despatches, Minutes, and Correspondence of the Marquis Wellesley, KG, during his Administration in India. 5 vols. 8vo. With Portrait, Map, &c. £6. 10s.
Pàgina 1 - SEWELL, Madras Civil Service. Post 8vo. 8s. *** The object of this work is to supply the want which has been felt by students for a condensed outline of Indian History which would serve at once to recall the memory and guide the eye, while at the same time it has been attempted to render it interesting to the general reader by preserving a medium between a bare analysis and a complete history.
Pàgina 26 - Thomson's Lunar and Horary Tables. For New and Concise Methods of Performing the Calculations necessary for ascertaining the Longitude by Lunar Observations, or Chronometers ; with directions for acquiring a knowledge of the Principal Fixed Stars and finding the Latitude of them.
Pàgina 12 - The fittest, time for feeding, and the kind of food which the horse naturally consumes. The evils which are occasioned by modern stables. The faults inseparable from stables. The so-called " incapacitating vices," which are the results of injury or of disease.