Confessions of country quarters, Volum 635 |
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Pàgina 5
... Ballymaccrocodile white muslin . Adieu . " JAMES HAWKINS . " P.S. Write and let me know how like Ellen . you " N.B. The best cigars are at O'Geogha- gan's . " Having deposited my last love affair in the hands of COUNTRY QUARTERS . 5.
... Ballymaccrocodile white muslin . Adieu . " JAMES HAWKINS . " P.S. Write and let me know how like Ellen . you " N.B. The best cigars are at O'Geogha- gan's . " Having deposited my last love affair in the hands of COUNTRY QUARTERS . 5.
Pàgina 9
... hand and carry a lady . He rides in remarkably long stirrups , and prefers a canter to a trot . He is indignant at the idea of getting a fall , is brilliant in his gloves , flashy in his neckcloth ; he pinches in his waist , and shines ...
... hand and carry a lady . He rides in remarkably long stirrups , and prefers a canter to a trot . He is indignant at the idea of getting a fall , is brilliant in his gloves , flashy in his neckcloth ; he pinches in his waist , and shines ...
Pàgina 17
... hands , horses , homes , firesides , and domestic happiness in general which I found universal amongst the greater part of the British infantry and the whole of the cavalry ; but this , I suppose , arose from my earlier experience among ...
... hands , horses , homes , firesides , and domestic happiness in general which I found universal amongst the greater part of the British infantry and the whole of the cavalry ; but this , I suppose , arose from my earlier experience among ...
Pàgina 30
... hand as much as you please , and she will bear a deal of nudging . I shall take care she receives you well ; indeed I have told her you have an old aunt as rich as Rothschild , who is very anxious you should marry , and will come down ...
... hand as much as you please , and she will bear a deal of nudging . I shall take care she receives you well ; indeed I have told her you have an old aunt as rich as Rothschild , who is very anxious you should marry , and will come down ...
Pàgina 35
... hand , if she squints or squabbles , you ought to get five - and - twenty or thirty thousand with her . That is the true practical view to take that works best in the long run , for all your personal and intel- lectual charms fade and ...
... hand , if she squints or squabbles , you ought to get five - and - twenty or thirty thousand with her . That is the true practical view to take that works best in the long run , for all your personal and intel- lectual charms fade and ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 259 - Nay then, farewell ! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness : And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.
Pàgina 248 - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Pàgina 126 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain!
Pàgina 197 - The endeavour of this present breath may buy That honour, which shall bate his scythe's keen edge, And make us heirs of all eternity.
Pàgina 126 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men. A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell...
Pàgina 109 - The glorious, pious and immortal memory of the great and good King William — not forgetting Oliver Cromwell, who assisted in redeeming us from Popery, slavery, arbitrary power, brass money and wooden shoes.
Pàgina 11 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years.
Pàgina 20 - Act, other than the Person thereunto authorized by Law, shall assume or use the Name, Style, or Title of Archbishop of any Province, Bishop of any Bishoprick, or Dean of any Deanery, in England or Ireland, he shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay the Sum of One hundred Pounds.
Pàgina 256 - They come, in dim procession led, The cold, the faithless, and the dead ; As warm each hand, each brow as gay, As if they parted yesterday.
Pàgina 183 - Why, soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys, Why, soldiers, why ? Whose business 'tis to die...