Confessions of country quarters, Volum 635 |
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Pàgina 2
... not expect one to marry her . If you lend her that grey mare of yours , and put your smartest boy on the cab horse , you will win her heart slick away . " The garrison hacks here are pretty smart steppers ; 2 CONFESSIONS OF.
... not expect one to marry her . If you lend her that grey mare of yours , and put your smartest boy on the cab horse , you will win her heart slick away . " The garrison hacks here are pretty smart steppers ; 2 CONFESSIONS OF.
Pàgina 7
... Horse Guards . Indeed , I believe , the dignitary in ques- tion commonly elects himself , and then ap- points his subordinates , though I , of course , was raised to the pinnacle of 120th greatness two days after my joining the regiment ...
... Horse Guards . Indeed , I believe , the dignitary in ques- tion commonly elects himself , and then ap- points his subordinates , though I , of course , was raised to the pinnacle of 120th greatness two days after my joining the regiment ...
Pàgina 9
... horse , with the neck of an ostrich , and the tail of a comet , and no body worth mentioning , that will neither race , hunt , nor draw , but will eat out of the hand and carry a lady . He rides in remarkably long stirrups , and prefers ...
... horse , with the neck of an ostrich , and the tail of a comet , and no body worth mentioning , that will neither race , hunt , nor draw , but will eat out of the hand and carry a lady . He rides in remarkably long stirrups , and prefers ...
Pàgina 17
... 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 my own ...
... 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 my own ...
Pàgina 41
... camps to hold his stirrup when he got off his horse , to answer the bell , and to carry three - cornered notes . " What a shame , " said Johnny , indig- nantly , cut to the quick by the atrocious breach COUNTRY QUARTERS . 41.
... camps to hold his stirrup when he got off his horse , to answer the bell , and to carry three - cornered notes . " What a shame , " said Johnny , indig- nantly , cut to the quick by the atrocious breach COUNTRY QUARTERS . 41.
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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...