Confessions of country quarters, Volum 635 |
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Pàgina 37
... replied I. " You'll introduce me to Miss O'Reilly , won't you , Cobb ? " said he . " To be sure I will , " replied I ; " I'll take you to tea there . It's good for one's opinion of human nature to associate every now and then with ...
... replied I. " You'll introduce me to Miss O'Reilly , won't you , Cobb ? " said he . " To be sure I will , " replied I ; " I'll take you to tea there . It's good for one's opinion of human nature to associate every now and then with ...
Pàgina 38
... replied I , " unless that he is a man of the name of Wiggins , who I recollect is called Bill , and si good looking , and curls his hair ; I believe he sleeps with it in papers ; and screws in his waist , and i takes care of his ...
... replied I , " unless that he is a man of the name of Wiggins , who I recollect is called Bill , and si good looking , and curls his hair ; I believe he sleeps with it in papers ; and screws in his waist , and i takes care of his ...
Pàgina 49
... replied Johnny , innocently , thereby convincing me that I was correct in setting down the remark as a piracy , and from a somewhat discreditable source . " Johnny , " said I , " do you think that either Simpkins or Holster is much of a ...
... replied Johnny , innocently , thereby convincing me that I was correct in setting down the remark as a piracy , and from a somewhat discreditable source . " Johnny , " said I , " do you think that either Simpkins or Holster is much of a ...
Pàgina 55
Charles Henry Knox. " So I did , and so I will , " replied I ; " but you must have a little patience ; and now be off with you ; there's Mary Ann O'Malley has been hanging out signals for you to close this ten minutes ; " the fact being ...
Charles Henry Knox. " So I did , and so I will , " replied I ; " but you must have a little patience ; and now be off with you ; there's Mary Ann O'Malley has been hanging out signals for you to close this ten minutes ; " the fact being ...
Pàgina 59
... Learning enough of the local history to enable me to ask intelligent questions , being well assured that those who replied to them would consider the answers intelligent , I also learned the name of the COUNTRY QUARTERS . 59.
... Learning enough of the local history to enable me to ask intelligent questions , being well assured that those who replied to them would consider the answers intelligent , I also learned the name of the COUNTRY QUARTERS . 59.
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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...