Confessions of country quarters, Volum 635 |
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Pàgina 2
... talks a d - d deal of stuff about things that she don't understand ; that , however , you know , most of them do without a tithe of her redeeming qualities , for she really is a very nice girl , as lady - like as could be hoped for here ...
... talks a d - d deal of stuff about things that she don't understand ; that , however , you know , most of them do without a tithe of her redeeming qualities , for she really is a very nice girl , as lady - like as could be hoped for here ...
Pàgina 16
... talk of them in the correct officer- like manner . But one grows out of these things , and by two or three - and - twenty , I had acquired the proper military way of pa- tronising garrison girls , or garrison hacks , as we called our ...
... talk of them in the correct officer- like manner . But one grows out of these things , and by two or three - and - twenty , I had acquired the proper military way of pa- tronising garrison girls , or garrison hacks , as we called our ...
Pàgina 28
... talking about the girls till we've seen them trotted out . " " I remember when I was quar- This was considered a very sensible and practical remark , and the reading continued : " I have been doing centimental ; " here Popkins paused ...
... talking about the girls till we've seen them trotted out . " " I remember when I was quar- This was considered a very sensible and practical remark , and the reading continued : " I have been doing centimental ; " here Popkins paused ...
Pàgina 34
... talk of things that they don't understand , but at the same time stoutly affirmed that intellect , in- telligence , and feeling , must elevate and purify the female character ; by which I understood Johnny to mean , must make a girl ...
... talk of things that they don't understand , but at the same time stoutly affirmed that intellect , in- telligence , and feeling , must elevate and purify the female character ; by which I understood Johnny to mean , must make a girl ...
Pàgina 38
... talk to her whilst I astonish Ellen's unripe intellect . " " Who is Beauty Bill ? " asked Johnny . " Upon my word , ” replied I , " unless that he is a man of the name of Wiggins , who I recollect is called Bill , and si good looking ...
... talk to her whilst I astonish Ellen's unripe intellect . " " Who is Beauty Bill ? " asked Johnny . " Upon my word , ” replied I , " unless that he is a man of the name of Wiggins , who I recollect is called Bill , and si good looking ...
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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...