The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, Band 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... kind , Whom gentle stars unite , and in one fate Their hearts , their fortunes , and their beings blend . " I AM not about to inflict a homily on my readers by repeating all the croakings of 1795 , in and out of parliament , on the fail ...
... kind , Whom gentle stars unite , and in one fate Their hearts , their fortunes , and their beings blend . " I AM not about to inflict a homily on my readers by repeating all the croakings of 1795 , in and out of parliament , on the fail ...
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A Tale of Real Life Oliver Moore. and my ever - kind and careful patron , on communicating the word of command , " dismount , " hailed me by the delightful title of LIEUTENANT , which commission he had by his excellent management secured ...
A Tale of Real Life Oliver Moore. and my ever - kind and careful patron , on communicating the word of command , " dismount , " hailed me by the delightful title of LIEUTENANT , which commission he had by his excellent management secured ...
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... kind anticipations of what he intended to say , by replying be- fore he could deliver himself of some long - laboured compliment : of my other companions they could not complain . One was a light - hearted Killarney man , named ...
... kind anticipations of what he intended to say , by replying be- fore he could deliver himself of some long - laboured compliment : of my other companions they could not complain . One was a light - hearted Killarney man , named ...
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... kind Harrington had to dislodge him previously to our sortie . Polite- ness suggested to our fair entertainer to include the sleeping VOL . II . 3 subaltern in the invitation to her house ; but unfortunately OR , THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE .
... kind Harrington had to dislodge him previously to our sortie . Polite- ness suggested to our fair entertainer to include the sleeping VOL . II . 3 subaltern in the invitation to her house ; but unfortunately OR , THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE .
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... kind , and noble in our nature . These qualities were amply developed during his ar- duous service in that distant climate to which his fortune had led him , and of which , after a life of honour , fame , and good fortune , he took his ...
... kind , and noble in our nature . These qualities were amply developed during his ar- duous service in that distant climate to which his fortune had led him , and of which , after a life of honour , fame , and good fortune , he took his ...
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The Staff Officer: Or, the Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life Oliver Moore Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
The Staff Officer: Or, the Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life Oliver Moore Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
The Staff Officer: Or, the Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life Oliver Moore Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 205 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Seite 98 - Horatio, what a wounded name, Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me. If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Absent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story.
Seite 92 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Seite 39 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Seite 201 - The adventures follow each other with delightful rapidity and variety ; occasionally there is a deep and thrilling touch of pathos, which we feel not a bit the less acutely, because the trouble and wo of the parties have originated in the familiar and somewhat laughable act of pulling an ear.
Seite 202 - Admirable. Truly, intensely Irish. The whole book has the brogue — never were the outrageous whimsicalities of that strange, wild, imaginative people so characteristically displayed; nor, in the midst of all the fun, frolic, and folly, is there any dearth of poetry, pathos, and passion. The author's a jewel, and he will be reviewed next number. Shepherd. The Eerishers are marchin in leeterature, pawri pashu? wi