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... knew very little - hardly knowing the dif ference between heavy dragoons and fusi- liers , poor benighted creatures ; and having been accustomed to consider men's claims to position in society as consisting of a mis- cellaneous jumble ...
... knew very little - hardly knowing the dif ference between heavy dragoons and fusi- liers , poor benighted creatures ; and having been accustomed to consider men's claims to position in society as consisting of a mis- cellaneous jumble ...
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... knew per- fectly well of what a tender nature these missives were , and received them with great interest , so that a dead silence ensued while we bestowed what time we could spare from the whiskey - punch , in ascertaining what ...
... knew per- fectly well of what a tender nature these missives were , and received them with great interest , so that a dead silence ensued while we bestowed what time we could spare from the whiskey - punch , in ascertaining what ...
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... knew that very well ; I was perfectly aware that whenever any particularly deli- cate and confidential communication , such as one's aunt having bolted with the butler , or one's sister having been jilted by that young lord they ...
... knew that very well ; I was perfectly aware that whenever any particularly deli- cate and confidential communication , such as one's aunt having bolted with the butler , or one's sister having been jilted by that young lord they ...
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... my phsiogno- mical barometer , perceiving that the weather had moderated , ventured to ask me whether I knew anything about the place we were about to c 3 COUNTRY QUARTERS . 33 for the first half hour after starting. Of course...
... my phsiogno- mical barometer , perceiving that the weather had moderated , ventured to ask me whether I knew anything about the place we were about to c 3 COUNTRY QUARTERS . 33 for the first half hour after starting. Of course...
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Charles Henry Knox. I knew anything about the place we were about to pass the next six months in . I told him that I knew nothing but what was contained in Hawkins's letter , which I gave him to read , for it was too much trouble for me ...
Charles Henry Knox. I knew anything about the place we were about to pass the next six months in . I told him that I knew nothing but what was contained in Hawkins's letter , which I gave him to read , for it was too much trouble for me ...
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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!
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 183 - Why, soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys, Why, soldiers, why ? Whose business 'tis to die...