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... never quite acquired that magical instinct into their views upon our hearts , hands , horses , homes , firesides , and domestic happiness in general which I found universal amongst the greater part of the British infantry and the whole ...
... never quite acquired that magical instinct into their views upon our hearts , hands , horses , homes , firesides , and domestic happiness in general which I found universal amongst the greater part of the British infantry and the whole ...
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... the British army , that socialist system of handing the garrison beauties , accurately marked and ticketed , from regiment to regiment ; one never marches into a town without having a reversionary interest 22 CONFESSIONS OF.
... the British army , that socialist system of handing the garrison beauties , accurately marked and ticketed , from regiment to regiment ; one never marches into a town without having a reversionary interest 22 CONFESSIONS OF.
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Charles Henry Knox. never marches into a town without having a reversionary interest in a flirtation , and a preliminary knowledge of its object , her tastes , habits , and weaknesses , with a sketch of her prospects in case of accidents ...
Charles Henry Knox. never marches into a town without having a reversionary interest in a flirtation , and a preliminary knowledge of its object , her tastes , habits , and weaknesses , with a sketch of her prospects in case of accidents ...
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... never had spoken to a woman above five - and - twenty in his lifetime , and what was more , he was perfectly aware that I knew it too . What moral maxim he was about to hurl at my heretical head , is un- happily lost to posterity , for ...
... never had spoken to a woman above five - and - twenty in his lifetime , and what was more , he was perfectly aware that I knew it too . What moral maxim he was about to hurl at my heretical head , is un- happily lost to posterity , for ...
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... never lose your temper , but simply accuse her of being ' missish . ' It's too vague a charge for her to rebut , but it will drive her as mad as a sackful of cats . Everything that she says , answer her - now I call that missish : you ...
... never lose your temper , but simply accuse her of being ' missish . ' It's too vague a charge for her to rebut , but it will drive her as mad as a sackful of cats . Everything that she says , answer her - now I call that missish : you ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
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...