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Página 36
... passed to march at attention , and the alacrity with which Johnny drew his sword and took his place in the ranks of war savoured a good deal more of rejoicing at his escape from the mature mind than any very burning mili- tary ardour ...
... passed to march at attention , and the alacrity with which Johnny drew his sword and took his place in the ranks of war savoured a good deal more of rejoicing at his escape from the mature mind than any very burning mili- tary ardour ...
Página 101
... passed between her and Hawkins I had no means of knowing ; she , of course , did not confide in me ; and though a sort of tacit understanding was springing up be- tween me and her mother , still it had not yet amounted to an interchange ...
... passed between her and Hawkins I had no means of knowing ; she , of course , did not confide in me ; and though a sort of tacit understanding was springing up be- tween me and her mother , still it had not yet amounted to an interchange ...
Página 113
... pretty well divine what was passing in her mind with respect to an act of a friend of mine that I could neither repair nor justify - an act to which I could not help feeling myself and my comrades as in some degree COUNTRY QUARTERS . 113.
... pretty well divine what was passing in her mind with respect to an act of a friend of mine that I could neither repair nor justify - an act to which I could not help feeling myself and my comrades as in some degree COUNTRY QUARTERS . 113.
Página 116
... not know what may have passed between Miss O'Reilly and Hawkins . I do hope , most sincerely , that it will be nothing that you will have cause to repent of ; but at all events , certainty is better than sus- pense 116 CONFESSIONS OF.
... not know what may have passed between Miss O'Reilly and Hawkins . I do hope , most sincerely , that it will be nothing that you will have cause to repent of ; but at all events , certainty is better than sus- pense 116 CONFESSIONS OF.
Página 118
... passed over my frame , the grasp was so unconsciously convulsive . I never knew that I had a conscience before . I did not by any means relish the disco- very . It is all very well being sorry for one's own misdeeds ; that is a ...
... passed over my frame , the grasp was so unconsciously convulsive . I never knew that I had a conscience before . I did not by any means relish the disco- very . It is all very well being sorry for one's own misdeeds ; that is a ...
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answered arrived ascer asked Ballymaccrocodile barracks Beauchamp Hall beauty believe better British army brother called Captain Cobb Celt CHAPTER confess Cork COUNTRY QUARTERS course dare say dear Deodatus Derby Derbyshire dinner Doddy doubt dragoons Ducrow Duke of Wellington Dunmanway Edith Ellen O'Reilly eyes feeling felt fire flirt gentleman girl Grampus half hand Hawkins head heard heart Holster honour hope horse hyæna idea Ireland Irish Jenkins Johnny knew Knightsbridge Lady Elizabeth light looked manner marry Mary Anne O'Malley means ment Mesopotamia mess military mind morning mother Nanny never night Nina O'Flaherty officers one's opinion perceived perhaps racter Ravenswood reader rectory regiment remarked Repale replied returned Robert Hawkins Saxon seemed Simpkins SOMERSET soon sort speedily spirits suppose sure talk tell thing thought tion told took turned Waldgrave wanted Wharton wish wonder word young lady
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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...