The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, Volumen2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... was selected by my worthy friend to be the warming - pan , and only held my seat on honour until it should be claimed from me . That period was now arrived , and my ever - kind and careful patron , on 10 THE STAFF OFFICER ; CHAPTER III. ...
... was selected by my worthy friend to be the warming - pan , and only held my seat on honour until it should be claimed from me . That period was now arrived , and my ever - kind and careful patron , on 10 THE STAFF OFFICER ; CHAPTER III. ...
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... held up my glass as an invitation to drink wine with him . At this moment the adjutant , who was in conversation with his next neighbour , bawled out , " Well sir , I wish I may be d ― d ! " " With ALL MY HEART , " said the unconscious ...
... held up my glass as an invitation to drink wine with him . At this moment the adjutant , who was in conversation with his next neighbour , bawled out , " Well sir , I wish I may be d ― d ! " " With ALL MY HEART , " said the unconscious ...
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... held with a fair portion of credit and respect in an old and crack regiment of the twenties . After passing part of the day with me he returned to New- castle , promising to pick me up in the course 32 THE STAFF OFFICER ;
... held with a fair portion of credit and respect in an old and crack regiment of the twenties . After passing part of the day with me he returned to New- castle , promising to pick me up in the course 32 THE STAFF OFFICER ;
Página 38
... held . After health - drinking , my amicus curia commenced a speech of some length , in which he took occasion to give me credit for all I had said , and much that I did not say in praise of the kindness and attention which I received ...
... held . After health - drinking , my amicus curia commenced a speech of some length , in which he took occasion to give me credit for all I had said , and much that I did not say in praise of the kindness and attention which I received ...
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... held that command . Having always had a taste that way , it was my daily habit after guard mounting , and the grand parade had been dismissed , to march with the squad to which I had been attached , about two hundred selected for the ...
... held that command . Having always had a taste that way , it was my daily habit after guard mounting , and the grand parade had been dismissed , to march with the squad to which I had been attached , about two hundred selected for the ...
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The Staff Officer: Or, the Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life Oliver Moore Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
The Staff Officer: Or, the Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life Oliver Moore Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
The Staff Officer: Or, the Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life Oliver Moore Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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Pasajes populares
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 39 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Página 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.
Página 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