The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, المجلد 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... doctor was called in by the man of the house ( of whom and his excellent little daughter I shall make honourable men- tion in due time . ) This gentleman prescribed nothing but bleeding - bleeding - bleeding . Six times in three days ...
... doctor was called in by the man of the house ( of whom and his excellent little daughter I shall make honourable men- tion in due time . ) This gentleman prescribed nothing but bleeding - bleeding - bleeding . Six times in three days ...
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... doctor , and the very kindest of little nurses , my host's daughter , assured me that I was out of danger . My recovery was as rapid as my attack had been violent ; and in a few days I found time , words , and every other demonstration ...
... doctor , and the very kindest of little nurses , my host's daughter , assured me that I was out of danger . My recovery was as rapid as my attack had been violent ; and in a few days I found time , words , and every other demonstration ...
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... doctor ! -tol lol ! -- But dam'me ! with submission , I will have a some'at with you in the grubbing way too , for I like the cut of your mug , though it is a little coxcombical or so . Don't be angry ! -tol lol ! -And then your ...
... doctor ! -tol lol ! -- But dam'me ! with submission , I will have a some'at with you in the grubbing way too , for I like the cut of your mug , though it is a little coxcombical or so . Don't be angry ! -tol lol ! -And then your ...
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... doctor , as " Number four was in a fit ! " - And at one of the suburban tea gardens , a waiter loaded with a tray containing tea and muffins for twelve , who observed a bolt before the bill was paid , roared out to a brother attendant ...
... doctor , as " Number four was in a fit ! " - And at one of the suburban tea gardens , a waiter loaded with a tray containing tea and muffins for twelve , who observed a bolt before the bill was paid , roared out to a brother attendant ...
الصفحة 77
... doctor's kind at- tention to me ; for , as he afterwards informed me , he had con- sidered my accident likely to prove more serious than I was myself aware of . He now , however , allowed me to drink my usual moderate quantum of wine ...
... doctor's kind at- tention to me ; for , as he afterwards informed me , he had con- sidered my accident likely to prove more serious than I was myself aware of . He now , however , allowed me to drink my usual moderate quantum of wine ...
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 39 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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