The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, المجلد 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... hundreds , which Colonel Sir Verity Frank - free , M. P. , did him the favour to accept as a lone for an indefinite period , he in return was honoured with an en- signcy , and the prospect of the paymastership of the Garryone regiment ...
... hundreds , which Colonel Sir Verity Frank - free , M. P. , did him the favour to accept as a lone for an indefinite period , he in return was honoured with an en- signcy , and the prospect of the paymastership of the Garryone regiment ...
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... hundred proper men at arms , were all the military force in the town . This , however , was called out ; and small and inefficient as was that force , it sufficed to quell the insur- gents , and silence the cry of " bread ! bread ...
... hundred proper men at arms , were all the military force in the town . This , however , was called out ; and small and inefficient as was that force , it sufficed to quell the insur- gents , and silence the cry of " bread ! bread ...
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... hundreds of the ignorant and licentious of both sexes , initiates even infancy itself into all kind of indecencies at the first dawning of reason : no won- der that their after life should be marked by that utter reck- lessness and ...
... hundreds of the ignorant and licentious of both sexes , initiates even infancy itself into all kind of indecencies at the first dawning of reason : no won- der that their after life should be marked by that utter reck- lessness and ...
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... hundred and heaven knows how many eth regiment had sailed three days before for the Thames ; the ensign only waiting to close the balance - sheet at Newcastle with the paymaster of the 115th , and then to proceed for Chatham by land ...
... hundred and heaven knows how many eth regiment had sailed three days before for the Thames ; the ensign only waiting to close the balance - sheet at Newcastle with the paymaster of the 115th , and then to proceed for Chatham by land ...
الصفحة 38
... hundred pounds while Johnny Chapman can command one ! " . —a little Irish hyperbole , but kindly meant . I now ventured to propose to him to join the father and me over our bottle below , and follow up by his remarks such ob- servations ...
... hundred pounds while Johnny Chapman can command one ! " . —a little Irish hyperbole , but kindly meant . I now ventured to propose to him to join the father and me over our bottle below , and follow up by his remarks such ob- servations ...
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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