The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, المجلد 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... land . We were all laughing and joking at the expense of a motley group of raw recruits , just landed from a Dublin packet , and who were forming line under the discipline of a long thong whip , commonly termed a " PIG - WHIP ...
... land . We were all laughing and joking at the expense of a motley group of raw recruits , just landed from a Dublin packet , and who were forming line under the discipline of a long thong whip , commonly termed a " PIG - WHIP ...
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... land of his birth . Notwithstanding the naivete of his remarks , and the half - wildness of expression , with which he ushered them on the ear , there was , in his ac- tions , a winning candour , which captivated by its inoffensive no ...
... land of his birth . Notwithstanding the naivete of his remarks , and the half - wildness of expression , with which he ushered them on the ear , there was , in his ac- tions , a winning candour , which captivated by its inoffensive no ...
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... land . This was all his news , excepting the appointment of my friend , the major , to the colonelcy of a nor- thern fencible regiment , ( having obtained the rank of lieuten- ant - colonel in the line by purchase some weeks before ...
... land . This was all his news , excepting the appointment of my friend , the major , to the colonelcy of a nor- thern fencible regiment , ( having obtained the rank of lieuten- ant - colonel in the line by purchase some weeks before ...
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... land . Never did I pass so silent and stupid three quarters of an hour's drive with any female , as those which served to bring us in view of High Cliff Farm . My heart was overpowered . My sad reflections , and my silence , alarmed my ...
... land . Never did I pass so silent and stupid three quarters of an hour's drive with any female , as those which served to bring us in view of High Cliff Farm . My heart was overpowered . My sad reflections , and my silence , alarmed my ...
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... lands . The parts that fortune hath bestow'd upon her , Tell her I hold as giddily as fortune . " On our return to Durham , the first object that struck our view was the ill - omened face of Chapman , who stood grinning , with mouth as ...
... lands . The parts that fortune hath bestow'd upon her , Tell her I hold as giddily as fortune . " On our return to Durham , the first object that struck our view was the ill - omened face of Chapman , who stood grinning , with mouth as ...
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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