The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, المجلد 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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الصفحة 36
... lives but for my happiness . " - " Well , granted , my love , that he does , you deserve all his affections ; but would your happiness be en- sured by bestowing your heart and hand on a stranger , of whom you know no more than that his ...
... lives but for my happiness . " - " Well , granted , my love , that he does , you deserve all his affections ; but would your happiness be en- sured by bestowing your heart and hand on a stranger , of whom you know no more than that his ...
الصفحة 58
... live - stock , & c . , and join him at Barba- . does ; he having been invited to take his passage on board the Aquilon frigate , accompanied by his brigade - major , Captain Roderic Grantz , ( a Dutch Scotchman ! ) an arrangement with ...
... live - stock , & c . , and join him at Barba- . does ; he having been invited to take his passage on board the Aquilon frigate , accompanied by his brigade - major , Captain Roderic Grantz , ( a Dutch Scotchman ! ) an arrangement with ...
الصفحة 66
... live and dead , of the anxious passengers . Stationed in the main - chains were some half dozen old soldiers , who , with self- ish_anxiety , kept a keen eye on their own particular stock ; and ever and anon sung out " hoist , " or ...
... live and dead , of the anxious passengers . Stationed in the main - chains were some half dozen old soldiers , who , with self- ish_anxiety , kept a keen eye on their own particular stock ; and ever and anon sung out " hoist , " or ...
الصفحة 67
... live on his rations during the voyage , as indeed he had done during the month he had already passed on board . But however praiseworthy the resolve , Jack , who loved good living like a bishop , could not resist the tempting display of ...
... live on his rations during the voyage , as indeed he had done during the month he had already passed on board . But however praiseworthy the resolve , Jack , who loved good living like a bishop , could not resist the tempting display of ...
الصفحة 68
... live like FIGHTING COCKS ! " ( A natural pe- roration as Jack's speech was delivered in the midst of pigs and poultry . ) What could the youths do but agree unanimously to such a magnanimous proposition ? The motion was carried without ...
... live like FIGHTING COCKS ! " ( A natural pe- roration as Jack's speech was delivered in the midst of pigs and poultry . ) What could the youths do but agree unanimously to such a magnanimous proposition ? The motion was carried without ...
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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