The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, المجلد 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... received the congratulations of the corps ; and with that vain feeling of independence of control which is but too na- tural to youth , set about packing up my baggage , and was ac- tually preparing to take my leave at once , and on the ...
... received the congratulations of the corps ; and with that vain feeling of independence of control which is but too na- tural to youth , set about packing up my baggage , and was ac- tually preparing to take my leave at once , and on the ...
الصفحة 8
... received a very caustic note from the major himself , informing me that he should not put me to the trouble of march- ing with the regiment under his command ; that I was conse- quently at liberty to join that regiment to which " it ...
... received a very caustic note from the major himself , informing me that he should not put me to the trouble of march- ing with the regiment under his command ; that I was conse- quently at liberty to join that regiment to which " it ...
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... received my captain's visit with all possible grace , secretly wishing him , his slaves , and slave - driver , at the mouth of the Mersey once more with all my heart . He was a smart - figured man , about thirty - two years old , by no ...
... received my captain's visit with all possible grace , secretly wishing him , his slaves , and slave - driver , at the mouth of the Mersey once more with all my heart . He was a smart - figured man , about thirty - two years old , by no ...
الصفحة 13
... received more gratification in any journey than that which I experienced this day in the contem- plation of this vast monument of individual enterprise . I considered this canal as one of the great boasts of Great Bri- tain ; and one ...
... received more gratification in any journey than that which I experienced this day in the contem- plation of this vast monument of individual enterprise . I considered this canal as one of the great boasts of Great Bri- tain ; and one ...
الصفحة 18
... received us in the parlour with no small share of that independent , and , at the samd time , kind manner , which a man of opulence can so well assume , when exercising the rights of hospitality towards strangers . Had the invitation ...
... received us in the parlour with no small share of that independent , and , at the samd time , kind manner , which a man of opulence can so well assume , when exercising the rights of hospitality towards strangers . Had the invitation ...
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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