The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, المجلد 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... side , and after regarding me for some time , turned down the bed - clothes as if about to en- ter ! A long and deep - drawn sigh from the fair spectre some- what relieved my almost exhausted courage , as it gave me assurance that my ...
... side , and after regarding me for some time , turned down the bed - clothes as if about to en- ter ! A long and deep - drawn sigh from the fair spectre some- what relieved my almost exhausted courage , as it gave me assurance that my ...
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... a cavalry officer , for those were to be obtained considerably under prime cost on the other side of the channel , but merely as regarded my personal outfit . One day , while poring over a file of Irish 8 THE STAFF OFFICER ;
... a cavalry officer , for those were to be obtained considerably under prime cost on the other side of the channel , but merely as regarded my personal outfit . One day , while poring over a file of Irish 8 THE STAFF OFFICER ;
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... side of forty , and with every disadvantage of person and address , he was not without hopes of supplying in a short time the old lady's place by some young and wealthy English heiress ; for , with all the humility he felt in other ...
... side of forty , and with every disadvantage of person and address , he was not without hopes of supplying in a short time the old lady's place by some young and wealthy English heiress ; for , with all the humility he felt in other ...
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... in strings and much out of tune . The good folks were quite disappointed at our leaving them at a quarter be- fore seven ; while , on our side , we were unwilling to inform them that we had not dined ; and were full 26 THE STAFF OFFICER ;
... in strings and much out of tune . The good folks were quite disappointed at our leaving them at a quarter be- fore seven ; while , on our side , we were unwilling to inform them that we had not dined ; and were full 26 THE STAFF OFFICER ;
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... sides his freehold farm near Lumley Castle , worth seven hun- dred pounds a year . His liking to me was almost as strong as that which the daughter made no sort of scruple of profess- ing . Here then was a temptation to an unportioned ...
... sides his freehold farm near Lumley Castle , worth seven hun- dred pounds a year . His liking to me was almost as strong as that which the daughter made no sort of scruple of profess- ing . Here then was a temptation to an unportioned ...
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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