Philip Courtenay, Or, Scenes at Home and AbroadHurst and Blackett, 1855 |
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... soon presented itself . I was half distracted at the mournful event , and almost impiously wished that I had shared my companion's fate . One consolation alone remained that of having risked my life for his safety ; for it was with ...
... soon presented itself . I was half distracted at the mournful event , and almost impiously wished that I had shared my companion's fate . One consolation alone remained that of having risked my life for his safety ; for it was with ...
Strona 66
... the British public . " " All right , my boy ; go and tell them that I'll soon astonish their weak minds . " A sound of hissing and catcalling was now heard , and the wretched manager , anticipating a riot 66 PHILIP COURTENAY .
... the British public . " " All right , my boy ; go and tell them that I'll soon astonish their weak minds . " A sound of hissing and catcalling was now heard , and the wretched manager , anticipating a riot 66 PHILIP COURTENAY .
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... soon as you are sufficiently drilled to know the duties . of an officer . " Ellen's colour returned when she heard of my destination ; and , happily for her , the ad- vice tendered me by the old soldier did not reach her ears . “ I ...
... soon as you are sufficiently drilled to know the duties . of an officer . " Ellen's colour returned when she heard of my destination ; and , happily for her , the ad- vice tendered me by the old soldier did not reach her ears . “ I ...
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... soon as possible your military duties , he sug- gests that you should remain here until his return home next month , placing yourself under the tuition of Sergeant Whittaker , of the Warwickshire Militia , now recruiting in Coventry ...
... soon as possible your military duties , he sug- gests that you should remain here until his return home next month , placing yourself under the tuition of Sergeant Whittaker , of the Warwickshire Militia , now recruiting in Coventry ...
Strona 89
... a finer fellow . " I expressed my delight , when Warburton continued- " Douglas's late regiment is in the East Indies . I knew honest Jock ' would soon effect an exchange : I heard as much last week PHILIP COURTENAY . 89.
... a finer fellow . " I expressed my delight , when Warburton continued- " Douglas's late regiment is in the East Indies . I knew honest Jock ' would soon effect an exchange : I heard as much last week PHILIP COURTENAY . 89.
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Strona 65 - Let the great gods, That keep this dreadful pother o'er our heads, Find out their enemies now.
Strona 90 - ... the old familiar faces. Ghost-like I paced round the haunts of my childhood, Earth seemed a desert I was bound to traverse, Seeking to find the old familiar faces. Friend of my bosom, thou more than a brother, Why wert not thou born in my father's dwelling? So might we talk of the old familiar faces.
Strona 116 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances ; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the...
Strona 180 - ... that particular ports must be actually invested, and previous warning given to vessels bound to them, not to enter.
Strona 90 - THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES. I HAVE had playmates, I have had companions, In my days of childhood, in my joyful school-days, All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I have been laughing, I have been carousing, Drinking late, sitting late, with my bosom cronies, All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
Strona 143 - It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so ; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for foe ; But after being fired at once or twice, The ear becomes more Irish, and less nice.
Strona 180 - British jurisdiction is thus extended to neutral vessels in a situation where no laws can operate but the law of nations and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong ; and a...
Strona 61 - Cruikshank, a Leech, or a Brown, could alone give a picture of this curious scene. The apartment was about five feet in breadth and ten in depth ; the floor was covered with a coarse showy-looking drugget ; the walls were distempered a bright amber colour ; a wooden stage-chandelier with four " dips " hung from the ceiling ; a lookingglass, from which a considerable quantity of the mineral fluid had escaped, a deal table, and a few ricketty chairs, formed the remaining furniture. From pegs in the...
Strona 125 - Bandana handkerchiefs that had never seen foreign parts, to be given away for an old hat ; London sparrows painted, as the coachmakers say, "yellow bodies," passed off as canaries, although "their native wood-notes wild" had never been heard out of the sound of Bow bells ; ill-shaped curs,
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