Tales of my landlord, collected and arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham, Том 4 |
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... suppose the hope of getting the in- heritance has set him in motion . " " Be his motives what they will , ” ra plied Monmouth , " he must soon disperse his followers , for this army is far too much broken to rally again . Therefore ...
... suppose the hope of getting the in- heritance has set him in motion . " " Be his motives what they will , ” ra plied Monmouth , " he must soon disperse his followers , for this army is far too much broken to rally again . Therefore ...
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... to the long - ear'd route , I suppose , " replied Claverhouse , glancing slightly round upon his victims , " I will talk with him to - morrow . Take the other three down to the yard , draw out 90 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
... to the long - ear'd route , I suppose , " replied Claverhouse , glancing slightly round upon his victims , " I will talk with him to - morrow . Take the other three down to the yard , draw out 90 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
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... suppose you , Mr Morton , as well as I , are well disposed for a few hours repose . " So saying , he yawned , and taking a can- dle which a soldier had placed ready , salu- ted Morton courteously , and walked to the apartment which had ...
... suppose you , Mr Morton , as well as I , are well disposed for a few hours repose . " So saying , he yawned , and taking a can- dle which a soldier had placed ready , salu- ted Morton courteously , and walked to the apartment which had ...
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... suppose we take the trou ble , " said the General haughtily . " The curates , for their own sakes , willingly col- lect all these materials for their own regu- lation in each parish ; they know best the black sheep of the flock . I have ...
... suppose we take the trou ble , " said the General haughtily . " The curates , for their own sakes , willingly col- lect all these materials for their own regu- lation in each parish ; they know best the black sheep of the flock . I have ...
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... suppose , to testify , by their present exultation , the extent of their former terror , have decreed a kind of tri- umphal entry to us victors and our cap- tives ; but as I do not quite approve the taste of it , I am willing to avoid ...
... suppose , to testify , by their present exultation , the extent of their former terror , have decreed a kind of tri- umphal entry to us victors and our cap- tives ; but as I do not quite approve the taste of it , I am willing to avoid ...
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Страница 89 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Страница 46 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Страница 339 - ... tea, which, though excellent hyson, is necessarily weaker and more insipid in the last cup. N"ow, as I think the one is by no means improved by the luscious lump of half-dissolved sugar usually found at the bottom of it, so I am of opinion that a history, growing already vapid, is but dully crutched up by a detail of circumstances which every reader must have anticipated, even though the author exhaust on them every flowery epithet in the language.
Страница 95 - When I think of death, Mr Morton, as a thing worth thinking of, it is in the hope of pressing one day some well-fought and hard-won field of battle, and dying with the shout of victory in my ear— that would be worth dying for, and more, it would be worth having lived for...
Страница 95 - ... die — it has struck — you are alive and safe, and the lot has fallen on those fellows who were to murder you. — It is not the expiring pang that is worth thinking of in an event that must happen one day, and may befall us on any given moment — it is the memory which the soldier leaves behind him, like the long train of light that follows the sunken sun — that is all which is worth caring for, which distinguishes the death of the brave or the ignoble.