The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, Volumen 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... not ; and our crimes would despair , if they were not cherished by our virtues . " IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . 11 . PHILADELPHIA : E. L. CAREY & A. HART . - CHESNUT STREET . 1833 . ~い ISE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , LENOX AND JADEN THE ...
... not ; and our crimes would despair , if they were not cherished by our virtues . " IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . 11 . PHILADELPHIA : E. L. CAREY & A. HART . - CHESNUT STREET . 1833 . ~い ISE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , LENOX AND JADEN THE ...
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... volume of the former for 1794 , I fell upon a paragraph which caused such a sudden perturbation in my whole appearance , as to excite the curiosity of the sur- geon , who was present . I read the article over and over again , during ...
... volume of the former for 1794 , I fell upon a paragraph which caused such a sudden perturbation in my whole appearance , as to excite the curiosity of the sur- geon , who was present . I read the article over and over again , during ...
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... volume of smoke , could hear Jack Gun's well - remembered voice . Nor was I long lost to his recognition : his month's good living had absolutely stretched him out to such dimensions , that I should with difficulty have known him : he ...
... volume of smoke , could hear Jack Gun's well - remembered voice . Nor was I long lost to his recognition : his month's good living had absolutely stretched him out to such dimensions , that I should with difficulty have known him : he ...
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... volume , entitled , " Six MONTHS IN THE WEST INDIES ; " the lively author of which accompanied Bishop Coleridge to his dingy diocess , some few years back ; and who therein powerfully contrasts the condition of the much pitied , but ...
... volume , entitled , " Six MONTHS IN THE WEST INDIES ; " the lively author of which accompanied Bishop Coleridge to his dingy diocess , some few years back ; and who therein powerfully contrasts the condition of the much pitied , but ...
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... volumes more amusing -they are full of highly entertaining and curious matter . " - Court Jour . " The work before us supplies the best description of this remarkable nation . " - Courier . " One of the most amusing and interesting of ...
... volumes more amusing -they are full of highly entertaining and curious matter . " - Court Jour . " The work before us supplies the best description of this remarkable nation . " - Courier . " One of the most amusing and interesting of ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 39 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Página 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.
Página 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