The Ladies' CompanionBradbury and Evans, 1865 |
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... brought with him Lord Dor- nington , who , however , was now so frequently a visitor , that I scarcely regarded him as a stranger . This good - natured , prosy old noble- man generally sought me out , and detailed in my ear his ...
... brought with him Lord Dor- nington , who , however , was now so frequently a visitor , that I scarcely regarded him as a stranger . This good - natured , prosy old noble- man generally sought me out , and detailed in my ear his ...
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... brought by an officer , who had left the field after five o'clock in the evening . The British had encountered the enemy on the plains of Fleurus , about 15 miles from Brussels . The gallant Highlanders had received the onset of a ...
... brought by an officer , who had left the field after five o'clock in the evening . The British had encountered the enemy on the plains of Fleurus , about 15 miles from Brussels . The gallant Highlanders had received the onset of a ...
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... brought of the defeat of the Prussian army at Ligny , and its subsequent retirement , increased the general terror and confusion . During the darkness and rain , stragglers began to whisper with bated breath the unwelcome information ...
... brought of the defeat of the Prussian army at Ligny , and its subsequent retirement , increased the general terror and confusion . During the darkness and rain , stragglers began to whisper with bated breath the unwelcome information ...
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... brought from the field through the forest of Soignes . It was not until the Thursday following that the last of them entered into Brussels . There is a tradition that some curious ladies left the city , by a circuitous route , that they ...
... brought from the field through the forest of Soignes . It was not until the Thursday following that the last of them entered into Brussels . There is a tradition that some curious ladies left the city , by a circuitous route , that they ...
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... brought up a whole horde of superstitious memories , and a gloom that had been hovering off and on his face settled there for good . " As much of a one as that was . It's no sail at all . It's a death- sign . And I've never been down ...
... brought up a whole horde of superstitious memories , and a gloom that had been hovering off and on his face settled there for good . " As much of a one as that was . It's no sail at all . It's a death- sign . And I've never been down ...
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Página 268 - What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd.
Página 11 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Página 11 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men...
Página 11 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Página 156 - My dear good lady," replied the author, "do not be gulled by such stories; the book is like your young heir there (pointing to a child of three years old, who was rolling on the carpet in his white tunics), he shows at times a good deal that is usually concealed, but it is all in perfect innocence!
Página 11 - Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear, And when they smiled because he deemed it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which stretched his father on a bloody bier, And roused the vengeance blood alone could quell; He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell.
Página 102 - At present, nothing is talked of, nothing admired, but what I cannot help calling a very insipid and tedious performance : it is a kind of novel, called " The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy ;" the great humour of which consists in the whole narration always going backwards. I can conceive a man saying that it would be droll to write a book in that manner, but have no notion of his persevering...
Página 268 - God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill. And yet we say we must, for Reputation ! What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation? Fear to do base unworthy things is valour ; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.
Página 208 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Página 11 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips - 'The foe! they come! they come!