Frank Lawrence ; Or, A Young Man's Fancy, Volumen3

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Richard Bentley & Son, 1873
 

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Página 47 - Well, well, — she's gone, And I have tamed my sorrow. Pain and grief Are transitory things no less than joy, And though they leave us not the men we were, Yet they do leave us. You behold me here A man bereaved, with something of a blight Upon the early blossoms of his life And its first verdure, having not the less A living root, and drawing from the earth Its vital juices, from the air its powers : And surely as man's health and strength are whole His appetites regerminate, his heart Re-opens,...
Página 165 - If you will give me your attention for a few minutes, I will explain the first principles of the lesson you are about to study
Página 260 - ... speculation. It could be a million years, could it not, just as easily as a couple of decades ? You are not seriously telling us that it "will be 10 years or 30 or 50, are you, Mr. Smith ? Mr. SMITH. I do not think anybody can say. Mr. PILLION. No ; I do not think so, either. Mr. SMITH. Again, I would call your attention to the fact that that is not the point of our presentation. Mr. PILLION. But it is one of the points. Mr. EVINS. You made your point very clear, Mr. Smith, and the committee...
Página 196 - Five acclimatising, and, if weather conditions permitted/ascend on the following day. Another reason for this postponement was Lewa. His feet were so seriously frostbitten that the sooner he was sent down to the Base Camp the better. Greene said that he would not be answerable for the consequences if this was not done : in the denser air of lower altitudes and increased oxygenation of the blood lay the only chance of saving his feet. During the day three local porters arrived with a mail, surely...
Página 174 - While this was passing, the abbess proceeded to the table, on which writing materials were placed, and wrote a few words on a sheet of paper, which she folded up, and, delivering it to the Prince, observed, in a significant tone, "You may need this anon. Not a word," she added, with a gesture of caution.
Página 162 - But the woman of the house will be back in a few minutes, if you can wait.
Página 217 - Roman people had but a single neck, in order that he might rid himself of them, with one good honest blow.
Página 213 - I think with you that it looks as if we were going to have some fine weather. But some of my mates shake their heads, and say the wet is not over yet.

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