The two brothers1837 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 19
Página 3
... field , he was the first to start a monument to his memory , towards which he contributed a good round sum , the departed hero having been born in the parish where he resided . My uncle thought of none of these things . He sought out ...
... field , he was the first to start a monument to his memory , towards which he contributed a good round sum , the departed hero having been born in the parish where he resided . My uncle thought of none of these things . He sought out ...
Página 6
... fields and gather the wild flowers , and soon learned to distinguish and admire the different classes and orders as arranged in the Linnæan system , and to mark the delicacy of the stamen , the fine tinge of the petal , or the glow- ing ...
... fields and gather the wild flowers , and soon learned to distinguish and admire the different classes and orders as arranged in the Linnæan system , and to mark the delicacy of the stamen , the fine tinge of the petal , or the glow- ing ...
Página 13
... fields were won . " My uncle inquired how the man had lost his limb . He entered into a long story descriptive of the battle of Bunker's Hill - related his extra- ordinary fatigues and sufferings . " Brave fellow ! " my father often ...
... fields were won . " My uncle inquired how the man had lost his limb . He entered into a long story descriptive of the battle of Bunker's Hill - related his extra- ordinary fatigues and sufferings . " Brave fellow ! " my father often ...
Página 17
... fields , the exact windings of every lane , and the precise shape of every stone that paved our court - yard , and of every panel and plank that constituted our building . But I was now to be familiar with other ob- jects . New ...
... fields , the exact windings of every lane , and the precise shape of every stone that paved our court - yard , and of every panel and plank that constituted our building . But I was now to be familiar with other ob- jects . New ...
Página 36
... fields with Dick Gascoyne , the son of a neighbouring wealthy yeoman , acquiring the art of shooting sparrows - scented out the move- ments of Squire Thomson's pack - joined all the duck - hunts and cock - fights about the country- 36.
... fields with Dick Gascoyne , the son of a neighbouring wealthy yeoman , acquiring the art of shooting sparrows - scented out the move- ments of Squire Thomson's pack - joined all the duck - hunts and cock - fights about the country- 36.
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
acquired affectionate amused army battle bayonet better blow body booby brave Briton brother Charles Cæsar casion CHAP church Claggett companion comrades conversation courage dear death delight Dick Gascoyne Doctor DUBLIN endured enemy exclaimed exploits eyes fast father favour favourite fear feel fellow ferula field field of glory fight the Lord's fire fortune fortune of war French friend Dick gave geon George glory godfather grave grog gunpowder hand happy heart hero honour hope human immortal insult kill knew live looked mand Marlborough mind mother neighbouring never O'Flannaghan Ordo parson pleased poor Quaker rabbits ranks regiment replied respect rushed says scarcely scene Shakspeare slaughter soldier soon spirit storm stream talk taste tear thee ther thing thought Throgmorton Street toast touchwood tutor uncle and brother uncle's usher virtue warrior Wellington young
Pasajes populares
Página 7 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy.
Página 95 - My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!
Página 82 - Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till, by broad spreading, it disperse to nought.
Página 39 - I am old enough to have seen and observed that we are all playthings of fortune, and that it depends upon something as insignificant and precarious as the tossing up of a halfpenny whether a man rises to affluence and honours, or continues to his dying day struggling with the difficulties and disgraces of life.
Página 98 - Education and instruction are the means, the one by use, the other by precept, to make our natural faculty of reason both the better and the sooner able to judge rightly between truth and error, good and evil.
Página 10 - The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Página 65 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.
Página 14 - But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
Página 12 - Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.
Página 61 - The' expanded waters gather on the plain : They float the fields, and overtop the grain; Then rushing onwards, with a sweepy sway, Bear flocks and folds and labouring hinds away.