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Page vii
... doubt , " good men and true ; " of excellent reputation upon ' Change , and exem- plary in their private relations ; cherishing their wives , and correcting their children , as became citizens of character and credit . The ladies were ...
... doubt , " good men and true ; " of excellent reputation upon ' Change , and exem- plary in their private relations ; cherishing their wives , and correcting their children , as became citizens of character and credit . The ladies were ...
Page 30
... doubts and dubitations had arisen . Great caution would be necessary in framing the indictment . If Major Cæsar Blake , whom might the Lord mend ! was charged in the counts with stealing the ham , he would escape condign punishment , if ...
... doubts and dubitations had arisen . Great caution would be necessary in framing the indictment . If Major Cæsar Blake , whom might the Lord mend ! was charged in the counts with stealing the ham , he would escape condign punishment , if ...
Page 34
... doubt was , whether the coroner would at- tribute it to fright or suffocation . That nicer etiquette , which in ordinary cases prohibits interviews in bedchambers to all ladies and gentlemen who have not been joined in holy wedlock ...
... doubt was , whether the coroner would at- tribute it to fright or suffocation . That nicer etiquette , which in ordinary cases prohibits interviews in bedchambers to all ladies and gentlemen who have not been joined in holy wedlock ...
Page 135
... doubt , took care to keep the communication open . The ma- jor pricked merrily on , until about a mile from the mountain - pass , a long and narrow bridge , with its high and ill - constructed battlements , cross- ed a bold river ...
... doubt , took care to keep the communication open . The ma- jor pricked merrily on , until about a mile from the mountain - pass , a long and narrow bridge , with its high and ill - constructed battlements , cross- ed a bold river ...
Page 145
... doubt it ? " observed General T— , with a sneer . " If report speaks true , none should be better informed of insurrectionary movements than the worthy major . " My father made two strides from the place where he had been standing , and ...
... doubt it ? " observed General T— , with a sneer . " If report speaks true , none should be better informed of insurrectionary movements than the worthy major . " My father made two strides from the place where he had been standing , and ...
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Popular passages
Page 154 - 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...
Page 70 - Let it be so! thy truth then be thy dower! For, by the sacred radiance of the sun, The mysteries of Hecate and the night; By all the operation of the orbs From whom we do exist and cease to be...
Page 117 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms - the day Battle's magnificently stern array...
Page 240 - Oh! too convincing — dangerously dear — In woman's eye the unanswerable tear ! That weapon of her weakness she can wield, To save, subdue — at once her spear and shield: Avoid it — Virtue ebbs and Wisdom errs, Too fondly gazing on that grief of hers ! What lost a world, and hade a hero fly ? The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
Page 192 - You stole her from me ; like a thief you stole her, At dead of night ! that cursed hour you chose To rifle me of all my heart held dear. May all your joys in her prove false, like mine ! A sterile fortune and a barren bed Attend you both : continual discord make Your days and nights bitter, and grievous still ! May the hard hand of a vexatious need Oppress and grind...
Page 104 - Oh, have you e'er heard of Kate Kearney? She lives on the banks of Killarney; From the glance of her eye, Shun danger and fly, For fatal's the glance of Kate Kearney.
Page 51 - And on the leaf a browner hue, And in the heaven that clear obscure, So softly dark, and darkly pure, Which follows the decline of day, As twilight melts beneath the moon away.
Page 197 - Thine evil deeds are writ in gore, Nor written thus in vain — Thy triumphs tell of fame no more, Or deepen every stain : If thou hadst died as honour dies, Some new Napoleon might arise, To shame the world again — But who would soar the solar height, To set in such a starless night ? Weigh'd in the balance, hero dust Is vile as vulgar clay; Thy scales, Mortality!
Page 81 - A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head - and there is London Town!
Page 55 - It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so ; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for foe ; But after being fired at once or twice, The ear becomes more Irish, and less nice.