... as a missionary ; — Miss Knight, sick and solemn ; —several Irish girls apparently on their promotion ; — Mr. Harvey, who plays chess, and takes care of his flowers : he has them in an hermetically sealed glass case, which he is taking to the... The Priest ... - Page 1211821Full view - About this book
| 1843 - 846 pages
...hermetically sealed glass case, which he is taking to the Cape ; — a number of hitherto unnamed gentlemen, who sit down to eat and drink, and rise up to play; — one or two pretty boys, who saunter about with Lord Byron in hand; —and Mr. Stevens, the missionary,... | |
| George Robert Gleig - 1846 - 182 pages
...hermetically sealed glass case, which he is taking to the Cape ; — a number of hitherto unnamed gentlemen, who sit down to eat and drink, and rise up to play ; — one or two pretty boys, who saunter about with Lord Byron in hand ; — and Mr. Stevens, the... | |
| Julia Charlotte Maitland - 1846 - 168 pages
...hermetically sealed glass case, which he is taking to the Cape ; — a number of hitherto unnamed gentlemen, who sit down to eat and drink, and rise up to play ; — one or two pretty boys, who saunter about with Lord Byron in hand ; — and Mr. Stevens, the... | |
| Charles Acland - 1847 - 336 pages
...hermetically sealed glass case, which he is taking to the Cape ; — a number of hitherto unnamed gentlemen, who sit down to eat and drink, and rise up to* play ; — one or two pretty boys, who saunter about with Lord Byron in hand ; — and Mr. Stevens, the... | |
| 1876 - 649 pages
...the crowded streets, full of glare and gaiety ; or, what answers to such — the gaiety of a people who ' sit down to eat and drink, and rise up to play.' He reached his own splendid hotel, or rather M. de Rohan's, which he still shared with him, and, passing... | |
| William Lambie - 1883 - 146 pages
...of paupers than the sons of toil who came from Europe to grow their own bread on their own land. All those who sit down to eat and drink and rise up to play, who live in luxury and idleness, and consume a great deal, and produce nothing, are paupers on their... | |
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