My Life, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1835 |
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... field - sports , electioneering , drinking , and duelling ; in short , in all those accomplishments which , for time immemorial , have been considered by the best authorities , the sole end for which Irish gentlemen were originally ...
... field - sports , electioneering , drinking , and duelling ; in short , in all those accomplishments which , for time immemorial , have been considered by the best authorities , the sole end for which Irish gentlemen were originally ...
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... field - gate close against the counter of her thorough - bred mare , my father shuddered at this ama- zonian feat , and felt afraid lest in the married estate this passion for the horsewhip might continue , and in connubial discussion ...
... field - gate close against the counter of her thorough - bred mare , my father shuddered at this ama- zonian feat , and felt afraid lest in the married estate this passion for the horsewhip might continue , and in connubial discussion ...
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... field without , must be succeeded by " tipsy mirth and jollity " within . Although a benedict for several years , he was childless , and therefore wanted those endearing ties which alone can render domestic quietude endurable . In ...
... field without , must be succeeded by " tipsy mirth and jollity " within . Although a benedict for several years , he was childless , and therefore wanted those endearing ties which alone can render domestic quietude endurable . In ...
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... field . Cæsar Blake selected the cool of the evening for crossing the mountains that divided the neighbouring garrison from his highland home . The dew was rising from the fen , the moon was dancing on the lake , and never had a ...
... field . Cæsar Blake selected the cool of the evening for crossing the mountains that divided the neighbouring garrison from his highland home . The dew was rising from the fen , the moon was dancing on the lake , and never had a ...
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... field - officers . There was scarcely an individual at the board who did not betray unequivocal symptoms of inebriety . Two personages were already hors de combat beneath the table - and others so far advanced toward that comfortable ...
... field - officers . There was scarcely an individual at the board who did not betray unequivocal symptoms of inebriety . Two personages were already hors de combat beneath the table - and others so far advanced toward that comfortable ...
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Page 41 - 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 186 - 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 32 - It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word; And gentle winds and waters near Make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, And in the sky the stars are met, And on the wave is deeper blue, 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 146 - Upon my soul, Jack, thou art a very impudent fellow ! to do you justice, I think I never saw a piece of more consummate assurance ! Abs.
Page 117 - 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 144 - There is a dangerous silence in that hour, A stillness which leaves room for the full soul To open all itself, without the power Of calling wholly back its self-control; The silver light which, hallowing tree and tower, Sheds beauty and deep softness o'er the whole Breathes also to the heart, and o'er it throws A loving languor, which is not repose.
Page 163 - Come, no excuses. Jack; — why, your father, you rogue, was so before you: — the blood of the Absolutes was always impatient.— Ha!
Page 79 - 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 ! " And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering
Page 171 - 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!