The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, Volume 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... attention of all was drawn to the distant shouts of thousands of voices , mixed with the crash of broken windows , the sounding of trumpets , and the beating of drums . We were already at the end of our voyage , the boat was alongside ...
... attention of all was drawn to the distant shouts of thousands of voices , mixed with the crash of broken windows , the sounding of trumpets , and the beating of drums . We were already at the end of our voyage , the boat was alongside ...
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... attention to the drama , which in some parts was rendered effective by the good acting of the late J. Edwin , Jun . , in the Tar , and a young lady of the name of Robinson , who sustained the character of the boy . The performance all ...
... attention to the drama , which in some parts was rendered effective by the good acting of the late J. Edwin , Jun . , in the Tar , and a young lady of the name of Robinson , who sustained the character of the boy . The performance all ...
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... attention which this worthy girl bestowed on me . At the end of a week I was so far recovered as to be able to take my place in the arm chair , which my dear little nurse had , night after night , during my illness , occupied while ...
... attention which this worthy girl bestowed on me . At the end of a week I was so far recovered as to be able to take my place in the arm chair , which my dear little nurse had , night after night , during my illness , occupied while ...
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... attention with all the females of the company , in whose eyes I could not have appeared in the most amiable light , from my evident fretful- ness , when all around me was kindness and good - humour ; and I felt happy when , on the plea ...
... attention with all the females of the company , in whose eyes I could not have appeared in the most amiable light , from my evident fretful- ness , when all around me was kindness and good - humour ; and I felt happy when , on the plea ...
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... attention which I received from all his family during my late illness ; and more particularly from his amiable daughter . The ensign was absolutely eloquent ; the father af- fected ! " Yes , " said the good old man , " she is a good ...
... attention which I received from all his family during my late illness ; and more particularly from his amiable daughter . The ensign was absolutely eloquent ; the father af- fected ! " Yes , " said the good old man , " she is a good ...
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The Staff Officer: Or, the Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life Oliver Moore No preview available - 2015 |
The Staff Officer: Or, the Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life Oliver Moore No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 205 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Page 98 - Horatio, what a wounded name, Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me. If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Absent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story.
Page 92 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Page 39 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Page 201 - The adventures follow each other with delightful rapidity and variety ; occasionally there is a deep and thrilling touch of pathos, which we feel not a bit the less acutely, because the trouble and wo of the parties have originated in the familiar and somewhat laughable act of pulling an ear.
Page 202 - Admirable. Truly, intensely Irish. The whole book has the brogue — never were the outrageous whimsicalities of that strange, wild, imaginative people so characteristically displayed; nor, in the midst of all the fun, frolic, and folly, is there any dearth of poetry, pathos, and passion. The author's a jewel, and he will be reviewed next number. Shepherd. The Eerishers are marchin in leeterature, pawri pashu? wi