The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, Volume 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... followed her with strained eyes , as well as the dim light allowed , while she ascended the three steps which led to the chamber in which her sister and herself slept at the extremity of the passage ; then gently closing the door , I ...
... followed her with strained eyes , as well as the dim light allowed , while she ascended the three steps which led to the chamber in which her sister and herself slept at the extremity of the passage ; then gently closing the door , I ...
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... followed our footsteps , so that whether we were soldiers or " ragamuf- fins in red , " the miserable gang which we really were , the late rioters knew not . However , the arrival in the course of the night of a company of the Wiltshire ...
... followed our footsteps , so that whether we were soldiers or " ragamuf- fins in red , " the miserable gang which we really were , the late rioters knew not . However , the arrival in the course of the night of a company of the Wiltshire ...
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... followed us , to squeeze in at the back row ; but in order to accommodate him , the la- dies in the front made room for me , who was the slightest in form of the party , and I was delighted to find myself seated between Miss Lavinia ...
... followed us , to squeeze in at the back row ; but in order to accommodate him , the la- dies in the front made room for me , who was the slightest in form of the party , and I was delighted to find myself seated between Miss Lavinia ...
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... followed ? " 66 Why , that after a year's absence , my Lady came it a lit- tle too strong amongst the gay ' uns in town ; and she and one Colonel Harvey Headstrong , of the dragoons , were always seen The poor hugger - muggering ...
... followed ? " 66 Why , that after a year's absence , my Lady came it a lit- tle too strong amongst the gay ' uns in town ; and she and one Colonel Harvey Headstrong , of the dragoons , were always seen The poor hugger - muggering ...
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... followed the fortunes of a bold and daring adventurer , whom she " loved not wisely , but too well ! " I could not then join in the sanguine hopes and anticipations of the Gibraltar editor , as to the ultimate fate of the unfortunate ...
... followed the fortunes of a bold and daring adventurer , whom she " loved not wisely , but too well ! " I could not then join in the sanguine hopes and anticipations of the Gibraltar editor , as to the ultimate fate of the unfortunate ...
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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