The English Illustrated Magazine, Volumen21Macmillan and Company, 1899 |
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... laughed itself to sleep over the amusing drama of the day . The laugh was not long with those callous courtiers , for soon after leaving Versailles the Duc gave his Dominie the slip and returned to the Palace . Scaling his heart had ...
... laughed itself to sleep over the amusing drama of the day . The laugh was not long with those callous courtiers , for soon after leaving Versailles the Duc gave his Dominie the slip and returned to the Palace . Scaling his heart had ...
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... laughed again . Percival had missed twice . Astonishment and anger rendered him speechless , and when the masked man had dismounted and opened the door he was gasping on his seat . " Now , Sir Percival , I am indeed sorry to ...
... laughed again . Percival had missed twice . Astonishment and anger rendered him speechless , and when the masked man had dismounted and opened the door he was gasping on his seat . " Now , Sir Percival , I am indeed sorry to ...
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... laughed , for he was as harmless as a blind puppy . " Now , hark ' ee , Sir Percival . Your daughter goes with us until what time we can make terms as to ransom . There is a little inn on the Brighton road some four miles from ...
... laughed , for he was as harmless as a blind puppy . " Now , hark ' ee , Sir Percival . Your daughter goes with us until what time we can make terms as to ransom . There is a little inn on the Brighton road some four miles from ...
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... laughed cheerfully , and forgetting his pained whisper , spoke in his usual loud voice . " Well , well , " he said , " if they'd do that they'd do anything . Fancy coming down on you . " " I was very much annoyed about it , Sir . It was ...
... laughed cheerfully , and forgetting his pained whisper , spoke in his usual loud voice . " Well , well , " he said , " if they'd do that they'd do anything . Fancy coming down on you . " " I was very much annoyed about it , Sir . It was ...
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... after my neighbour . A note came back to the effect that he was quite well and in fairly good spirits . He hoped that I was better . I laughed at my foolish fears . For two days I kept to myself ; 74 THE THIRD OVANOFF .
... after my neighbour . A note came back to the effect that he was quite well and in fairly good spirits . He hoped that I was better . I laughed at my foolish fears . For two days I kept to myself ; 74 THE THIRD OVANOFF .
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Angus Argonaut arms artillery asked assassin aunt Barryton beautiful began better birds boat Brading called Captain CARLTON DAWE charming colour crêpe cried dark daughter dear divers door dress DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE Duke eyes face father fear feet fire fool friar girl guns hand head heart honour Honourable Artillery Company horse hour Jim Carron John O'Hagan Kamakura King knew lady laughed London looked Lord Lorenzo Lotus-San Madam mahout married Martin Hughes matter Miss Prue morning never night NINA BOUCICAULT Ninko once Ovanoff passed Peter Morgan Photo play present pretty Prue rose round says seemed ship side Siegfrid Sir Percival sire smile stood strange submarine tell thing thought Thousand Guineas told took turned vessel voice WARWICK GOBLE Wee Maggie woman wonder words young
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Página 575 - Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Página 508 - Bess is much nearer the level of a mortal, but a mortal for whom the wisest man, historic or medical, would throw away two or three worlds, if he had them in his possession.
Página 139 - And sometimes sent my ships in fleets All up and down among the sheets; Or brought my trees and houses out, And planted cities all about. I was the giant great and still That sits upon the pillow-hill, And sees before him, dale and plain, The pleasant Land of Counterpane.
Página 41 - We have been cruising on the bottom in rivers, in Chesapeake Bay and beneath the broad Atlantic. In the rivers we invariably found a muddy bed ; in the bay we found bottoms of various kinds, in some places so soft that our divers would sink up to their knees, while in other places the ground would be hard, and at one place we ran across a bottom which was composed of a loose gravel, resembling shelled corn. Out in the ocean, however, was found the ideal submarine course, consisting of a fine gray...
Página 172 - With that. Wilson dropped the iron door, and there was the water and the muddy bottom of the sea within touch of a man's hand. It was all easy enough to understand, and yet it seemed impossible, even as we saw it with our own eyes. Mr Lake stooped down, and picked up a wooden rod having a sharp hook at the end. This he pulled along the bottom . . . We were now rising again to the surface, after being submerged for more than three hours.
Página 167 - Lake explained that the Argonaut was not only a submarine boat, but much besides. She not only swims either on the surface or beneath it, but she adds to this accomplishment the extraordinary power of diving deep and rolling along the bottom of the sea on wheels. No machine ever before did that. Indeed, the Argonaut is more properly a 'sea motor-cycle
Página 474 - With ready ease all answer to command, Obey the helm, and feel the pilot's hand. Not so the Romans; cumbrous hulks they lay, And slow and heavy hung upon the sea; Yet strong, and for the closer combat good, They yield firm footing on th
Página 474 - Still wo't thou bear away, still shift thy place, And turn the battle to a wanton chase? Is this a time to play so mean a part, To tack, to veer, and boast thy trifling art? Bring to. The war shall hand to hand be tried, Oppose thou to the foe our ample side And let us meet like men, the chieftain said ; The ready master the command obeyed, And sidelong to the foe the ship was laid.
Página 577 - I met John Russell at Exeter. The people along the road were very much disappointed by his smallness. I told them he was much larger before the Bill was thrown out, but was reduced by excessive anxiety about the people. This brought tears into their eyes.
Página 469 - O! many a shaft at random sent Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word at random spoken May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!