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... cried mine host , " did you ever know a bachelor's hall that was not elastic , and able to accommodate twice as many as it could hold ? " So , out of a good - humored pique , the house- keeper was summoned to a consultation before us ...
... cried mine host , " did you ever know a bachelor's hall that was not elastic , and able to accommodate twice as many as it could hold ? " So , out of a good - humored pique , the house- keeper was summoned to a consultation before us ...
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... the jovial Irishman . brought up in the fear and belief of them . We had a Benshee in our own family , honey . ” " A Benshee , and what's that ? " cried the questioner . " Why , an old lady ghost that tends upon 20 TALES OF A TRAVELLER .
... the jovial Irishman . brought up in the fear and belief of them . We had a Benshee in our own family , honey . ” " A Benshee , and what's that ? " cried the questioner . " Why , an old lady ghost that tends upon 20 TALES OF A TRAVELLER .
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... cried an elderly gentleman with a knowing look , and with a flexible nose , to which he could give a whimsical twist when he wished to be waggish . " By my soul , but I'd have you to know it's a piece of dis- tinction to be waited on by ...
... cried an elderly gentleman with a knowing look , and with a flexible nose , to which he could give a whimsical twist when he wished to be waggish . " By my soul , but I'd have you to know it's a piece of dis- tinction to be waited on by ...
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... cried the gentleman with the flexi- ble nose , impatiently . " Egad , you have not given any thing a chance to happen . Come , never mind our uncle's age ; let us have his adventures . " The inquisitive gentleman being for the moment ...
... cried the gentleman with the flexi- ble nose , impatiently . " Egad , you have not given any thing a chance to happen . Come , never mind our uncle's age ; let us have his adventures . " The inquisitive gentleman being for the moment ...
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... cried my uncle to a meagre but fiery postilion , who , with tremendous jack - boots and cocked hat , was floundering on before him . " To Monseigneur the Marquis de " said the postilion , touching his hat , partly out of respect to my ...
... cried my uncle to a meagre but fiery postilion , who , with tremendous jack - boots and cocked hat , was floundering on before him . " To Monseigneur the Marquis de " said the postilion , touching his hat , partly out of respect to my ...
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Página 161 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Página 230 - ... true sympathy; how few love us for ourselves; how few will befriend us in our misfortunes; then it is that we think of the mother we have lost. It is true I had always loved my mother, even in my most heedless days; but I felt how inconsiderate and ineffectual had been my love. My heart melted as I retraced the days of infancy, when I was led by a mother's hand, and rocked to sleep in a mother's arms, and was without care or sorrow. "O my mother!
Página 363 - Now I remember those old women's words, Who in my wealth would tell me winter's tales, And speak of spirits and ghosts that glide by night About the place where treasure hath been hid...
Página xi - There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.