Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's life, by the author of Fifteen years in India, Volumen3 |
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... received by Mr. Bernard M'Mahon , attorney - at - law , and it follows , gentle- man , with all the antiquated politeness for which he is so remarkable , entered their new habitation , with every desire to consider it a horrible place ...
... received by Mr. Bernard M'Mahon , attorney - at - law , and it follows , gentle- man , with all the antiquated politeness for which he is so remarkable , entered their new habitation , with every desire to consider it a horrible place ...
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... received on this occasion , and his answer : 66 MY DEAR WILFORD , " I heard of the unfortunate accident in your family this morning only , and I instantly proceeded to Mulgatawny , to see if I could be useful to Mrs. Wilford . Your ...
... received on this occasion , and his answer : 66 MY DEAR WILFORD , " I heard of the unfortunate accident in your family this morning only , and I instantly proceeded to Mulgatawny , to see if I could be useful to Mrs. Wilford . Your ...
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... received no answer ; but , a considerable time after , his brother attorneys invited me to a party where he was present ; and , as I considered the idea to have originated with my father , I accepted their attention with great pleasure ...
... received no answer ; but , a considerable time after , his brother attorneys invited me to a party where he was present ; and , as I considered the idea to have originated with my father , I accepted their attention with great pleasure ...
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... received from him some time after his arrival . " The feature , my dearest Charles , in this great accession of wealth , which delighteth my soul most deeply , is the power it gives me of being service- able to you in this time of trial ...
... received from him some time after his arrival . " The feature , my dearest Charles , in this great accession of wealth , which delighteth my soul most deeply , is the power it gives me of being service- able to you in this time of trial ...
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... received the two packets from the post - master's deputy , a tall , thin , pale- faced , inquisitive - looking blade , who , to my asto- nishment , demanded a most unconscionable sum , in discharge for them ; and seemed to say , as he ...
... received the two packets from the post - master's deputy , a tall , thin , pale- faced , inquisitive - looking blade , who , to my asto- nishment , demanded a most unconscionable sum , in discharge for them ; and seemed to say , as he ...
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Página 11 - If by your art, my dearest father, you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them : The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out. O ! I have suffered With those that I saw suffer : a brave vessel, Who had no doubt some noble creature in her, Dash'd all to pieces.
Página 289 - Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence But health consists with temperance alone ; And peace, oh virtue ! peace is all thy own.
Página 36 - Rejoice the soul of thy servant : for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Página 37 - Existence may be borne, and the deep root Of life and sufferance make its firm abode In bare and desolated bosoms ; mute The camel labours with the heaviest load, And the wolf dies in silence...
Página 261 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie : There I couch*. When owls do cry, '} \ On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Página 227 - Then before All they stand — the holy vow And ring of gold, no fond illusions now, Bind her as his. Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters — there to be a light Shining within, when all without is night ; A guardian- angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasures, and his cares dividing...
Página 244 - Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains, Winning from Reason's hand the reins, Pity and woe ! for such a mind Is soft, contemplative, and kind ; And woe to those who train such youth, And spare to press the rights of truth...
Página 120 - Ay me ! for aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, i; ' The course of true love never did run smooth ; But, either it was different in blood, — Her.
Página 171 - And love th' offender, yet detest th' offence? How the dear object from the crime remove, Or how distinguish penitence from love? Unequal task! a passion to resign, For hearts so touch'd, so pierc'd, so lost as mine. Ere such a soul regains its peaceful state, How often must it love, how often hate! How often hope, despair, resent, regret, Conceal, disdain, — do all things but forget.