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... beauty , and marked with sorrowful observation the change which sick- The term " mon ancien " was a favourite one in Napoleon's army ; it was equal to " mon brave , " and it is in this sense that I allow myself to make use of it , with ...
... beauty , and marked with sorrowful observation the change which sick- The term " mon ancien " was a favourite one in Napoleon's army ; it was equal to " mon brave , " and it is in this sense that I allow myself to make use of it , with ...
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... beauty every- where on him , -a favourite in his regiment , a member of all the clubs , quoted in the papers and caricatured in the print - shops . It is incal- culable what benefit a paragraph and a print do a young man , such as ...
... beauty every- where on him , -a favourite in his regiment , a member of all the clubs , quoted in the papers and caricatured in the print - shops . It is incal- culable what benefit a paragraph and a print do a young man , such as ...
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... . Forward was the word ; -but we had nearly forgotten the adieu to the village . The young squire had to take leave of the curate , the lawyer , the apothecary , and of a rustic beauty , of whom we shall hear more 32 THE GUARDS .
... . Forward was the word ; -but we had nearly forgotten the adieu to the village . The young squire had to take leave of the curate , the lawyer , the apothecary , and of a rustic beauty , of whom we shall hear more 32 THE GUARDS .
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Guards. a rustic beauty , of whom we shall hear more à l'avenir . The three former interested him but little , although he had a regard lingering in memory for the instructor of his youth ; - had he ... beauty, of whom we shall hear more ...
Guards. a rustic beauty , of whom we shall hear more à l'avenir . The three former interested him but little , although he had a regard lingering in memory for the instructor of his youth ; - had he ... beauty, of whom we shall hear more ...
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... . Forward was the word ; -but we had nearly forgotten the adieu to the village . The young squire had to take leave of the curate , the lawyer , the apothecary , and of a rustic beauty , of whom we shall hear more. 32 THE GUARDS .
... . Forward was the word ; -but we had nearly forgotten the adieu to the village . The young squire had to take leave of the curate , the lawyer , the apothecary , and of a rustic beauty , of whom we shall hear more. 32 THE GUARDS .
Términos y frases comunes
admiration amongst apothecary arrived Barnsley Baronet barouche beau monde beauty Bramblewood brave breakfast called cara sposa carriage Cherry ripe Colonel colours companion corps Crackpurse Crackpurse's curricle dandies dear dinner dress duty elegant Emma Ensign entrée exclaimed Exquisite fair fashion favour fellow female foreign fortune French gaming-table Gardes gave gay deceiver gentle gentleman Greenlaw Hall grooms Guards Guardsman habits hand handsome happy heart Herbert Gascoigne Herbert Greenlaw hero honour horses hour Lady Gertrude Lady Lydia Ladyship looked Lord Horseman Maria married masquerade matter ment military military tactics mind Monsieur morning morning calls never noble notoriety officers Ovid party passed play pounds pride Pyrrhas quadrille regiment ruin rustic smile soldier splendid subaltern sweet taste Tenth Hussars thing tion took town turned vanity Vapour waiter whilst widow word young Greenlaw youth
Pasajes populares
Página 132 - Think'st thou that she whose only light In this dim world from thee hath shone Could bear the long, the cheerless night That must be hers when thou art gone ? That I can live, and let thee go, Who art my life itself? No, no ! When the stem dies, the leaf that grew Out of its heart must perish too. Then turn to me, my own love, turn, Before, like thee, I fade and burn ; Cling to these yet cool lips and share The last pure life that lingers there.
Página 187 - 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.
Página 132 - I'd shed it all, To give thy brow one minute's calm. Nay, turn not from me that dear face : Am I not thine — thy own loved bride — The one, the chosen one, whose place In life or death is by thy side ? Think'st thou that she, whose only light, In this dim world, from thee hath shone, Could bear the long, the cheerless night, That must be hers, when thou art gone ? That I can live and let thee go, Who art my life itself ? No, no.
Página 42 - Marchioness. Fare thee well, and if for ever, then for ever fare thee well— and put up the chain, Marchioness, in case of accidents.
Página 41 - To have a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day to melting charity...
Página 102 - When the Devil was sick, The Devil a monk would be ; But when the Devil got well, The Devil a monk was he.
Página 55 - Worth makes the man, the want of it the fellow ; The rest is all but leather and prunella.
Página 129 - AT regina gravi jamdudum saucia cura Vulnus alit venis, et cseco carpitur igni.
Página 35 - ... comme de sotise;' op cit I Ch. 50, p. 337. 83. ibid. p. 173. 84. A. Camus, Le Mythe de Sisyphe, in Essais, (Paris. 1965) p. 101. 85. op. cit. pp. 176-7. Cf. Boileau's Satire IV, 1664, dedicated to Le Vayer's son: En ce monde il n'est point de parfaite sagesse; Tous les hommes sont fous, et malgre tous leurs soins, Ne different entr'eux que du plus, ou du moins.
Página 152 - The dregs of time, and vile ohlivion's prey, Hold in large fee the world, and, overblown With empty thoughts, grow lavish with decay.