The Hermit in the Country, Or, Sketches of English Manners, Volume 4H. Colburn, 1822 - 1011 pagina's |
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Pagina 20
... once at table , that every sportsman ought to have a sporting wife it would have been as well if he had not made that remark . As to myself , I felt somehow or other safe in having no wife at all , and in being neither hunter nor hunted ...
... once at table , that every sportsman ought to have a sporting wife it would have been as well if he had not made that remark . As to myself , I felt somehow or other safe in having no wife at all , and in being neither hunter nor hunted ...
Pagina 28
... once fair feminine face was exceedingly flushed ; and there seemed to be an inci- pient determination of blood towards the tip of her Grecian nose . Just before she left the table , she shook hands with me in a very hearty , good ...
... once fair feminine face was exceedingly flushed ; and there seemed to be an inci- pient determination of blood towards the tip of her Grecian nose . Just before she left the table , she shook hands with me in a very hearty , good ...
Pagina 47
... once . I had no right to expect a dead calm with so many lively creatures near me , nor to look for taciturnity where so many pretty ladies had coral lips and pearly teeth to show in the act of speaking ; and , when that speech conveyed ...
... once . I had no right to expect a dead calm with so many lively creatures near me , nor to look for taciturnity where so many pretty ladies had coral lips and pearly teeth to show in the act of speaking ; and , when that speech conveyed ...
Pagina 48
... once ; it was true that their conversation was directed to different objects , yet all seemed to contend who should say most , who should take the lead , and who should keep it . But if there was not " Thought meeting thought , " there ...
... once ; it was true that their conversation was directed to different objects , yet all seemed to contend who should say most , who should take the lead , and who should keep it . But if there was not " Thought meeting thought , " there ...
Pagina 50
... " Look ye , madam , " said the warrior , I have had enough of fire and water too for the rest of my life . I was twice ship - wrecked , and once very nearly drowned in crossing the Danube , and I now never allow 50 SEA - BATHING .
... " Look ye , madam , " said the warrior , I have had enough of fire and water too for the rest of my life . I was twice ship - wrecked , and once very nearly drowned in crossing the Danube , and I now never allow 50 SEA - BATHING .
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The Hermit in the Country, Or, Sketches of English Manners, Volume 4 Felix M'Donogh Volledige weergave - 1822 |
The Hermit in the Country, Or, Sketches of English Manners, Volume 4 Felix M'Donogh Volledige weergave - 1822 |
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acquaintance admiration affection amiable amongst amusement arms beauty betwixt bosom Brighton brother brother in arms Caledonian cere Charles Augustus charms chase child cial cold colours companion contempt Cornet countenance counting-house COUNTRY QUARTERS cried danger daugh daughter dear dearest dejected dinner disgust dogs Donald exclaimed father favourite fearful feeling female finer feeling fond fortune gout grace habit hand heart Heigh HERMIT HIGHLAND Homely's honour hope hope and fear HORAT horse hour hunting husband hussar Juist Lady Fitzowen lassie laugh look Lord Chalkstone lost MacAlpin MacYver Manorfield Margate marriage married matchless ment mind morning native nature ness never object observed party passed Placebo play pleasure pride regret rence replied retire ride scene SCOTTISH EMIGRANT sigh silence sion smile Sophia Evelina sport tears tender thee thing thought tion town tree trick TRIFLERS whilst wife young youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 166 - Remembrance wakes with all her busy train, Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain.
Pagina 156 - When Loveless married Lady Jenny, Whose beauty was the ready penny : " I chose her," said he, " like old plate. Not for the fashion but the weight...
Pagina 212 - What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from life's page, And be alone on earth, as I am now.
Pagina 136 - O Gertrude, Gertrude, When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions!
Pagina 190 - Their only Labour was to kill the Time ; And Labour dire it is, and weary Woe. . They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle Rhyme ; Then, rising sudden, to the Glass they go, Or saunter forth, with tottering Step and slow : This soon too rude an Exercise they find ; Strait on the Couch their Limbs again they throw.
Pagina 135 - And come, my faithful sodger lad, Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor ; But glory is the sodger's prize ; The sodger's wealth is honour ; The brave poor sodger ne'er despise, Nor count him as a stranger, Remember he's his country's stay In day and hour of danger. MEG O' THE MILL. Air, ' O bonnie lass, will you lie in a Barrack O KIIT ye what Meg o...
Pagina 98 - ... by all, and more esteem'd by me, Than if by chance you from some hero came, In nothing like your father but his name. Boast then your blood, and your long lineage stretch As high as Rome, and its great founders reach...
Pagina 98 - More lov'd by all, and more esteem'd by me, Than if by chance you from some HERO came, In nothing like your Father but his Name. Boast then your Blood, and your long Lineage stretch As high as ROME, and its great Founders reach...
Pagina 151 - ... prodigious, we are lost in its volume, and seem wrapt in its misty bosom; but, when the mature sun sheds its powerful influence upon it, it melts and proves but a fleeting vapour.
Pagina 153 - VIEWS. 153 his most becoming smile, — a mixture of respect, consideration and regard. Eliza's eyes smiled in return. He kissed his hand; salutations were exchanged; half of the wise counsel was forgotten ! But that the moral may not be entirely lost is fervently hoped by THE HERMIT IN THE COUNTRY. H 5 N