The Hermit in the Country, Or, Sketches of English Manners, Volume 4H. Colburn, 1822 - 1011 pagina's |
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... sport , Sir Richard ! " ( Three more knocks . ) I now begged John to go to the next room but one . " Beg your pardon , Sir , but it would do you a power of good if you were to join the jovial party ; rare hard day we shall have ...
... sport , Sir Richard ! " ( Three more knocks . ) I now begged John to go to the next room but one . " Beg your pardon , Sir , but it would do you a power of good if you were to join the jovial party ; rare hard day we shall have ...
Pagina 27
... sport , she mounted a fresh horse to ride home , and was the least fatigued of us all on her return . A trifling dispute about the age of her horse arose , on the road home , betwixt her and her husband , when she told him . flatly ...
... sport , she mounted a fresh horse to ride home , and was the least fatigued of us all on her return . A trifling dispute about the age of her horse arose , on the road home , betwixt her and her husband , when she told him . flatly ...
Pagina 38
... sport with its foibles , in common with those of all the world . Country quarters is a sentence of ba- nishment to the hot - house plant of high fashion , and a bore ( to use a common term ) to the children of dissipation . In general ...
... sport with its foibles , in common with those of all the world . Country quarters is a sentence of ba- nishment to the hot - house plant of high fashion , and a bore ( to use a common term ) to the children of dissipation . In general ...
Pagina 63
... sport his homely figure for a week at Paris . It was now discovered that a spring there would give the polish , or rather the last finish to his children , and particularly to Miss Eudosia Jemima , who had not com- pleted her education ...
... sport his homely figure for a week at Paris . It was now discovered that a spring there would give the polish , or rather the last finish to his children , and particularly to Miss Eudosia Jemima , who had not com- pleted her education ...
Pagina 192
... sport ) a worm at one end of the line and a fool at the other ; " or in riding , not for exercise , but for show , up and down the streets ; but it is all to kill time . 66 1 Alas ! these time - killers seem not to 192 TRIFLERS .
... sport ) a worm at one end of the line and a fool at the other ; " or in riding , not for exercise , but for show , up and down the streets ; but it is all to kill time . 66 1 Alas ! these time - killers seem not to 192 TRIFLERS .
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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 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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