The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous ... : Drawn from the Life, Volume 2Methuen, 1826 |
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Pagina 41
... Colonel C , who was much interested by her tale of sorrow , and more perhaps by her then lovely person , to obtain possession of which , he took a house for her , furnished it , and ( as the phrase is ) set her up . How long the duke's ...
... Colonel C , who was much interested by her tale of sorrow , and more perhaps by her then lovely person , to obtain possession of which , he took a house for her , furnished it , and ( as the phrase is ) set her up . How long the duke's ...
Pagina 50
... Colonel of some un- known corps of South American Independents for all that , and was once in his life , although for a very short time , a full Cornet , in Lincoln Stanhope's regiment , the 17th dragoons , I think it was , and has ...
... Colonel of some un- known corps of South American Independents for all that , and was once in his life , although for a very short time , a full Cornet , in Lincoln Stanhope's regiment , the 17th dragoons , I think it was , and has ...
Pagina 52
... Colonel drew in his elegant wig , and deigned a smile ; while I , involun- tarily forcing my hand into the pocket of my inex- pressibles , carefully drove the few sovereigns I had up into one corner , fearing the belle Harriette had a ...
... Colonel drew in his elegant wig , and deigned a smile ; while I , involun- tarily forcing my hand into the pocket of my inex- pressibles , carefully drove the few sovereigns I had up into one corner , fearing the belle Harriette had a ...
Pagina 70
... Colonel Thomas Harrison's regiment of dragoons for their pay ; but at the restoration of Charles II . it passed into the hands of other possessors ; from which time it has descended through different proprietors , till , at length , it ...
... Colonel Thomas Harrison's regiment of dragoons for their pay ; but at the restoration of Charles II . it passed into the hands of other possessors ; from which time it has descended through different proprietors , till , at length , it ...
Pagina 155
... Colonel Harris 38 Capt . Herringham , R. N. 39 James Smith , Esq . 40 S. P. Peach , Esq . 41 Capt . C. Wyndham , R.N. 42 R. W. Newman , Esq . 43 J. H. Durand , Esq . 44 Joseph Gulston , Esq . 45 T. Lewin , Esq . 46 T. Challen , Esq . 47 ...
... Colonel Harris 38 Capt . Herringham , R. N. 39 James Smith , Esq . 40 S. P. Peach , Esq . 41 Capt . C. Wyndham , R.N. 42 R. W. Newman , Esq . 43 J. H. Durand , Esq . 44 Joseph Gulston , Esq . 45 T. Lewin , Esq . 46 T. Challen , Esq . 47 ...
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Pagina 270 - All hail, great master! grave sir, hail ! I come To answer thy best pleasure ; be't to fly, To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride On the curl'd clouds ; to thy strong bidding, task Ariel, and all his quality.
Pagina 278 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Pagina 277 - Not to a rage: patience and sorrow strove Who should express her goodliest. You have seen Sunshine and rain at once: her smiles and tears Were like a better way: those happy smilets That play'd on her ripe lip seem'd not to know What guests were in her eyes; which parted thence As pearls from diamonds dropp'd.