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... wish for happier days , and that they may soon arrive , E. H. BARKER ESQ . I am my dear sir , Yours very faithfully , J. KEATE . In the beginning of the year 1838 Mr Barker became a candidate for the post of Registrar to the University ...
... wish for happier days , and that they may soon arrive , E. H. BARKER ESQ . I am my dear sir , Yours very faithfully , J. KEATE . In the beginning of the year 1838 Mr Barker became a candidate for the post of Registrar to the University ...
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... wish any more faith to be broken in the business , but to bring the gold - dust with the least possible delay . I remain , dear ....... very truly yours , E. H. Barker . I need not add that the answer which he received was of an evasive ...
... wish any more faith to be broken in the business , but to bring the gold - dust with the least possible delay . I remain , dear ....... very truly yours , E. H. Barker . I need not add that the answer which he received was of an evasive ...
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... wish of all present , and of ourselves , that a suitable inscription should be placed in the church to commemorate the liter- ary industry of the deceased , for all who were present con- curred that he possessed many virtues and great ...
... wish of all present , and of ourselves , that a suitable inscription should be placed in the church to commemorate the liter- ary industry of the deceased , for all who were present con- curred that he possessed many virtues and great ...
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... wish that he would take some . The general put his hand into the hat , and took out a handful , at the same time remarking to a gentleman , who accompanied him - ' I will keep these nuts as long as I live ; for I am certain , had they ...
... wish that he would take some . The general put his hand into the hat , and took out a handful , at the same time remarking to a gentleman , who accompanied him - ' I will keep these nuts as long as I live ; for I am certain , had they ...
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... wish that you were Saint Peter . ' And why , Counsellor , would you wish that I was St Peter ? ' said O'Leary . Because , Reverend Father , in that case you would have the keys of heaven , and you could let me in . By my honour and ...
... wish that you were Saint Peter . ' And why , Counsellor , would you wish that I was St Peter ? ' said O'Leary . Because , Reverend Father , in that case you would have the keys of heaven , and you could let me in . By my honour and ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 108 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
Página 109 - We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Página 109 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow...
Página 97 - My stockings there I often knit, my kerchief there I hem ; and there upon the ground I sit — I sit and sing to them. And often after sunset, sir, when it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, and eat my supper there.
Página 108 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Página 98 - And when the ground was white with snow And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side." "How many are you, then," said I, "If they two are in heaven?
Página 153 - I nor pow'r pursue, Nor hold forbidden joys in view ; We, therefore, need not part. Where wilt thou dwell, if not with me, From av'rice and ambition free, And pleasure's fatal wiles ? For whom, alas ! dost thou prepare The sweets, that I was wont to share, The banquet of thy smiles...
Página 97 - Then did the little maid reply, "Seven boys and girls are we; Two of us in the churchyard lie Beneath the churchyard tree.
Página 96 - That clustered round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad: Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; — Her beauty made me glad. "Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be?" "How many? Seven in all," she said, And wondering looked at me.
Página 195 - Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.