Peace Campaigns of a Cornet. ...J. & J. Harper, 1829 |
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Página 47
... Costiff and his frugal wife - a prudent couple , well skilled in all the classical intricacies of domestic economy . Rich by inheritance and parsimony , healthy by regularity and temperance , they endeavoured to substitute for the ...
... Costiff and his frugal wife - a prudent couple , well skilled in all the classical intricacies of domestic economy . Rich by inheritance and parsimony , healthy by regularity and temperance , they endeavoured to substitute for the ...
Página 48
... Costiff took her three antibilious - indigestive powclers , being one more than ordinary , by way of experiment ; and exactly at eight o'clock , the punctual major joined his lady in this new effort at health and longevity . The major ...
... Costiff took her three antibilious - indigestive powclers , being one more than ordinary , by way of experiment ; and exactly at eight o'clock , the punctual major joined his lady in this new effort at health and longevity . The major ...
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... Costiff ! Major ! Oh ! " Such were the entreaties and exclamations which Pierce continued to repeat at Costiff's door , until the tall figure of the Major , armed with a plastering knife of the lady's , which , in his hurry , he had ...
... Costiff ! Major ! Oh ! " Such were the entreaties and exclamations which Pierce continued to repeat at Costiff's door , until the tall figure of the Major , armed with a plastering knife of the lady's , which , in his hurry , he had ...
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... Costiff screamed , dropped the candle and overalls , and threw herself into the arms of the major . He , half - believing the reality of a tragedy which the cornet's appearance so fully corroborated , contented himself with hallooing ...
... Costiff screamed , dropped the candle and overalls , and threw herself into the arms of the major . He , half - believing the reality of a tragedy which the cornet's appearance so fully corroborated , contented himself with hallooing ...
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... Costiff , with much grumbling at the unnecessary interruption to his regu- larity , which the cornet's visit had occasioned , also re- tired ; and his prudent lady , judging that no better opportunity could have been afforded for ...
... Costiff , with much grumbling at the unnecessary interruption to his regu- larity , which the cornet's visit had occasioned , also re- tired ; and his prudent lady , judging that no better opportunity could have been afforded for ...
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Página 206 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 197 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Página 147 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...
Página 150 - The accused has a right to demand it, on the simple principle that every man is presumed to be innocent until he is proved to be guilty.