The Old Hall, Or, Our Hearth and Homestead, Volume 1T.C. Newby, 1845 |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 21
Página 26
... coming event , and it certainly proved to be an o'er correct criterion , in too many instances of approaching evil . 66 " Well , Mike ! " exclaimed the Squire when he saw who it was , although not an invited guest , you're welcome one ...
... coming event , and it certainly proved to be an o'er correct criterion , in too many instances of approaching evil . 66 " Well , Mike ! " exclaimed the Squire when he saw who it was , although not an invited guest , you're welcome one ...
Página 45
... maiden blush of the fresh young morn ; and , shaking off the dull effects of slumber , heralded the coming day with a bold challenge of his prowess . Drowsy rooks were awakened by his shrill clarion note ; and , ere it CHAPTER II. ...
... maiden blush of the fresh young morn ; and , shaking off the dull effects of slumber , heralded the coming day with a bold challenge of his prowess . Drowsy rooks were awakened by his shrill clarion note ; and , ere it CHAPTER II. ...
Página 49
... coming under the denomi- nation of a shirt , skipping over the backs of chairs , hopping at a bound upon the table , and springing dangerously again upon the ground , at a fearful risk of broken limbs , bruises , and contusions . VOL ...
... coming under the denomi- nation of a shirt , skipping over the backs of chairs , hopping at a bound upon the table , and springing dangerously again upon the ground , at a fearful risk of broken limbs , bruises , and contusions . VOL ...
Página 50
... coming within hitting distance , he flung his clinched fists out , with the swiftness and precision of a champion of the ring , into the thin and unresisting air . After indulging in several rounds , John be- came exceedingly refreshed ...
... coming within hitting distance , he flung his clinched fists out , with the swiftness and precision of a champion of the ring , into the thin and unresisting air . After indulging in several rounds , John be- came exceedingly refreshed ...
Página 73
... for its warmth and heartiness , sounded any thing but coming from the lips of a stranger . " What does this say ? " continued John , VOL . I. E taking his spectacles from his pocket ; and placing them THE OLD HALL . 73.
... for its warmth and heartiness , sounded any thing but coming from the lips of a stranger . " What does this say ? " continued John , VOL . I. E taking his spectacles from his pocket ; and placing them THE OLD HALL . 73.
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Palavras e frases frequentes
appeared asked the Squire badger bird-lime Blossom broiled fowl brow ceiling cheeks cheerful comfortable companion continued Mike cried dear ding-dong door ears Edward Dixon ejaculated John exclaimed John eyes fingers gave giving glass hallooed hand Hardy's Hark head hear heard heart Heaven hookah hound huntsman inquired James James Sykes Job's John Hardy John's laugh lips look loud Master Master Tom merry Mike Crouch Mike's mingled mirth mushroom sauce Nancy never nutmeg observed Mike Peter Parkins quired razor-grinder rejoined John rejoined Mike remarked replied John replied Mike resumed Mike returned John returned Mike reynard ring round scarcely shouted smile smoke Sniphey sound spoke squabby cob Squire's stranger stream stretched suppose Sykes Sykes's taking Tally-ho tell there's thick thought threw tion Tobias Smith Toby tone tongue turned voice waistcoat whipper-in wink younker
Passagens conhecidas
Página 45 - True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant than the wind...
Página 189 - Let me play the Fool: With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come ; And let my liver rather heat with wine, Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?
Página 270 - O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Página 1 - It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Página 243 - When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit, tu-who, A merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Página 3 - England, with all thy faults, I love thee still — My country ! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrain'd to love thee.
Página 179 - ... minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year...
Página 134 - I am not saying we ought to tell the veteran what he ought to do, or what he ought not to do...
Página 223 - ... faded, of scenes of former times ; yet that in which the Squire and John Hardy were ensconced, on the shortest day of the year, did not lack a comfortable...
Página 8 - ... the crumbling hand of time, and the ravages of tempests and the storms of ages. A dried fosse surrounded the building, on the banks of which many a garden flower grew, and tall elms now towered from the very bed ; convincing proof that it must have been a long time ago since it had been applied for the...