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... play the daring heart , ready eye , and steady hand . His life and fortune had both been well- nigh spent in his devotion to the course - his horses had always been his hobby - he loved them with an affection somewhat simi- lar to that ...
... play the daring heart , ready eye , and steady hand . His life and fortune had both been well- nigh spent in his devotion to the course - his horses had always been his hobby - he loved them with an affection somewhat simi- lar to that ...
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... write him down at once as good for nothing under heaven but to eat a good dinner , drink any named quantity of toddy , play cards from sunrise to sunrise , and engage in any sport } the devil may send or luck turn up . 34 LONZ POWERS .
... write him down at once as good for nothing under heaven but to eat a good dinner , drink any named quantity of toddy , play cards from sunrise to sunrise , and engage in any sport } the devil may send or luck turn up . 34 LONZ POWERS .
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... play - and how , after a night of fearful excitement , I was brought back to my senses , and fully aroused to the reality of my situation , by the Colonel calmly asking me , whether it was convenient to pay the fifteen hundred dollars I ...
... play - and how , after a night of fearful excitement , I was brought back to my senses , and fully aroused to the reality of my situation , by the Colonel calmly asking me , whether it was convenient to pay the fifteen hundred dollars I ...
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... play upon honour unless he had the means to meet his liabilities ; and that himself and friend must have the amount due them , or that they would make public my negligence in paying a debt of honour . I fully felt the force of his ...
... play upon honour unless he had the means to meet his liabilities ; and that himself and friend must have the amount due them , or that they would make public my negligence in paying a debt of honour . I fully felt the force of his ...
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... play . " Sleep , Willie , dear ! sleep , prattling boy ! Glad days are drawing swiftly nigh , Long years of gladsome life and joy , Unruffled by a passing sigh ! Then sleep away , till merry day Sends forth my boy to gleesome play ...
... play . " Sleep , Willie , dear ! sleep , prattling boy ! Glad days are drawing swiftly nigh , Long years of gladsome life and joy , Unruffled by a passing sigh ! Then sleep away , till merry day Sends forth my boy to gleesome play ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
arms BARRY CORNWALL beautiful bloody Bob Allston bosom brave bright brother Burton Captain cockney Colonel companions continued crime curse danger dark dead death Dick doubt dread dreams enemy escape excited exclaimed face fancy fate father fear fierce flatboat followed forest Fort Massac fox-hunting friends gaze girls give guilty hand happy head heard heart heavy Hermitage honour hope horse hour hurried Iago joker Julia justice Kentucky knew laughed Lonz look Lordy loving band M'Connel memory merry Monk Morten murder murmured Napier never night O'Rourke Old Sisk once Othello person Pilot Pilot Rock pleasant pleasure poor present prisoner punishment reckless Regulators remember replied robbers rock scene shouted silent sleep smile soon sorrow soul steamboats stranger tears terrible thieving band thing thought tone trembling turned vengeance venison victim voice wife wild wish wonderful young
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Página 61 - Therefore, prepare thee to cut off the flesh. Shed thou no blood; nor cut thou less nor more, But just a pound of flesh ; If thou tak'st more, Or less than a just pound, — be it but so much As makes it light, or heavy, in the substance, Or the division of the twentieth part Of one poor scruple ; nay, if the scale do turn But in the estimation of a hair, — Thou diest, and all thy goods are confiscate.
Página 190 - Their dearest action in the tented field ; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle ; And, therefore, little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself.
Página 280 - Avaunt ! and quit my sight ! let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold ; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with ! Lady M.
Página 205 - The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Página 208 - I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well ; Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought Perplex'd in the extreme ; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe...
Página 134 - Mountains have fallen, Leaving a gap in the clouds, and with the shock Rocking their Alpine brethren ; filling up The ripe green valleys with destruction's splinters ; Damming the rivers with a sudden dash, Which crush'd the waters into mist, and made Their fountains find another channel — thus, Thus, in its old age, did Mount Rosenberg— Why stood I not beneath it ? C.
Página 223 - Nor lonely the bird, nor his ghastly mate, They are each unto each a pride : Thrice fonder, perhaps, since a strange, dark fate Hath rent them from all beside! So when the night falls, and dogs do howl, Sing, ho! for the reign of the horned owl! We know not alway Who are kings by day, But the king of the night is the bold brown owl!
Página 208 - No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice...
Página 208 - Of one that loved not wisely but too well ; Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought Perplex'd in the extreme ; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe ; of one whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum.
Página 235 - Marched boldly up, like our trained band, Presented, and away. When all the meat was on the table, What man of knife, or teeth, was able To stay to be entreated?