Peace Campaigns of a Cornet. ...J. & J. Harper, 1829 |
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Página 49
... lady's , which , in his hurry , he had seized , ap- peared in the passage , prepared to learn the worst . " Oh , Major ! oh , Sir ! " " So , it is you , Mr. Cornet : what now , what's the matter ? -Speak , Sir ! " " Oh , Major ! oh dear ...
... lady's , which , in his hurry , he had seized , ap- peared in the passage , prepared to learn the worst . " Oh , Major ! oh , Sir ! " " So , it is you , Mr. Cornet : what now , what's the matter ? -Speak , Sir ! " " Oh , Major ! oh dear ...
Página 51
... lady , judging that no better opportunity could have been afforded for proving the efficacy of a new " composing draught , which had that day been made up for her , according to the re- cipe of her friend , Mrs. Blister , of Tullamore ...
... lady , judging that no better opportunity could have been afforded for proving the efficacy of a new " composing draught , which had that day been made up for her , according to the re- cipe of her friend , Mrs. Blister , of Tullamore ...
Página 86
... lady ; the consequence was an invariable delay in the production of hot water , toast , eggs , the key of the pantry , and such like accessories to a morning repast . More than once , indeed , the craving major , despairing of hot water ...
... lady ; the consequence was an invariable delay in the production of hot water , toast , eggs , the key of the pantry , and such like accessories to a morning repast . More than once , indeed , the craving major , despairing of hot water ...
Página 90
... lady's chamber . There the major found his fair partner seeking relief from her fatigues in a large brown loaf and a bowl of tea , which mild and digestive nutriment she had substituted for more solid animal food , fearing that the ...
... lady's chamber . There the major found his fair partner seeking relief from her fatigues in a large brown loaf and a bowl of tea , which mild and digestive nutriment she had substituted for more solid animal food , fearing that the ...
Página 91
... lady recounted the particulars of this insult to the army , and unprincipled extortion of thirteen - pence halfpenny from their marching allowance ; and as he angrily paced the room , he declared his decided intention of prosecuting the ...
... lady recounted the particulars of this insult to the army , and unprincipled extortion of thirteen - pence halfpenny from their marching allowance ; and as he angrily paced the room , he declared his decided intention of prosecuting the ...
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adjutant Andy appeared Arrah arrived assistance Ballitore Ballybutler barracks Begone dull care breakfast Breakpeace Cabbage Cahir called captain Carbine castle Cherry Ripe Clogheen Clonmel colonel Cork Cornet Butler Costiff Dan O'Leary daughter Dick dinner Dinnis door dragoon Dublin duty effect Eleanor endeavoured eyes favoured feelings felt fire Flickerby friends gauger gave gentleman Glebe going hand head heard hero Hibbit horses hurried jury Kilcock Kilkenny lady lady's laugh length Limerick look Macraith major manner mare master Masther Pierce ment Mervyn mess mess-room Milly mind morning Muzzy nature never night o'clock O'Leary officers party Philipstown phrenology Pierce Butler Pierce's poor present proceeded racter Ravenscroft regiment replied river road scene seat Sergeant Toole soon suffered Sumtott sure Susan Lovett thing thought tion Tipperary took town troops Tullamore vols walk words young
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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.