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... told me how much disappointed he was with the noble recruit , for in the old regiment we don't aspire to rank , and he , like myself , prefer suet to blood . " I opened my ears and eyes at this tirade against the aristocracy , when the ...
... told me how much disappointed he was with the noble recruit , for in the old regiment we don't aspire to rank , and he , like myself , prefer suet to blood . " I opened my ears and eyes at this tirade against the aristocracy , when the ...
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... told the Admiral I was a promising recruit , and one that Dickson would be proud to have in his troop ; the reason of my rising so high in the gallant officer's estimation , 1 was the fact of my having preferred the joint OF MY LIFE . 23.
... told the Admiral I was a promising recruit , and one that Dickson would be proud to have in his troop ; the reason of my rising so high in the gallant officer's estimation , 1 was the fact of my having preferred the joint OF MY LIFE . 23.
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... told me the Colonel was to be in the orderly room at ten o'clock , and that I was to be in readiness to attend him there , or in the mess - room ; I accordingly got up , and after a somewhat elaborate toilet , descended to breakfast ...
... told me the Colonel was to be in the orderly room at ten o'clock , and that I was to be in readiness to attend him there , or in the mess - room ; I accordingly got up , and after a somewhat elaborate toilet , descended to breakfast ...
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... told to hold yourself up , chest forward , shoulders back , to learn step by step , marching in slow and quick time , is certainly a very tedious process , without any of the excite- ment attendant upon managing the fiery steed : so ...
... told to hold yourself up , chest forward , shoulders back , to learn step by step , marching in slow and quick time , is certainly a very tedious process , without any of the excite- ment attendant upon managing the fiery steed : so ...
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... told my groom , if he could get in some outstanding debts from the upper form , he would try if he could not bring about a deal . " A pause ensued , my wary opponent evidently playing a cautious game , and finding I was silent , for I ...
... told my groom , if he could get in some outstanding debts from the upper form , he would try if he could not bring about a deal . " A pause ensued , my wary opponent evidently playing a cautious game , and finding I was silent , for I ...
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Página 312 - Near this spot Are deposited the Remains of one Who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, 'Courage without Ferocity, And all the Virtues of Man without his Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery If inscribed over human ashes, Is but a just tribute to the Memory of BOATSWAIN, a Dog, Who was born at Newfoundland, May, 1803, And died at Newstead Abbey, Nov. 18, 1808.
Página 314 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone...
Página 134 - It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul, — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause.
Página 245 - Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried, And danced in triumph o'er the waters wide, The exulting sense - the pulse's maddening play, That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way?
Página 315 - He knew his lord ; he knew, and strove to meet ; In vain he strove to crawl and kiss his feet ; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his master, and confess his joys.
Página 284 - I see the right, and I approve it too ; Condemn the wrong, and yet the wrong pursue.
Página 314 - For, faithful in death, his mute favorite attended, The much-loved remains of her master defended, And chased the hill-fox and the raven away. How long didst thou think that his silence was slumber ? When the wind waved his garment, how oft didst thou start ? How many long days and long weeks didst thou number, Ere he faded before thee, the friend of thy heart ? And, oh, was it meet that — no requiem...
Página 56 - YE field flowers ! the gardens eclipse you, 'tis true, Yet, wildings of Nature, I dote upon you, For ye waft me to summers of old. When the earth teem'd around me with fairy delight. And when daisies and buttercups gladden'd my sight, Like treasures of silver and gold.
Página 315 - Thus, near the gates conferring as they drew, Argus, the dog, his ancient master knew; He, not unconscious of the voice and tread, Lifts to the sound his ear, and rears his head...
Página 314 - mid the brown mountain heather, Where the Pilgrim of Nature lay stretched in decay, Like the corpse of an outcast abandoned to weather Till the mountain- winds wasted the teuantless clay.