My Life, Band 1Harper & brothers, 1835 |
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... night in the month of Fe- bruary , in the year of Grace , one thousand seven hundred and ninety - nine - The jail - clock struck one . My father's household had long since retired to their respective dormi- tories , and a solitary watch ...
... night in the month of Fe- bruary , in the year of Grace , one thousand seven hundred and ninety - nine - The jail - clock struck one . My father's household had long since retired to their respective dormi- tories , and a solitary watch ...
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... night , marched hastily to the spot , and surrounded and attacked it . Although surprised , Kimlin made a desperate resistance : the leader of the party was shot through the heart , two others severely wounded , and it was not until the ...
... night , marched hastily to the spot , and surrounded and attacked it . Although surprised , Kimlin made a desperate resistance : the leader of the party was shot through the heart , two others severely wounded , and it was not until the ...
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... night to claim them ; " and Sambo laughed heartily , in which the judge and jailor joined . While this conversation was carried on at the table , the felon and the churchman , were busily employed in the cor- ner of the room . Between ...
... night to claim them ; " and Sambo laughed heartily , in which the judge and jailor joined . While this conversation was carried on at the table , the felon and the churchman , were busily employed in the cor- ner of the room . Between ...
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... night it hap- pened . " " You fired at Mr. O'Roark , " observed the priest . 66 tell Well , if I did , I missed him — and more's the pity . " " Were you not at Marley's robbery ? " asked the friar . " Arrah ! ye bother one wid ...
... night it hap- pened . " " You fired at Mr. O'Roark , " observed the priest . 66 tell Well , if I did , I missed him — and more's the pity . " " Were you not at Marley's robbery ? " asked the friar . " Arrah ! ye bother one wid ...
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... , he was an adept in freemasonry , and a worthy professor of that ancient and honourable craft . That night he had presided over " the enlightened few , " and whether obnubilated by the arcana of the mysterious science , MY LIFE . 15.
... , he was an adept in freemasonry , and a worthy professor of that ancient and honourable craft . That night he had presided over " the enlightened few , " and whether obnubilated by the arcana of the mysterious science , MY LIFE . 15.
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
alarm appeared Arrah Aylmer beautiful Blake fell blood Botany Bay Brussels Cæsar Blake carriage Casey Castle Blake Castlebar cavalry Clifden colonel commander companion Connaught crossed curricle Daly daughter dead dear Denis O'Brien Donovan door dressed Ellen ex-major exclaimed eyes fancy Father Roger favour favourite fear feelings fellow felt fire fortune Foxford French fugitive gallant Galway Genappe gentle gentleman guard guns hand Harriette Harrison heard heart highland honour horse hour Humbert hurried Irish Jack bate Jack the Devil Kimlin lady leave light looked Lord Loughrea Louisburgh major Manus Blake marriage military Miss morning mother murderer never night passed Phil Moore Phoebe poor pounds pretty rebels regiment replied retired returned road rode royalists ruin safe scene servant short Shortall smile soldier Stainsbury stranger tion took town troops turned voice vols wild window wounded young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 41 - Let it be so! thy truth then be thy dower! For, by the sacred radiance of the sun, The mysteries of Hecate and the night; By all the operation of the orbs From whom we do exist and cease to be...
Seite 186 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms - the day Battle's magnificently stern array...
Seite 32 - It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word; And gentle winds and waters near Make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, And in the sky the stars are met, And on the wave is deeper blue, And on the leaf a browner hue, And in the heaven that clear obscure, So softly dark, and darkly pure, Which follows the decline of day, As twilight melts beneath the moon away.
Seite 146 - Upon my soul, Jack, thou art a very impudent fellow ! to do you justice, I think I never saw a piece of more consummate assurance ! Abs.
Seite 117 - Oh! too convincing — dangerously dear — In woman's eye the unanswerable tear ! That weapon of her weakness she can wield, To save, subdue — at once her spear and shield: Avoid it — Virtue ebbs and Wisdom errs, Too fondly gazing on that grief of hers ! What lost a world, and hade a hero fly ? The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
Seite 144 - There is a dangerous silence in that hour, A stillness which leaves room for the full soul To open all itself, without the power Of calling wholly back its self-control; The silver light which, hallowing tree and tower, Sheds beauty and deep softness o'er the whole Breathes also to the heart, and o'er it throws A loving languor, which is not repose.
Seite 163 - Come, no excuses. Jack; — why, your father, you rogue, was so before you: — the blood of the Absolutes was always impatient.— Ha!
Seite 79 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed. The mustering squadron, and the clattering car. Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb. Or whispering with white lips — "The foe! They come! they come ! " And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering
Seite 171 - A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head - and there is London Town!