The picaroon, by the author of 'Makanna'.1837 |
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Pagina 11
... give , but slow to take . Don't you see that the lads are overblown to a man ? -Why , look ye , their eyes sparkle sharp as the Holms- light in a frost , and their very faces shine like skinned eels . Give them brandy ! -No , no ...
... give , but slow to take . Don't you see that the lads are overblown to a man ? -Why , look ye , their eyes sparkle sharp as the Holms- light in a frost , and their very faces shine like skinned eels . Give them brandy ! -No , no ...
Pagina 16
... a christian to hear , but just a dog's yelp , or the whoop of an owl ; -the like's often heard in the Devil's Reach , but what of that ? -Grog gives some men double sight , and asses ' ears . - Zounds ! we shall THE PICAROON . 13.
... a christian to hear , but just a dog's yelp , or the whoop of an owl ; -the like's often heard in the Devil's Reach , but what of that ? -Grog gives some men double sight , and asses ' ears . - Zounds ! we shall THE PICAROON . 13.
Pagina 37
... gives line with a ready hand , and then holds gingerly , lest strokes too sudden might set the captive free , so Kenrick began to feel that it was time to temporize , and that a word might place a gulf between himself and his excited ...
... gives line with a ready hand , and then holds gingerly , lest strokes too sudden might set the captive free , so Kenrick began to feel that it was time to temporize , and that a word might place a gulf between himself and his excited ...
Pagina 51
... give out orders for the day . " Gratified by his uncle's good humour , and with the hope of increasing it , Frank be- gan to relate the news that he had accident- ally learnt from the conversation he had over- heard in the morning , but ...
... give out orders for the day . " Gratified by his uncle's good humour , and with the hope of increasing it , Frank be- gan to relate the news that he had accident- ally learnt from the conversation he had over- heard in the morning , but ...
Pagina 80
... give you credit for the poetry and feeling , but remember , my good Sir , that the Smuggler had been previously seen defunct on board his vessel ; and that the physical reasons for the silence of a dead man , are rather too strong to be ...
... give you credit for the poetry and feeling , but remember , my good Sir , that the Smuggler had been previously seen defunct on board his vessel ; and that the physical reasons for the silence of a dead man , are rather too strong to be ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 244 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, 'With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come...
Pagina 202 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Pagina 94 - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth, And yet are on't ? Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Pagina 20 - But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore.
Pagina 54 - Out of my sight, thou serpent ! That name best Befits thee, with him leagued, thyself as false And hateful : nothing wants, but that thy shape, Like his, and colour serpentine, may...
Pagina 2 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush!
Pagina 261 - To the high damas brow, more melancholy, But clear, and with a wild and liquid glance, Heart on her lips, and soul within her eyes, Soft as her clime, and sunny as her skies.
Pagina 164 - She was a form of life and light, That, seen, became a part of sight...
Pagina 110 - Yes, love indeed is light from heaven ; A spark of that immortal fire With angels shared, by Alia given, To lift from earth our low desire. Devotion wafts the mind above, But heaven itself descends in love ; A feeling from the Godhead caught, To wean from self each sordid thought ; A ray of him who form'd the whole ; A glory circling round the soul...
Pagina 126 - And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!