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... less pleasant was it to the inmates of the baronial mansion to look back upon the fair village - city , studding the level plain with its scattered dwellings which seemed to sleep upon the grassy and shaded sward . A garden occupied the ...
... less pleasant was it to the inmates of the baronial mansion to look back upon the fair village - city , studding the level plain with its scattered dwellings which seemed to sleep upon the grassy and shaded sward . A garden occupied the ...
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... less esteemed by the publican . A bluff greeting and short ceremony placed the visitors at the table , and each , upon a mute signal from the host , appro- priated his cup and pipe . " You are never a true man , Garret Weasel , " said ...
... less esteemed by the publican . A bluff greeting and short ceremony placed the visitors at the table , and each , upon a mute signal from the host , appro- priated his cup and pipe . " You are never a true man , Garret Weasel , " said ...
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... less straitened now - a - days . Lord Charles gives more play to good living than his father allowed of . You remember his Lordship's father set his face against wines and strong waters . " " He did , gentlemen , " said Weasel ...
... less straitened now - a - days . Lord Charles gives more play to good living than his father allowed of . You remember his Lordship's father set his face against wines and strong waters . " " He did , gentlemen , " said Weasel ...
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... less denoted the quarrelsome aspect of the times . His frame was tall , athletic , and graceful ; his eye hawk- like , and his features prominent and handsome , at the same time indicative of quick temper and rash resolve . There was in ...
... less denoted the quarrelsome aspect of the times . His frame was tall , athletic , and graceful ; his eye hawk- like , and his features prominent and handsome , at the same time indicative of quick temper and rash resolve . There was in ...
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... less . " " As to that , " said the Proprietary , " every day brings us fresh testimony of the sedition afoot , and we shall not be slow to do justice on the parties . We have good information of the extent of the plot against us , and ...
... less . " " As to that , " said the Proprietary , " every day brings us fresh testimony of the sedition afoot , and we shall not be slow to do justice on the parties . We have good information of the extent of the plot against us , and ...
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Albert Verheyden Alice amongst Anthony Warden Arnold beach Black House Blanche Warden boat brigantine brought brow Captain Dauntrees Chiseldine cloak Collector Colonel Talbot companions comrades Coode council creek Cripple Crow and Archer dame dance devil Dickon Doctor door ejaculated Escalfador exclaimed Father Pierre favor Fendall friends Garret Weasel gave give hand hath head heard heart honor horse hour Iago Inigoe's Isle of Kent Jerome's John Coode la Grange Lady Maria laugh leave light look Lord Baltimore Lordship maiden Mary's Mary's river Master Albert Master Cocklescraft Master Rob Master Verheyden merry Mistress Blanche never night Olive Branch Pamesack party port priest Proprietary province publican quarrel replied river Rose Croft scarce Secretary seen shore skipper speak spirit stood sword Talbot tell thee thou thought to-night tone turn voice Warrington whilst whispered wife Willy worshipful yawl
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Page 7 - Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall; And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land.
Page 321 - Tobacco's a Musician, And in a pipe delighteth ; It descends in a close, Through the organs of the nose, With a relish that inviteth.
Page 122 - Going to the Wars TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True; a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 230 - A Ranger, lady, winds his horn, And 'tis at peep of light; His blast is heard at merry morn, And mine at dead of night.
Page 70 - She wore a frock of frolic green, Might well become a maiden queen, Which seemly was to see: A hood to that so neat and fine In colour like the columbine, Ywrought full featously.
Page 63 - An old song, made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful gentleman who had a great estate, That kept a brave old house at a bountiful rate, And an old porter to relieve the poor at his gate...
Page 327 - Much victuals serves for gluttony, to fatten men like swine, ' But he's a frugal man indeed that with a leaf can dine, ' And needs no napkins for his hands his finger's ends to wipe, ' But keeps his kitchen in a box, and roast meat in a pipe.
Page 63 - She cast her weeds away, And to the palmy shore she hied, All in her best array. In sea-green silk so neatly clad, She there impatient stood ; The crew with wonder saw the lad Repel the foaming flood.
Page 14 - Furthermore, Kennedy described the roof as having been "capped by a wooden balustraded parapet, terminating, at each extremity, in a scroll like the head of a violin, and, in the middle, sustaining an entablature that rose to a summit on which was mounted a weathercock.
Page 361 - She turned her right and round about, And she swore by the moon ; I would not be your love, says she, For all the gold in Rome.