The Linesman: Or, Service in the Guards and the Line During England's Long Peace and Little Wars, 第 3 巻G. W. Hyde, 1856 |
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... head - quarters of his corps ; and it must be his own fault if he meet not there , with friends and associates endeared to each other by the recollection of a community of pleasures , of interest , and of pain : friends still further ...
... head - quarters of his corps ; and it must be his own fault if he meet not there , with friends and associates endeared to each other by the recollection of a community of pleasures , of interest , and of pain : friends still further ...
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... , in whose hollow and gigantic trunk was fashioned a rustic seat , often her favourite re- sort during the coolness of the evening hours . I approached quietly and unperceived ; her head was resting 30 THE LINESMAN .
... , in whose hollow and gigantic trunk was fashioned a rustic seat , often her favourite re- sort during the coolness of the evening hours . I approached quietly and unperceived ; her head was resting 30 THE LINESMAN .
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... head was resting upon her arm ; she raised it on hearing a footstep ; and on her pale and handsome face , were traces of recent tears . - I seated myself by her as I would by a sister's side - and I took her hand . It trembled in mine ...
... head was resting upon her arm ; she raised it on hearing a footstep ; and on her pale and handsome face , were traces of recent tears . - I seated myself by her as I would by a sister's side - and I took her hand . It trembled in mine ...
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... , or " Sou- bahdar of the Deccan , " which title his High- ness sometimes bore . As Secunderabad constituted for a con- siderable period the head - quarters of my regi- ment , it may not perhaps be out of place 40 THE LINESMAN .
... , or " Sou- bahdar of the Deccan , " which title his High- ness sometimes bore . As Secunderabad constituted for a con- siderable period the head - quarters of my regi- ment , it may not perhaps be out of place 40 THE LINESMAN .
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... head and heel - ropes , and various other horse - gear , appurtenances , and appointments . A pair of weighing - scales stood likewise in one corner of the apartment , into which any unfor- tunate little wight of an officer , who had in ...
... head and heel - ropes , and various other horse - gear , appurtenances , and appointments . A pair of weighing - scales stood likewise in one corner of the apartment , into which any unfor- tunate little wight of an officer , who had in ...
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250 ページ - Some on the lower boughs which crost their way, Fixing their bearded fibres, round and round, With many a ring and wild contortion wound; Some to the passing wind at times, with sway Of gentle motion swung; Others of younger growth...
148 ページ - Require the borrow'd gloss of art? Speak not of fate : ah ! change the theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom: Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream; To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom.
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249 ページ - Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade.