The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume 9Smith, Elder & Company, 1869 |
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... hear MR . GEORGE ESMOND WARRINGTON'S Statement , which of course he is going to make . Here they all sit -not in my lord's grand dining - room , you know , but in the snug study or parlour in front . The cloth has been withdrawn , the ...
... hear MR . GEORGE ESMOND WARRINGTON'S Statement , which of course he is going to make . Here they all sit -not in my lord's grand dining - room , you know , but in the snug study or parlour in front . The cloth has been withdrawn , the ...
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... hear their cries from the wood around as our men dropped under their rifles . There was no inducing the people to go forward now . One aide - de - camp after another was sent forward , and never returned . At last it came to be my turn ...
... hear their cries from the wood around as our men dropped under their rifles . There was no inducing the people to go forward now . One aide - de - camp after another was sent forward , and never returned . At last it came to be my turn ...
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... hear that , Mrs. Lambert ? " cries the Colonel , lifting up his wife's hair . " The murderous villains ! " says Harry , again . " Hunt ' em down , sir ! Hunt ' em down ! " " I know not how long I lay in my fever , " George resumed ...
... hear that , Mrs. Lambert ? " cries the Colonel , lifting up his wife's hair . " The murderous villains ! " says Harry , again . " Hunt ' em down , sir ! Hunt ' em down ! " " I know not how long I lay in my fever , " George resumed ...
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... hear how that business was done ? You see , Miss Hetty , I cannot help being alive to tell it . " " Oh , George ! —that is , I mean , Mr. Warrington ! —that is , I mean , I beg your pardon ! " cries Hester . " No pardon , my dear ! I ...
... hear how that business was done ? You see , Miss Hetty , I cannot help being alive to tell it . " " Oh , George ! —that is , I mean , Mr. Warrington ! —that is , I mean , I beg your pardon ! " cries Hester . " No pardon , my dear ! I ...
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... hear certain people hate me , I think I am rather pleased than angry . At first , at Richmond , Mr. Esmond Warrington , the only prisoner who had escaped from Braddock's field — the victim of so much illness and hardship — was a ...
... hear certain people hate me , I think I am rather pleased than angry . At first , at Richmond , Mr. Esmond Warrington , the only prisoner who had escaped from Braddock's field — the victim of so much illness and hardship — was a ...
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Page 409 - Most gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for this Kingdom in general, so especially for the High Court of Parliament, under our most religious and gracious Queen at this time assembled : that thou wouldest be pleased...
Page 256 - By the list of disabled officers, many of whom are of rank, you may perceive, Sir, that the army is much weakened. By the nature of the river, the most formidable part of this armament is deprived of the power of acting: yet we have almost the whole force of Canada to oppose. In this situation there is such a choice of difficulties that I own myself at a loss how to determine. The...
Page 310 - Loose the chain, unbind the ring, I am daughter of the king, And I claim the Indian right!" Dauntlessly aside she flings Lifted axe and thirsty knife; Fondly to his heart she clings, And her bosom guards his life! In the woods of Powhattan, Still 'tis told by Indian fires, How a daughter of their sires Saved the captive Englishman.
Page 165 - Cas against our St. Malo, I scorn to allude to the stale subject. I say Nolo, not Malo : content, for my part, if Harry has returned from one expedition and t'other with a whole skin. And have I ever said he was so much as bruised ? Have I not, for fear of exciting my fair young reader, said that he was as well as ever he had been in his life ? The sea air had browned his cheek, and the ball whistling by his side-curl had spared it.
Page 18 - Far be it from me to object to any innocent amusement, much less to the music of Mr. Handel, dear Mr. Claypool,' says mamma. ' Music refines the soul, elevates the understanding, is heard in our churches, and 'tis well known was practised by King David.
Page 256 - In this situation, there is such a choice of difficulties that I own myself at a loss how to determine. The affairs of Great Britain, I know, require the most vigorous measures ; but then the courage of a handful of brave men should be exerted only where there is some hope of a favourable event.
Page 256 - ... men, which is nearly the whole strength of the Army, after the Points of Levi and Orleans are left in a proper state of defence, to draw the enemy from their present situation, and bring them to an action. I have acquiesced in their proposal, and we are preparing to put it into execution.
Page 256 - I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that I begged the general officers to consult together for the public utility.