Fern Vale; or, The Queensland squatter, Volume 2; Volume 1241862 |
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Alma animal appearance believe Billing Billing's biped black fellow Bob Smithers Brisbane Brompton brother bush camp colony continued coolies corroboree damper dear death desire door doubt dray dreadful drink Dugingi Eleanor equestrian evil spirit exclaimed fear feel Fern Vale flour friends gaze gins girl give grog hand happy hear heard heart horse imagine induced Jemmy Davies John Ferguson join Kate Kate Ferguson kill labour lady leave live master meat meditated Melbourne ment mind Miss Ferguson morning murder nature never night nobbler notwithstanding party perceived perfectly poison possessed present quadruped Rainsfield replied John ride Sawyer scene sister sound speedily squatters station steal stop Strawberry Hill sure tell thing thought tion told Tom Rainsfield took tribe turned utterance white fellow wife Wigton William William Ferguson wish witness wretched young
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Page 103 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, : Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 321 - Nae cotillion brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o...
Page 30 - To be suspected ; fram'd to make women false. The Moor is of a free and open nature, That thinks men honest, that but seem to be so ; And will as tenderly be led by the nose, As asses are. I have't ; — it is engender'd : — Hell and night Must bring this monstrous birth to the world's light.
Page 249 - EPIGRAM. ENGRAVED ON THE COLLAR OF A DOG, WHICH I GAVE TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. I AM his Highness' dog at Kew ; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you ? EPIGRAM.
Page 75 - Belinda may vouchsafe to view : Slight is the subject, but not so the praise, If she inspire, and he approve my lays. Say what strange motive, goddess, could compel A well-bred lord...
Page 228 - Come, landlord, fill the flowing bowl Until it doth run over ! For to-night we'll merry be, To-morrow we'll be sober.
Page 46 - His horse, which never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought, Away went hat and wig : He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running such a rig. The wind did blow, the cloak did fly Like streamer long and gay, Till loop and button, failing both, At last it flew away.
Page 196 - They are brought together to give an account of the deeds done in the body.
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