Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 31Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1852 |
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... hand , I administered a vigorous scratch to that portion of my anatomy so indispensably requiring the application of friction . The action , however sudden , was as suddenly observed . A shout of laughter proceeded from the thronged pit ...
... hand , I administered a vigorous scratch to that portion of my anatomy so indispensably requiring the application of friction . The action , however sudden , was as suddenly observed . A shout of laughter proceeded from the thronged pit ...
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... hand had quite reached it , the truth flashed across me- Had I followed my first natural impulse , I should it was a snake ! have sprung away , but not being able clearly to see in what position the reptile was lying , or which way his ...
... hand had quite reached it , the truth flashed across me- Had I followed my first natural impulse , I should it was a snake ! have sprung away , but not being able clearly to see in what position the reptile was lying , or which way his ...
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... hand instinctively seeks one of the small pistols I carry in my shooting - coat pockets . They are tiny affairs ... hands of my blood . never seen . Now , although I had affected the utmost nonchalance in conversation with Mynheer , I ...
... hand instinctively seeks one of the small pistols I carry in my shooting - coat pockets . They are tiny affairs ... hands of my blood . never seen . Now , although I had affected the utmost nonchalance in conversation with Mynheer , I ...
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... hand again grasped the pistol in my pocket in mere pastime . A sudden crash , a sudden start of my horse , and his bridle had been seized by a woolly - headed ruffian : my right hand had instinctively drawn out the pistol , clapped it ...
... hand again grasped the pistol in my pocket in mere pastime . A sudden crash , a sudden start of my horse , and his bridle had been seized by a woolly - headed ruffian : my right hand had instinctively drawn out the pistol , clapped it ...
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... hand , over six hundred miles of rough country ? The Kafirs themselves see the absurdity of this system , and laugh at it , and profit by it ; yet of course , being a giant abuse , it will not be remedied . But to return . After the ...
... hand , over six hundred miles of rough country ? The Kafirs themselves see the absurdity of this system , and laugh at it , and profit by it ; yet of course , being a giant abuse , it will not be remedied . But to return . After the ...
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Page 349 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 219 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 393 - Sometime, we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour, sometime, like a bear, or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air: thou hast seen these signs; They are black vesper's pageants.
Page 403 - ... motion, not in vain By day or star-light thus from my first dawn Of childhood didst thou intertwine for me The passions that build up our human soul ; Not with the mean and vulgar works of man, But with high objects, with enduring things, — With life and nature, purifying thus The elements of feeling and of thought And sanctifying, by such discipline, Both pain and fear, until we recognise A grandeur in the beatings of the heart.
Page 219 - And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them.
Page 220 - From seventeen years till now almost fourscore Here lived I, but now live here no more. At seventeen years many their fortunes seek, But at fourscore it is too late a week: Yet fortune cannot recompense me better Than to die well and not my master's debtor.
Page 483 - Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones : the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Page 136 - This was an interesting moment. I kept my position firmly, with my eye fixed steadfast on him. By the time the cayman was within two yards of me, I saw he was in a state of fear and perturbation ; I instantly dropped the mast, sprung up, and jumped on his back, turning half round as I vaulted, so that I gained my seat with my face in a right position. I immediately seized his fore legs, and, by main force, twisted them on his back ; thus they served me for a bridle.
Page 350 - Wolfe, also, as he led the charge, was wounded in the wrist, but still pressing forward, he received a second ball; and, having decided the day, was struck a third time, and mortally, in the breast. "Support me," he cried to an officer near him: "let not my brave fellows see me drop.
Page 219 - He saith among the trumpets, Ha ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.