Good Company: A Rally of MenEdward Verrall Lucas Methuen, 1909 - Всего страниц: 362 |
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Abdul Alfred Mynn amusing answered appearance asked beautiful Berridge Bill Tibbs bottle Braxfield Breitmann called canonico Captain Bridges Carlist Carrigaholt character Charles Lamb church command companion Corbet Corot delight Duclos Eugenius Everton eyes face farmer father favourite fellow Filippo fox-hunting gave gentle gentleman give hand head heard heart Holy horse hounds hour humour J. H. Burton Jim Bowie John judge knew lady Laurencekirk living look Lord Lord Monboddo Luca Signorelli Lucas manner master miles mind Monboddo monsieur morning Morwenstow Mynn never night o'clock occasion once Palais-Royal parish person Pitcalnie pleasure poor preaching Rachan Mill replied ride rode round seen Skelton soul spirit tell thee things Thormod thou thought told took Villenave W. E. Henley walked wife wine wonder young
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Стр. 28 - I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Стр. 66 - ... a privateer, I should have been entitled to clothing and maintenance during the rest of my life ; but that was not my chance : one man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and another with a wooden ladle. However, blessed be God ! I enjoy good health, and have no enemy in this world, that I know of, but the French and the justice of peace.
Стр. 248 - And folk begin to tak the gate, While we sit bousing at the nappy, An' getting fou and unco happy, We think na on the lang Scots miles, The mosses, waters, slaps and stiles, That lie between us and our hame, Where sits our sulky, sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. This truth fand honest Tam o...
Стр. 243 - I STROVE with none, for none was worth my strife: Nature I loved, and next to Nature, Art: I warm'd both hands before the fire of Life; It sinks; and I am ready to depart.
Стр. 242 - : cut the worst of them through the middle, and there will remain in this decimal fraction quite enough to satisfy my appetite for fame. I shall dine late ; but the dining-room will be well lighted, the guests few and select.
Стр. 41 - I can never be sure in these fellows, for I neither understand Greek, Latin, French, nor Italian myself. But this is my way : I agree with them for ten shillings per sheet, with a proviso that I will have their doings corrected...
Стр. 117 - His brow spreads large and placid, and his eye Is deep and bright, with steady looks that still. Soft lines of tranquil thought his face fulfill — His face at once benign and proud and shy. If envy scout, if ignorance deny, His faultless patience, his unyielding will, Beautiful gentleness and splendid skill, Innumerable gratitudes reply. His wise, rare smile is sweet with certainties, And seems in all his patients to compel Such love...
Стр. 274 - Touch once more a sober measure, and let punch and tears be shed, For a prince of good old fellows, that, alack-a-day ! is dead ; For a prince of worthy fellows, and a pretty man also, That has left the Saltmarket in sorrow, grief, and wo. Oh ! we ne'er shall see the like of Captain Paton no mo...
Стр. 41 - now you talk of translators, what is your method of managing them ? ' ' Sir,' replied he, ' these are the saddest pack of rogues in the world : in a hungry fit, they'll swear they understand all the languages in the universe. I have known one of them take down a Greek book upon my counter and cry, "Ah, this is Hebrew, and must read it from the latter end.
Стр. 43 - My Critic complies, he comes to a taste of your poetry, and tells me in the same breath, that the book is commendable, and the pudding excellent.