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it was , landing me as often as not " Suppose they come at me , am on the foot -
board , and the young I to fire ? " I asked . lady , pleasantly enough , to judge “
Yes : tell them to stop ; and if by his face , on the parson ' s broad they don ' t ,
make ...
it was , landing me as often as not " Suppose they come at me , am on the foot -
board , and the young I to fire ? " I asked . lady , pleasantly enough , to judge “
Yes : tell them to stop ; and if by his face , on the parson ' s broad they don ' t ,
make ...
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... liked to come in and inspect our defences,—one avowed rebel having already
been shown round the court-house, and a second driving up as near as he dared
to the laager to look at a place which he was the first to fire at a few days later.
... liked to come in and inspect our defences,—one avowed rebel having already
been shown round the court-house, and a second driving up as near as he dared
to the laager to look at a place which he was the first to fire at a few days later.
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... readiness to fire; and they seemed to think me a queer fellow to tell them what
these flags had done to us, and then to stop them giving it back again. That day
came on one of the thunderstorms of the country, bad enough in peace time; now
, ...
... readiness to fire; and they seemed to think me a queer fellow to tell them what
these flags had done to us, and then to stop them giving it back again. That day
came on one of the thunderstorms of the country, bad enough in peace time; now
, ...
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Then, balked of the rest, the Boers jumped off and opened a long line of fire,
replied to gallantly, the tall man leading them dismounting, and on his knee
delivering fire, when the Boer firing at him flung back and shot no more. Two
wounded ...
Then, balked of the rest, the Boers jumped off and opened a long line of fire,
replied to gallantly, the tall man leading them dismounting, and on his knee
delivering fire, when the Boer firing at him flung back and shot no more. Two
wounded ...
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The Boers, some 400 of them, missing the mounted men, rode on towards us,
and dismounting under a ridge across the river, about 700 yards distant, opened
a furious fire. How the bullets did whiz and fly I had come back from the koppie, ...
The Boers, some 400 of them, missing the mounted men, rode on towards us,
and dismounting under a ridge across the river, about 700 yards distant, opened
a furious fire. How the bullets did whiz and fly I had come back from the koppie, ...
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Էջ 569 - And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father : and the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days were fulfilled for him ; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed : and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
Էջ 257 - Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell. O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity: these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what, weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Էջ 359 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Էջ 213 - Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house ; he took all : he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Էջ 147 - The river Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash your city of Cologne ; But tell me, Nymphs ! what power divine Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine ? ON MY JOYFUL DEPARTURE FROM THE SAME CITY.
Էջ 359 - They shall run like mighty men, they shall climb the wall like men of war, and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks ; neither shall one thrust another, they shall walk every one in his path : and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
Էջ 32 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Էջ 394 - NEAVES. A Glance at some of the Principles of Comparative Philology. As illustrated in the Latin and Anglican Forms of Speech. By the Hon. Lord NEAVES. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d. Songs and Verses, Social and Scientific. By an Old Contributor to 'Maga.
Էջ 232 - The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of the founder : their days were filled by a series of -uniform employments; the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their conscience...
Էջ 600 - ... Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; 'Tis well to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new.