 | mrs. Frederick J Hall - 1858 - 368 էջ
...BE TAKEN AT NIGHT. THE POWDER AND BLUE PILL ADMINISTERED IN THE MORNING. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT. " It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking...to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so." BYRON. AND now let us disturb Mr. Cadbury Stubbs at a quarter past four, out of a nap which he had... | |
 | Henry Curling - 1858 - 428 էջ
...pocket pistols from his breast, placed the oars beneath his legs, and cocked it — ' click.' " It hath a strange quick jar upon the ear That cocking of a pistol." " Sir, you have a great mind : I'll do my best — but we are lost here, and must die a dreadful death.''... | |
 | lord William Pitt Lennox - 1864 - 334 էջ
...when, as Susan Mainwaring, she led the field in this violent and dangerous exercise. CHAPTER XIV. •- It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking...to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so." BYRON. IN my early days duelling was in vogue, and so stringent were the laws of honour, that no man... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 740 էջ
...if to see 'T was fresh— for he had lately used the lodtAnd next proceeded quietly to cock. T.LI. AND SINCERE FRIEND BYRON. CANTO THE FIRST, т. KNOW...that are done in their clime? Ctle, Wiere the rage A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend fur foe ; But after being fired... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 էջ
...affront me, and no other can. Cotcper, Conversation. It has a strange, quick jar upon the ear, This cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will...to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off or so. Byron, DJ Iv. 4L DUNCE. How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, Excels a dunce that has been kept... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 էջ
...'Twas fresh — for he had lately used the lock— And ne\t proceeded quietly to cock. XM. It lias a strange, quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of...have got a former friend for foe ; But after being lired at once or twice. The ear becomes more Iribh, and less nice. XL I, Lambro presented, and one... | |
 | John Blaikie - 1868 - 336 էջ
...honour " and — rose for dinner ! Lord Byron says, in Don Juan — and he spoke from experience — It has a strange quick jar upon the ear. That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more may bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off or so. Another change for the better... | |
 | John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 էջ
...hour, to live in dread of death. BYRON'S Sardanapaliu. It has a strange, quick jar upon the ear, This cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will...to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off or so. BYRON'S Don Juan. And cheeks all pale, which, but an hour before, Blush'd at the praise of their own... | |
 | Frederick Martin - 1869 - 320 էջ
...muskets levelled at me and my comrade. CHAPTER II. " It has a strange, quick jar upon the ear, This cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will...to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so." BTBON, Don Juan. I SPRANG to my feet, and in an instant was at the side of Mike. " For heaven's sake,... | |
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...for hi) honour's sake, have one bout with yon . he cannot liv the duello avoid it." SHAKSPBARIS. " It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking...to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off or so." BYRON. A Niglit at Mess— The Race-Course—" The Boy in Yellow wins the Day"— An " Affiiir of Honour"—... | |
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It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so ; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for foe { But... 
