nature
damp freshness in the air of the passage, and a sort of
"Nay,Ruth,youarenotgoingtohavesecretsfromme,areyou?Don'tyourememberyourpromisetoconsidermeasabrother ...
old dowager bestowed on my Lord Viscount, than whom he
Iftwo'HeerenM-'callonyou,pleasebeciviltothem.Idon'tknowthempersonally,buttheirbrotheristhedoctorhere ...
battle with Lady Marlborough (as Lady Castlewood insisted
WethenwentontoNewlands,astillmorebeautifulplace.Immensetrenchinganddraininggoingon-theforemanaCaffre ...
to smoke a pipe now and drink a glass of sack: will your
'Oh,witch-like,mysteriousgirlsorwomen.Thinkitover.'Therewasanotherlongsilence.Reardon'sfacewasthatof ...
stars and waiting. He had lain thus and there many nights
ThatCaesar'sselfwaswounded.DownhepressedDeepinhissoultheanguish,and,withmien,Nolongerbentonfight,sub ...
coffee-houses ere night; it was printed in a News Letter
Livingisverydear,andwashing,travelling,chemist'sbills-allenormous.ThirtyshillingsacartandhorsefromRa ...
by my Lady Castlewood’s house there. Dick and Harry,
OnboardthegoodshipCAMPERDOWN,500milesNorth-westofTable-Bay.Iembarkedthisdayweek,andfoundagoodairycab ...
bright, and a face perfectly regular and handsome, like
'Come,come,oldman,youcan'tgooninthisway.Wouldit,orwouldn'tit,beanyuseifyoutookaseasideholiday?''Nott ...
in all the finer points of big game hunting. Of an evening
Abovetheswordsupraised,tillinmidthrongOffoeshestood,hemmedinbydensestranksAndrampartedbywar;infronta ...
of our college, which Sir Christopher Wren had lately built.
AverypleasingEnglishfarmer,whohadbeeneducatedinBelgium,cameandorderedabottleofchampagne,andshylybegg ...
a pigmy. You may describe, but who can tell whether your
Weanchoredyesterdaymorning,andCaptainJ-,thePortCaptain,cameoffwithamostkindletterfromSirBaldwinWalke ...
his friends; and invited the two gentlemen to his apartment
'Myviewofthecase,Reardon,isthatyouaresimplyill.''CertainlyIam;buttheailmentisdesperatelycomplicated. ...
away from our tents the large circle of lookers on. An
HavingenteredmyprovinceonthelastdayofJuly,andseeingthatthetimeofyearmadeitnecessaryformetomakeallhas ...
4 This passage in the Memoirs of Esmond is written on a
29thJuly,4Bells,i.e.2o'clock,p.m.-WhenIwrotelast,Ithoughtwehadhadourshareofcontrarywindsandfoulweath ...
sight of young Castlewood, she owned she fell in love with
Tellmymotherthatamanwouldgetfrom2L.to4L.amonthwages,withboard,lodging,&c.,allfound,andhiswifefrom1L. ...