Stories of Torres Vedras, by the author of 'Adventures of an Irish gentleman'. |
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Adelaide aide-de-camp amongst appeared arms army Audibert Beaugency beheld blessed blood called Captain colonel command companions dark daughter dear death delight Don Pablo dragoons endeavoured enemy epaulettes Eugene Evans exclaimed eyes fancied Fancourt father fear feelings felt fire fond fortune France French Genevieve gentleman girl hand happy head heard heart honour hope Horatio horse Julia knew Lady Zenobia letter Lisbon look Lord Silvertop loud Lusitanian manner Mariquita marriage Massena ment mind misery morning never night noble O'Leary observed officers once Oswald Palmira party perceived Placentia poor Portugal Portuguese prisoner quarters racter rank received recollect regiment replied rienced roared romantic love round scarcely scene seated seemed sister slap bang smile soldier soon sought Spain Spanish strange stranger Tagus tears thought tion TORRES VEDRAS troops voice wife wish woman worthy wounded wretched wurzel young
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Стр. 69 - Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Let him drink and forget his poverty and remember his misery no more.
Стр. 112 - On what strange grounds we build our hopes and fears ! Man's life is all a mist ! and, in the dark, Our fortunes meet us.
Стр. 67 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Стр. 6 - I hate him for he is a Christian; But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Стр. 18 - Although I have not the honour of being personally known to you, I hope you will excuse the liberty I now take, in addressing you on the subject of a transaction more than once alluded to by you, in which an ancestor of mine was unhappily concerned. I allude to the slaughter of Lord Kilpont, son of the Earl of Airth and Monteith, in 1644, by James Stewart of Ardvoirlich.
Стр. 17 - ... awake so as to distinguish between friends and enemies. The King of England is actuated by selfish and narrow purposes ; the Emperor of the French is governed by the principles of universal philanthropy. The English have put arms into your hands, arms which you know not how to use. I will instruct you. They are to be the instruments of annihilation to your foes : — Who those foes are I have already shown you.
Стр. 65 - In times of prosperity, friends will be plenty. In times of adversity, not one in twenty.
Стр. 91 - Fair and foolish, black and proud, Long and lazy, little and loud.
Стр. 37 - The army behave terribly ill ; they are a rabble, who cannot bear success any more than Sir John Moore's army could bear failure.
Стр. 311 - I have given out upon this subject. ' They have plundered the people of bullocks, among other property, for what reason I am sure I do not know, except it be, as I understand is their practice, to sell them to the people again.