Wanderings of Childe Harolde: A Romance of Real Life : Interspersed with Memoirs of the English Wife, the Foreign Mistress, and Various Other Celebrated Characters, Volume 3Sherwood, Jones & Company, 1825 |
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Page 93
... ordered his servant to call out the Co- lonel , under pretence of a soldier want- ing to speak to him , and bring him in- stantly into his apartment . It was well his orders were quickly issued and obeyed , for the Colonel had just ...
... ordered his servant to call out the Co- lonel , under pretence of a soldier want- ing to speak to him , and bring him in- stantly into his apartment . It was well his orders were quickly issued and obeyed , for the Colonel had just ...
Page 96
... ordered another into the boat , as a present he knew would be acceptable in a wine country . The Colonel , who espied their approach , very gallantly saluted the Countess with a discharge of his guns , and displayed all his colours upon ...
... ordered another into the boat , as a present he knew would be acceptable in a wine country . The Colonel , who espied their approach , very gallantly saluted the Countess with a discharge of his guns , and displayed all his colours upon ...
Page 123
... covered me in was removed , and Bernardo descending the ladder , opened a locker , from which he took a large bottle of spirits , and hand- ing it up to Lamska , ordered him to recruit the the spirits of the crew with a dram ; he 123.
... covered me in was removed , and Bernardo descending the ladder , opened a locker , from which he took a large bottle of spirits , and hand- ing it up to Lamska , ordered him to recruit the the spirits of the crew with a dram ; he 123.
Page 166
... , but were now debarred from that enjoyment ; he ordered it to be repaired , observing to Berenice " I remember the time when , if disappointed of a run in the fields fields by a broken bridge , it would have nearly 166.
... , but were now debarred from that enjoyment ; he ordered it to be repaired , observing to Berenice " I remember the time when , if disappointed of a run in the fields fields by a broken bridge , it would have nearly 166.
Page 199
... ordered my little vessel along- side . She had not been sent for , but only dropped in " par accident . " In the com- mander I recognised the man who had given me protection at the island of Tene- dos ; and when he heard my story ...
... ordered my little vessel along- side . She had not been sent for , but only dropped in " par accident . " In the com- mander I recognised the man who had given me protection at the island of Tene- dos ; and when he heard my story ...
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