The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran: And His Man Mark Anthony O'TooleWilliam Tegg and Company, 1853 - 412 pages |
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Page 15
... captain , you know the Colonel's lady- " " He paused . " Read on ! " said my father . " No , no , mere ribald nonsense , " returned the churchman . Colonel O'Halloran snatched the letter from his hand , and in one glance his eye passed ...
... captain , you know the Colonel's lady- " " He paused . " Read on ! " said my father . " No , no , mere ribald nonsense , " returned the churchman . Colonel O'Halloran snatched the letter from his hand , and in one glance his eye passed ...
Page 57
... captains and cabmen are placed upon a par . " Look to him , jailer , " is the only order that is attended to ; and whether you belong to swells West - end , or the swell - mob , matters not a brass button . The thing's similar all ...
... captains and cabmen are placed upon a par . " Look to him , jailer , " is the only order that is attended to ; and whether you belong to swells West - end , or the swell - mob , matters not a brass button . The thing's similar all ...
Page 58
... captain of the hold , was seated on a wooden bench in his accustomed corner , with a little table before him , on which was awfully displayed the fatal book in which delinquencies were chronicled , flanked by a pewter vessel full ...
... captain of the hold , was seated on a wooden bench in his accustomed corner , with a little table before him , on which was awfully displayed the fatal book in which delinquencies were chronicled , flanked by a pewter vessel full ...
Page 92
... Captain Smith . " The de- tails thus given , stated that the unfortunate individual was the illegi- timate offspring of a noble lord , whose name was mentioned . That early in life he had obtained a commission in the army , -had moved ...
... Captain Smith . " The de- tails thus given , stated that the unfortunate individual was the illegi- timate offspring of a noble lord , whose name was mentioned . That early in life he had obtained a commission in the army , -had moved ...
Page 105
... captain's sobriquets and outer man there was anything embarrassing , there was nothing about the soldier - like concealment . The chevrons on his arm told his rank , and the pack upon his shoulder his regiment . After announcing that he ...
... captain's sobriquets and outer man there was anything embarrassing , there was nothing about the soldier - like concealment . The chevrons on his arm told his rank , and the pack upon his shoulder his regiment . After announcing that he ...
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