The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran: And His Man Mark Anthony O'TooleWilliam Tegg and Company, 1853 - 412 pages |
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... heart beating for an hour , and a knock after dark terrifies me almost to death ! " " Thou a soldier's wife , and play the coward ! " exclaimed my father . " Fear nothing , Emily ; the old tower from roof to basement is secured- there ...
... heart beating for an hour , and a knock after dark terrifies me almost to death ! " " Thou a soldier's wife , and play the coward ! " exclaimed my father . " Fear nothing , Emily ; the old tower from roof to basement is secured- there ...
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... heart . " I loved you , Denis - ay , loved in all the madness with which woman loves . The peasant girl never ... heart , to implore a blessing on the absent one . Well , well ; the dream is over , the spell is broken , —and in this ...
... heart . " I loved you , Denis - ay , loved in all the madness with which woman loves . The peasant girl never ... heart , to implore a blessing on the absent one . Well , well ; the dream is over , the spell is broken , —and in this ...
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... heart . " Emily , " said he , " when the sad tidings arrived this morning that we were houseless , I felt only for the boy and thee . Well , before the same sun went down , dove - like you came , the harbinger of happiness . The ...
... heart . " Emily , " said he , " when the sad tidings arrived this morning that we were houseless , I felt only for the boy and thee . Well , before the same sun went down , dove - like you came , the harbinger of happiness . The ...
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... heart of my foster - brother . How far either attempt proved successful , it is not for me to say . As to myself ... heart I took leave of my com- panions ; exchanged forgiveness with the ushers ; flung boyhood to the winds ; and ...
... heart of my foster - brother . How far either attempt proved successful , it is not for me to say . As to myself ... heart I took leave of my com- panions ; exchanged forgiveness with the ushers ; flung boyhood to the winds ; and ...
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... heart , I found myself jogging fairly on , though " half the world were sleeping . " I rode quickly forward : miles vanished , and at four o'clock I had left my home thirty miles behind . With my future route I was unac- quainted ; but ...
... heart , I found myself jogging fairly on , though " half the world were sleeping . " I rode quickly forward : miles vanished , and at four o'clock I had left my home thirty miles behind . With my future route I was unac- quainted ; but ...
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afterwards alcade appeared arms Arrah Badajoz better blessed Bromley Hall Cammaran Captain chasse-marée chasseurs Clifford Clifford Park Colonel La Coste commander companion countenance court-yard dark dead death desperate devil Dick divil door Empecinado enemy escape exclaimed eyes fancy father fire followed fortune fosterer French gallant gentleman girl guerilla hand Hartley head heard heart Heaven Hector honest honour horse host hour hurried inquired Isidora Juan Diez Julia Julius Cæsar lady light looked Lord Wellington luck Mark Antony matter minutes morning mother murder never night O'Halloran observed once ould partidas party passed Peter Crotty poor posada priest quaker quarter-master ratcatcher reached regiment replied retired returned San Sebastian says scoundrel seemed Shemus Sloman smile soldier Soult Spaniard stranger tell thee there's thing thou told took turned Urumea vengeance village voice voltigeur whispered William Rawlings woman ye'r young