The Coldstreams and the musqueteers, Volume 1Thomas Cautley Newby, 1856 |
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Page 179
... moment , prevents my services from being so useful as they might be . The Surgeon tells me it will be sound again , and I shall not be slow to find out the hiding place of him who injured me . If we meet again THE COLDSTREAMS . 179.
... moment , prevents my services from being so useful as they might be . The Surgeon tells me it will be sound again , and I shall not be slow to find out the hiding place of him who injured me . If we meet again THE COLDSTREAMS . 179.
Page 200
... surgeon , who was a tall , handsome man , dressed in the riding costume of the day , had an intellectual head , and his general ap- pearance was gentlemanly and commanding . He advanced to Agnes 200 THE COLDSTREAMS .
... surgeon , who was a tall , handsome man , dressed in the riding costume of the day , had an intellectual head , and his general ap- pearance was gentlemanly and commanding . He advanced to Agnes 200 THE COLDSTREAMS .
Page 201
... surgeon , who requested her to be seated , and taking a chair , sat him- self beside her , saying— " I am always cautious in giving decided opinions before K 2 THE COLDSTREAMS . 201 pearance was gentlemanly and commanding. ...
... surgeon , who requested her to be seated , and taking a chair , sat him- self beside her , saying— " I am always cautious in giving decided opinions before K 2 THE COLDSTREAMS . 201 pearance was gentlemanly and commanding. ...
Page 205
... surgeon hardens the heart towards suffering humanity . It is not true - The office he is called upon to fill is a solemn and responsible one upon his skill depends human life ; and though he can feel the pangs of his fellow - creatures ...
... surgeon hardens the heart towards suffering humanity . It is not true - The office he is called upon to fill is a solemn and responsible one upon his skill depends human life ; and though he can feel the pangs of his fellow - creatures ...
Page 209
... surgeon with a steady tone of voice , when Agnes left the room , but did it reluctantly . Garside entered the sick chamber softly , and placed his finger upon the wrist of Sir Giles - looked at the features watchfully , and remained for ...
... surgeon with a steady tone of voice , when Agnes left the room , but did it reluctantly . Garside entered the sick chamber softly , and placed his finger upon the wrist of Sir Giles - looked at the features watchfully , and remained for ...
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Agnes Monkton Alice amidst Andrew Melvil answered anxiety appeared BATTLE OF INKERMANN Battle of Worcester beneath Captain Sandys casement cavalier cave Coldstream Guards corporal countenance daddy Dame Margery dear earth excited eyes face fancied father fear fell felt figure fire Gerard Monkton Gilbert gipsy glance gleam Grimstone hand head heard heart Heaven hostel hour intellect knew light look Lord Protector Margery Pucker Master Ephraim Snuffle Master Snuffle means Merchant of Venice mind Miss Agnes Miss Monkton Mistress Agnes Monkton Hall morning mortal mountain mountain pass musket night Nurse Parkes Obadiah Tripe once passed pole star poor Puritan queteers Ralph replied Bernard replied Ephraim replied Garside replied the Musqueteer rest Roundhead roused Sandys scarcely Sir Giles slain sleep slumber soldiers speak stood surgeon tell terrible terror tone uttered voice watch wild Wilfred Will-o'-the Will-o'-the-Waste words worthy
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Page 186 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 22 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Page 163 - If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility ? Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example ? Why, revenge. The villany you teach me I will execute ; and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.
Page 253 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Page 163 - O most pernicious woman ! 0 villain, villain, smiling, damned villain ! My tables/' — meet it is, I set it down, That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain ; At least, I am sure, it may be so in Denmark : [Writing. So, uncle, there you are. Now to my word; It is, Adieu, adieu! remember me.
Page 271 - But then I sigh, and with a piece of Scripture, Tell them — that God bids us do good for evil ; And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends, stolen forth of holy writ ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
Page 1 - Murder ! Ghost. Murder most foul, as in the best it is ; But this most foul, strange and unnatural.
Page 77 - And let me the canakin clink, clink And let me the canakin clink: A soldier's a man; A life's but a span; Why then, let a soldier drink.
Page 186 - Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart? Doctor Therein the patient Must minister to himself. Macbeth Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it.
Page 95 - Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer.