 I was dead tired," said Forbes, from whose lips I had this story. "Not a word of my despatch was written, and I had news for which I knew the world was waiting — news on which the fate of an empire and the fortunes of half Europe depended. And it was...  Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine - Page 1541846Full view - About this book
 | Sir Robert Adair - 1845 - 434 pages
...arrival made it impossible to make use of them. The French armies were already in possession of Vienna, and it was as much as I could do to keep my ground at the Porte, and secure the exchange of the ratifications. The peace itself, indeed, appeared... | |
 | Horace Mayhew - 1848 - 138 pages
...of his heart, that little as he could afford it, he bought the picture, and laid it before the earl. The two were compared, and certainly we were no more...as much as I could do to keep my countenance, when lie gravely asserted that it was a common observation amongst his friends, how like he was to the admiral,... | |
 | Margaret Oliphant Oliphant - 1854 - 312 pages
...My pony was like to grow demented by the firing, and the shouting, and the galloping of the horses, and it was as much as I could do to keep my seat on his back; but when we reached within a mile of Wark, all the hinds of John's farm and the feuers... | |
 | Horace Mayhew - 1856 - 360 pages
...of his heart, that little as he could afford it, he bought the picture, and laid it before the earl. The two were compared, and certainly we were no more...years ; and it was as much as I could do to keep my counte nance, when he gravely asserted that it was a common observation amongst his friends, how like... | |
 | 1860 - 548 pages
...water from freezing. But it was all no use ; the water hardened in the frosty air like melted lead ; and it was as much as I could do to keep my eyes dry to see the old boy, with the snow skiving among his hair, a blowing aud a blowing ; and when... | |
 | John Edwin Hilary Skinner - 1868 - 316 pages
...groaned over the sharpness of the stones, for his shoes were worn out, but he limped along nimbly enough, and it was as much as I could do to keep my companions in sight. For the first three hours we enjoyed lovely glimpses of the coast. Pressing forward... | |
 | 1874 - 618 pages
...said he, " came in, and fell on his knees before me, and, with clasped hands, begged for my mercy ; and it was as much as I could do to keep my gravity while talking to him about his misdemeanour." He was о pattern to us of diligence. Reproving... | |
 | 1876 - 848 pages
...people belonging to the traders had got their arms, and rushed out to set fire to the houses near; and it was as much as I could do to keep my men in hand, and prevent their rushing out to join their friends. For a couple of days we were in a... | |
 | 1876 - 918 pages
...people belonging to the traders had got their arms, and rushed out to set fire to the houses near ; and it was as much as I could do to keep my men in hand, and prevent their rushing out to join their friends. For a couple of days we were in a... | |
 | 1876 - 814 pages
...people belonging to the traders had got their arms, and rushed out to set fire to the houses near ; and it was as much as I could do to keep my men in hand, and prevent their rushing out to join their friends. ' For a couple of days we were in... | |
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