Handy AndyHenry Lea, 1842 - 380 psl. The blunders and misadventures of a happy-go-lucky Irishman. |
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... story and character necessary to a sustained work ; for the first paper of Handy Andy was written without any intention of con- tinuation , and required the amendments and additions I have men- tioned . The reprint cannot affect those ...
... story and character necessary to a sustained work ; for the first paper of Handy Andy was written without any intention of con- tinuation , and required the amendments and additions I have men- tioned . The reprint cannot affect those ...
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... story of the thing in the servants ' hall ; and , when he held up Andy's ignorance to ridicule , by telling how he asked for " soap and water , " Andy was given the name of " Suds , " and was called by no other for months after . But ...
... story of the thing in the servants ' hall ; and , when he held up Andy's ignorance to ridicule , by telling how he asked for " soap and water , " Andy was given the name of " Suds , " and was called by no other for months after . But ...
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... story of the two basket - women , in Dublin , who held gentle converse on the subject of an approaching execution.- " Won't you go see de man die to - morrow , Judy ? " " Oh no , darlin ' , " said Judy ; -by the bye , Judy pronounced ...
... story of the two basket - women , in Dublin , who held gentle converse on the subject of an approaching execution.- " Won't you go see de man die to - morrow , Judy ? " " Oh no , darlin ' , " said Judy ; -by the bye , Judy pronounced ...
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... story gets mangled and twisted , " said he , as soon as he could speak . " Leeches ! —what an absurdity ! -no - it was— ' 99 " A bottle of castor oil , wasn't it , by way of a present of noyau ? " said another of the party , hurrying to ...
... story gets mangled and twisted , " said he , as soon as he could speak . " Leeches ! —what an absurdity ! -no - it was— ' 99 " A bottle of castor oil , wasn't it , by way of a present of noyau ? " said another of the party , hurrying to ...
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... stories are very similar , and likely to mislead one . " But with all this modest reserve , did the least among his companions think him less clever ? No. It was shrewdly suspected he was a poet ; it was well known he was highly ...
... stories are very similar , and likely to mislead one . " But with all this modest reserve , did the least among his companions think him less clever ? No. It was shrewdly suspected he was a poet ; it was well known he was highly ...
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afther Andy Rooney Andy's answer Arrah asked bailiff better Biddy blackguard bootjack Bridget called craythur cried crowd dear Dick Dawson divil doctor door Dublin Durfy Edward O'Connor exclaimed eyes Faith Faix Fanny Father Phil fellow fire Furlong gave gentleman girl give Goggins Growling Gustavus Gusty hand Handy Andy head hear heard heart heerd honour horse Ireland Irish Jack joke lady Larry Hogan laugh laughter look M'Garry ma'am matter Matty Merryvale Miss Riley Misther Dick Moriarty mother murder Murphy Murtough Neck-or-Nothing Hall never night O'Grady O'Grady's Oonah Owny party pistol poor postilion Ratty Reddy returned roared Rooney round salmon Scatterbrain shouted song soon spoke Squire Egan story sure tell thee there's thing thought Tom Connor Tom Loftus trumpeter turned vewy voice woman wonder word
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122 psl. - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
12 psl. - While the postmaster went on with such provoking answers to these appeals for dispatch, Andy's eye caught the heap of letters which lay on the counter: so while certain weighing of soap and tobacco was going forward, he contrived to become possessed of two letters from the heap, and, having effected that, waited patiently enough...
10 psl. - said the postmaster, in a tone which Andy considered an aggression upon the sacredness of private life : so Andy thought the coolest contempt he could throw upon the prying impertinence of the postmaster was to repeat his question. " I want a letther, sir, if you plaze.
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330 psl. - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
9 psl. - Is this it, sir?" said Andy, producing a bottle of ale. " No, bad cess to you ! the little bottles." " Is it the little bottles with no bottoms, sir? " " I wish you wor in the bottom o' the say ! " said Mr. Morgan, who was fuming and puffing, and rubbing down his face with a napkin, as he was hurrying to all quarters of the room, or, as Andy said, in praising his activity, that he was " like bad luck— everywhere." " There they are," said Mr. Morgan, at last. " Oh, them bottles that won't stand,"...
284 psl. - WIDOW machree, it's no wonder you frown, Och hone ! widow machree ; Faith, it ruins your looks, that same dirty black gown, Och hone! widow machree. How altered your air, With that close cap you wear...
11 psl. - Just at this moment a person to whom Andy was known entered the house, who vouched to the postmaster that he might give Andy the squire's letter. "Have you one for me?" "Yes, sir," said the postmaster, producing one — "fourpence." The gentleman paid the fourpence postage, and left the shop with his letter. "Here's a letter for the squire," said the postmaster; "you've to pay me elevenpence postage.
231 psl. - ... every Sunday to that degree that you can't hear the blessed mass for a comfort and a benefit to you; and so you'll go on sneezin' until you put a good thatch on the place, and prevent the appearance of the evidence from Heaven against you every Sunday, which is condemning you before your faces, and behind your backs too, for don't I see this minit a strame o...