 | Paul Hamilton Payne - 1859 - 614 Seiten
...at each other the long night through, withdrew from the combat. But it would not do ; with untasted bumpers, and dejected faces, they politely waited until I should give the signal for a renewal of host\\\ties, ag they well deserved to be called. Then there came over me a horrid wicked feeling. What... | |
 | Charles Anderson Read - 1880 - 394 Seiten
...each other the long night through, — withdrew from the combat. But it would not do ; with untasted bumpers and dejected faces they politely waited until I should give the signal for a renewal of Aosrilities, as they well deserved to be called. Then there came over me a horrid, wicked feeling.... | |
 | Charles Anderton Read - 1880 - 394 Seiten
...each other the long night through, — withdrew from the combat. But it would not do ; with untasted bumpers and dejected faces they politely waited until I should give the signal for a renewal of AoWilities, as they well deserved to be called. Then there came over me a horrid, wicked feeling. What... | |
 | Tim Moore - 2001 - 292 Seiten
...opponents, left them to blaze away at each other the long night through. But it would not do; with untasted bumpers, and dejected faces, they politely waited...touching wine - but was not I my great-grandfather's great-grandson, and an Irish peer to boot? Were there not traditions, too, on the other side of the... | |
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I pretended not to observe that my glass had been refilled ; and, like the sea-captain, who, slipping from between his two opponents, left them to blaze away at each other the long night through, - withdrew from the combat. But it would not do ; with... 