 Bagenal accepted it with ready alacrity; only stipulating, that as he was old and feeble, being then in his seventy-ninth year, he should fight sitting in his arm-chair; and that, as his infirmities prevented early rising, the ' meeting' should take place...  Character and Comedy - Página 32por Edward Verrall Lucas - 1915 - 239 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | William J. O'Neill Daunt - 1845 - 400 páginas
...seventy-ninth year, he should fight sitting in his arm-chair ; and that, as his infirmities prevented early rising, the " meeting" should take place in...risen before daybreak to fight at sunrise — but we can't do these things at seventyeight. Well, Heaven's will be done !" They fought at twelve paces —... | |
 | William J. O'Neill Daunt - 1845 - 428 páginas
...seventy-ninth year, he should fight sitting in his arm-chair; and that, as his infirmities prevented early rising, the " meeting" should take place in...that I would have risen before daybreak to fight at sunrise—but we can't do these things at seventyeight. Well, Heaven's will be done !" They fought... | |
 | Bernard Burke - 1850 - 362 páginas
...seventy-ninth year, he should fight sitting in his arm-chair; and that, as his infirmities prevented early rising, the ' meeting' should take place in...that I would have risen before daybreak to fight at sunrise—but we can't do these things at seventy-eight. Well, Heaven's will be done!' " They fought... | |
 | sir John Bernard Burke - 1851 - 362 páginas
...seventy-ninth year, he should fight sitting in his arm-chair; and that, as his infirmities prevented early rising, the ' meeting' should take place in...risen before daybreak to fight at sunrise — but we can't do these things at seventy-eight. Well, Heaven's will be done!' " They fought at twelve paces... | |
 | Bernard Burke - 1851 - 348 páginas
...infirmities prevented early rising, the ' meeting1 should take place in the afternoon. ' Time wai,' said the old man, with a sigh, ' that I would have...risen before daybreak to fight at sunrise — but we can't do these things at seventy-eight. Well, Heaven's will be donel' " They fought at twelve paces... | |
 | John Timbs - 1864 - 378 páginas
...in his 79th year, he should fight sitting in his arm-chair ; and that as his infirmities prevented early rising, the meeting should take place in the...risen before daybreak to fight at sunrise — but we can't do these things at seventy-eight. Well, Heaven's will be done ! " They fought at twelve paces.... | |
 | John Timbs - 1873 - 662 páginas
...arm-chair ; and that as his infirmities prevented early rising, the meeting should take place in tlie afternoon. " Time was," said the old man, with a sigh,...risen before daybreak to fight at sunrise — but we can't do these things at seventyeight. Well, Heaven's will be done !" They fought at twelve paces.... | |
 | John George MacCarthy - 1876 - 100 páginas
...antagonist for not being able to fight him before the afternoon, "Time was," he said, " when I used to rise before day-break to fight at sun-rise, but we cannot do these things at seventy-eight." He piously added, " Heaven's will be done !" One morning at an early hour, Curran was found getting... | |
 | William J. O'Neill Daunt - 1888 - 562 páginas
...seventy-ninth year, he should fight sitting in his armchair ; and that as his infirmities prevented early rising, the meeting should take place in the...old man with a sigh, "that I would have risen before daylight to fight at sunrise, but we cannot do these things at seventy-eight. Well, heaven's will be... | |
 | Horatio Sheafe Krans - 1903 - 370 páginas
...seventyninth year, he should fight sitting in his armchair ; and that as his infirmities prevented early rising, the meeting should take place in the...man, with a sigh, ' that I would have risen before daylight to fight at sunrise, but we cannot do these things at seventy -eight. Well, Heaven's will... | |
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