 The vessel is in port. He has got the prize he has been trying for all his life. The bird has come in at last. There it is with its head on his shoulder, billing and cooing close up to his heart, with soft outstretched fluttering wings. This is what he...  Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero - 330. lappuseautors: William Makepeace Thackeray - 1848 - 332 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1868 - 452 lapas
...all his life. The bird has come in at last. There it is with its head on his shoulder, billing and cooing close up to his heart, with soft outstretched...Grow green again, tender little parasite, round the rugged old oak to which you cling ! Perhaps it was compunction towards the kind and simple creature,... | |
 | william makepeace thackeray - 1869 - 450 lapas
...for all his life. The bird has come m at last. There it is with its head on his shoulder, billing and cooing close up to his heart, with soft outstretched...Grow green again, tender little parasite, round the rugged old oak to which you cling ! Perhaps it was compunction towards the kind and simple creature,... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - 1879 - 228 lapas
...The bird has come in at last. There it is, with its head on its shoulder, billing and cooing clean up to his heart, with soft, outstretched fluttering...what he has asked for every day and hour for eighteen 3'ears. This is what he has pined after. Here it is — the summit, the end, the last page of the third... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - 1879 - 228 lapas
...fluttering wings. This is what he has asked for every day and hour for eighteen years. This is what he has pined after. Here it is, — the summit, the end, the last page of the third volume." The reader as he closes the book has on his mind a strong conviction, the strongest possible conviction,... | |
 | 1880 - 556 lapas
...The bird has come in at last. There it is, with its head on its shoulder, billing and coning clean up to his heart, with soft, outstretched fluttering...every day and hour for eighteen years. This is what he has pined after. Here it is — the summit, the end, the last page of the third volume." The reader... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 732 lapas
...all his life. The bird has come in at last. There it is with its head on his shoulder, billing and cooing close up to his heart, with soft outstretched...summit, the end — the last page of the third volume. Good-by, colonel — God bless you, honest William ! — Farewell, dear Amelia — Grow green again,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 906 lapas
...all his life. The bird has come in at last. There it is with its head on his shoulder, billing and cooing close up to his heart, with soft outstretched...every day and hour for eighteen years. This is what lie pined after. Here it is — the summit, the end — the last page of the third volume. Good-by,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 494 lapas
...all his life. The bird has come in at last. There it is with its head on his shoulder, hilling and cooing close up to his heart, with soft outstretched...Grow green again, tender little parasite, round the rugged old oak to which you cling ! Perhaps it was compunction towards the kind and simple creature,... | |
 | 1883 - 836 lapas
...The bird has come in at last. There it is, with its head on its shoulder, billing and cooing clean up to his heart, with soft, outstretched fluttering...every day and hour for eighteen years. This is what he has pined after. Here it is — the summit, the end, the last page of the third volume." The reader... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1884 - 742 lapas
...life. The bird has come in at last. There it is with its head on his shoulder, billing and cooing close to his heart, with soft outstretched fluttering wings....summit, the end — the last page of the third volume. Good-by, C'olonel — God bless you, honest William ! — -Farewell, dear Amelia — Grow green again,... | |
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