...vel through the country, seeking for heroes to fill up the gaps in Cutts’s corps,—and for adventures to pass away the weary time of a country life. 6... ...rvice of the French as page to a nobleman; then of His Majesty’s gardes du corps; then a lieu- tenant and captain in the Bavarian service; and when, a... ...y Amelia Wilhelmina wore in her bo- som on the night of a certain ball—the corpse of a glorious hope that seemed once as if it would live for ever, so... ...man’s jack-boots, whom one might fancy, if he were anything, to be a horse-marine. 59 Thackeray Of one of these worthies, Mrs. Hayes thought she knew... ...e other popular nov- elists of the day can never be sufficiently grateful) states that Hayes left his house three or four times during this period, an... ...heir graves in the far past, and in those brief moments flitted before the united ones! How sad was that delicious retrospect, and oh, how sweet! The ... ...ttle creature the sun never shone. And to this sordid wretch was Catherine united for ever. What a pretty rascal history might be read in yonder greas...