Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1

"I would rather bless _you_ under those circumstances," I thought, but did not say it; and, promising to do all in my power to hasten the _criminalis_ inquisition, she proceeded...

They left the old grandmother to the last, that she might witness the extermination of her whole family. Happily for her, her eyes had ceased to distinguish the light of the sun...

David took up his crutches and followed her, with such joyful alacrity that his feet scarcely seemed to touch the earth; he appeared already to possess wings instead of crutches.

Finding himself locked in, he first only pettishly came out from his stronghold, waiting for some one to coax him to come to dinner; but, finding that the door was locked, and t...

Towards noon, the firing ceased, and in the evening, as Vendel was preparing to lie down under the shelter of a ridge of potatoes, a form started from the treacherous wood besid...

He was only a few paces from the spot, when a gigantic figure, armed with a short broad axe, and with a Roman helmet on his head, descended from the rock in front of him, and se...

"GENTLEMEN,--Reflecting more coolly on this affair, I have come to the conclusion that greater obligations than those at present incurred forbid my risking a life not my own. Th...

"You must not think of it. Evil days await that country; your prophets do not see them, but I know, and see them clearly. Go to Turkey; I will give you letters by which you may...

It was like the meeting of two hurricanes: one a mighty, moving bastion, advancing in such exact order, it seemed as if the thousand men and steeds had but one pulse; the other...

And now Master Vendel's head began to wave very disastrously; his whole appearance was one large, living, fat complaint. It was like that feeling which a man experiences when he...

While he was thus suffering and struggling within himself--now whimpering, and now gnawing his coverlet--all at once, he thought he felt the pillow begin to move under his head,...

"The students write it themselves,[11] whoever has the best hand; and then we take it about to all the pretty girls to read--that is, I never brought it to anybody," said Sandor...

"From this day forward, the good girl was scarcely ever seen away from her work. All through the winter, she sat for ever at her wheel, spinning a yarn like silk, which she wove...

"Indeed!" replied the General, without taking offence, "now I remember, that the somnambulist foretold me this just a year ago. If I did not believe that Görgei was the cause of...

At last Menyhert's patience was exhausted: "What are you yammering about?" he exclaimed; "nobody made this fuss about me when I went to the elections at Raab, when several gentl...

The little girl was the greatest comfort in her father's bereavement: and as she grew up, her sweetness and amiability, and excellent management, were the surprise and admiratio...

At the time our story commences, Lorincz and his worthy assistant were actually discussing some affair of great moment across the road, when their attention was attracted by shr...

In the capital town of the county of S----, a young widow resided, called Julia Csalvari. It was the general opinion among the ill-natured gossips of this town that the fair wid...

After this, I laid the old man's head on my breast, and he slept soundly, and snored as loud as if he were blowing a bassoon with each nostril. It was impossible for me to sleep...

And so it continued on the second, third, fourth, fifth day; on the sixth the movement ceased, and all was silent. The train brought only one or two passengers--taciturn and moo...

In a few seconds the place was empty--not a man remained behind. An hour afterwards, thousands were eagerly working to extinguish the fire. The commander himself, foremost in th...

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They say he is a very gallant soldier; but his appearance is not prepossessing--an uncouth, grotesque figure, with a long thin face, short-cut hair, and a grisly beard, which is...