Afloat and Ashore; Or the Adventures of Miles WallingfordThe Author, 1844 - 282 pàgines |
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Pàgina 7
... Grace and myself to console our mother in her widowhood . The dire accident which placed her in this , the saddest of all conditions for a woman who had been a happy wife , occurred in the year 1794 , when I was in my thirteenth year ...
... Grace and myself to console our mother in her widowhood . The dire accident which placed her in this , the saddest of all conditions for a woman who had been a happy wife , occurred in the year 1794 , when I was in my thirteenth year ...
Pàgina 14
... true , and these were fully shared - nay , more than shared -by Grace . After the death of my father , I had never bethought me of the manner in which he had disposed of his property . I heard something said of 14 MILES WALLINGFORD .
... true , and these were fully shared - nay , more than shared -by Grace . After the death of my father , I had never bethought me of the manner in which he had disposed of his property . I heard something said of 14 MILES WALLINGFORD .
Pàgina 15
... Grace on the subject , when we learned , for the first time , the disposition that had been made . My father had bequeathed to me the farm , mill , landing , sloop , stock , utensils , crops , & c . & c . , in full property ; sub- ject ...
... Grace on the subject , when we learned , for the first time , the disposition that had been made . My father had bequeathed to me the farm , mill , landing , sloop , stock , utensils , crops , & c . & c . , in full property ; sub- ject ...
Pàgina 16
... Grace and I became the wards of the clergyman alone on the death of our last remaining parent . This was grateful to us both , for we both truly loved this good man , and , what was more , we loved his children . Of these there were two ...
... Grace and I became the wards of the clergyman alone on the death of our last remaining parent . This was grateful to us both , for we both truly loved this good man , and , what was more , we loved his children . Of these there were two ...
Pàgina 23
... Grace , in a slight degree , too fragile , though her limbs would have been delicate mo- dels for the study of a sculptor . Lucy , too , had certainly great perfection , particularly in figure ; though in the crowd of beauty that has ...
... Grace , in a slight degree , too fragile , though her limbs would have been delicate mo- dels for the study of a sculptor . Lucy , too , had certainly great perfection , particularly in figure ; though in the crowd of beauty that has ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
American anchor Andrew Drewett answered ascer began better boat bolt-rope Bradfort brig called canvass Captain Robbins Captain Williams cerning Clawbonny coast Compte course Crisis dear deck Digges dollars Emily everything eyes fancied father favour feeling fellow felt forecastle French gave girl give Grace guarda-costas hands Hardinge heard hope hour instant island knew lady land laugh letter-of-marque look Lucy Lucy's lugger Major Merton manner Marble Masser Mile mate matter minutes Miss Merton morning never nigger night nolle prosequi ocean passage passed pearls pounds currency pretty proas ready reef round Rupert sail sailor savages schooner seemed seen ship sister sloop Smudge soon sort stay-sail suppose taffrail Talcott tell thing thought Tigris tion told took top-mast true turned Ulster county vessel voyage Wallingford whole wind wish yawl young
Passatges populars
Pàgina 244 - And with them the Being Beauteous Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies.
Pàgina 86 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Pàgina 25 - The monarch mind, the mystery of commanding, The birth-hour gift, the art Napoleon, Of winning, fettering, moulding, wielding, banding The hearts of millions till they move as one : Thou hast it.
Pàgina 239 - Drink ! drink ! to whom shall we drink ? To a friend or a mistress ? — Come, let me think ! To those who are absent, or those who are here ? To the dead that we loved, or the living still dear ? Alas ! when I look, I find none of the last ! The present is barren — let 's drink to the past.
Pàgina 134 - With look, like patient Job's, eschewing evil ; With motions graceful as a bird's in air ; Thou art, in sober truth, the veriest devil That e'er clenched fingers in a captive's hair?
Pàgina 245 - How pleasant and how sad the turning tide Of human life, when side by side The child and youth begin to glide Along the vale of years : The pure twin-being for a little space, With lightsome heart, and yet a graver face, Too young for woe, though not for tears ! ALLSTON.