Afloat and Ashore; Or the Adventures of Miles WallingfordThe Author, 1844 - 282 pàgines |
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Pàgina 65
... Marble , and a well- veined bit of marble he was , his face resembling that had more rivers drawn on it than a map the land could feed , winked at the captain and MILES WALLINGFORD . 65.
... Marble , and a well- veined bit of marble he was , his face resembling that had more rivers drawn on it than a map the land could feed , winked at the captain and MILES WALLINGFORD . 65.
Pàgina 66
... Marble , encouragingly , passing a ball of spun yarn , all the while , to help a rigger serve a rope . " When did you leave the country ? " This produced a general laugh , even the yellow rascal of a mulatto , who was passing into the ...
... Marble , encouragingly , passing a ball of spun yarn , all the while , to help a rigger serve a rope . " When did you leave the country ? " This produced a general laugh , even the yellow rascal of a mulatto , who was passing into the ...
Pàgina 85
... Marble , who thought it was adding insult to injury , and he gave the lad a cuff on the ear that would have set a white reeling . On Neb , however , this sharp blow produced no effect , falling as it did on the im- pregnable part of his ...
... Marble , who thought it was adding insult to injury , and he gave the lad a cuff on the ear that would have set a white reeling . On Neb , however , this sharp blow produced no effect , falling as it did on the im- pregnable part of his ...
Pàgina 94
... Marble swearing there were two of them , and that they must be the very chaps we had seen to leeward , and standing in for the land , at sunset . I also heard the captain calling out to the steward to bring him a powder - horn ...
... Marble swearing there were two of them , and that they must be the very chaps we had seen to leeward , and standing in for the land , at sunset . I also heard the captain calling out to the steward to bring him a powder - horn ...
Pàgina 100
... Marble and Mr. Kite went prying about the ship to ascertain if anything material had been cut by what the chief - mate called " the infernal Indian matchlocks . " A little running - rigging had suffered , and we had to reeve a few new ...
... Marble and Mr. Kite went prying about the ship to ascertain if anything material had been cut by what the chief - mate called " the infernal Indian matchlocks . " A little running - rigging had suffered , and we had to reeve a few new ...
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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.