Afloat and Ashore; Or the Adventures of Miles WallingfordThe Author, 1844 - 282 pàgines |
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Pàgina 262
... Merton , and this we did . The house was one of those plain lodging- houses , of which most of that part of the town is composed ; and we found the Major and his family in the occupation of the first floor , a mark of gentility on which ...
... Merton , and this we did . The house was one of those plain lodging- houses , of which most of that part of the town is composed ; and we found the Major and his family in the occupation of the first floor , a mark of gentility on which ...
Pàgina 266
... provincial retirement of America , the cultivation and accomplishments that were within the reach of even moderate means in England . To me , Emily Merton seem- ed a marvel in the way of attainments ; and 266 MILES WALLINGFORD .
... provincial retirement of America , the cultivation and accomplishments that were within the reach of even moderate means in England . To me , Emily Merton seem- ed a marvel in the way of attainments ; and 266 MILES WALLINGFORD .
Pàgina 269
... Merton himself , who was born the son of a merchant , when merchants occupied a much lower position in the English social scale than they do to - day , and had to look to a patron for most of his own advancement . But , he was a ...
... Merton himself , who was born the son of a merchant , when merchants occupied a much lower position in the English social scale than they do to - day , and had to look to a patron for most of his own advancement . But , he was a ...
Pàgina 29
... Merton would occasionally adorn the picture , with her more cultivated dis- course and more finished manner ; and yet I do not remember to have ever given her more than a third place on the scale of my admiration . On the present ...
... Merton would occasionally adorn the picture , with her more cultivated dis- course and more finished manner ; and yet I do not remember to have ever given her more than a third place on the scale of my admiration . On the present ...
Pàgina 111
... when I unexpectedly found myself standing in the tent , face to face with Emily Merton and her father ! We recognised each other at a glance , and , to Monsieur Le Compte's amazement , hearty greetings passed between MILES WALLINGFORD .
... when I unexpectedly found myself standing in the tent , face to face with Emily Merton and her father ! We recognised each other at a glance , and , to Monsieur Le Compte's amazement , hearty greetings passed between MILES WALLINGFORD .
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.