Afloat and Ashore; Or the Adventures of Miles WallingfordThe Author, 1844 - 282 pàgines |
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Pàgina v
... believe just as much , or as little , of the matter here laid before him , or her , as may suit his , or her notions , preju- dices , knowledge of the world , or ignorance . If anybody is disposed to swear he knows pre- cisely where ...
... believe just as much , or as little , of the matter here laid before him , or her , as may suit his , or her notions , preju- dices , knowledge of the world , or ignorance . If anybody is disposed to swear he knows pre- cisely where ...
Pàgina 9
... believe , in consequence of some part of his coat getting at- tached to the head of a nail . This was the first serious sorrow of my life . I had always re- garded my father as one of the fixtures of the world ; as a part of the great ...
... believe , in consequence of some part of his coat getting at- tached to the head of a nail . This was the first serious sorrow of my life . I had always re- garded my father as one of the fixtures of the world ; as a part of the great ...
Pàgina 13
... believe we were more beloved because we stood in this relation to the deceased , than be- cause we were her own natural offspring . health became gradually undermined , and , three years after the accident of the mill , Mr. Hardinge ...
... believe we were more beloved because we stood in this relation to the deceased , than be- cause we were her own natural offspring . health became gradually undermined , and , three years after the accident of the mill , Mr. Hardinge ...
Pàgina 28
... believe . ” " That is the worst of it . Congress did pass a law , two or three years since , to build some fri- gates , but they have never been launched . Now Washington has gone out of office , I suppose we shall never have anything ...
... believe . ” " That is the worst of it . Congress did pass a law , two or three years since , to build some fri- gates , but they have never been launched . Now Washington has gone out of office , I suppose we shall never have anything ...
Pàgina 31
... believe some re- ligious objections were connected with his re- luctance to consent to my following the sea as a calling . At any rate , it was easy to discover that these objections were lasting and profound . In that day , few ...
... believe some re- ligious objections were connected with his re- luctance to consent to my following the sea as a calling . At any rate , it was easy to discover that these objections were lasting and profound . In that day , few ...
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.