Afloat and Ashore; Or the Adventures of Miles WallingfordThe Author, 1844 - 282 pàgines |
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Pàgina 3
... better bed - rooms ; and there were an old - fashioned chintz settee , well stuffed and cushioned , and curtains in the " big parlour , " as we called the best apartment , the pretend- ing name of drawing - room not having reached our B ...
... better bed - rooms ; and there were an old - fashioned chintz settee , well stuffed and cushioned , and curtains in the " big parlour , " as we called the best apartment , the pretend- ing name of drawing - room not having reached our B ...
Pàgina 4
... better sort of American farm under the paternal roof , and I know that the poor were never sent away empty - handed . It is true that our wine was made of currants ; but it was delicious , and there was always a sufficient stock in the ...
... better sort of American farm under the paternal roof , and I know that the poor were never sent away empty - handed . It is true that our wine was made of currants ; but it was delicious , and there was always a sufficient stock in the ...
Pàgina 12
... soothed our sorrows , though my mo- ther , a woman of more than common sensibility , or , it were better to say , of uncommon affections , Her never entirely recovered from the effects of her irreparable 12 MILES WALLINGFORD .
... soothed our sorrows , though my mo- ther , a woman of more than common sensibility , or , it were better to say , of uncommon affections , Her never entirely recovered from the effects of her irreparable 12 MILES WALLINGFORD .
Pàgina 14
... better state of existence - that it seemed selfish to regret . Still , we wept and mourned , even while , in one sense , I think we rejoiced . She was relieved from much bodily suffering ; and I remember , when I went to take a last ...
... better state of existence - that it seemed selfish to regret . Still , we wept and mourned , even while , in one sense , I think we rejoiced . She was relieved from much bodily suffering ; and I remember , when I went to take a last ...
Pàgina 35
... better way for acquiring wealth than they who commence with some means ; and I was disposed to lean to this latter doctrine myself , though I confess I can- not recall an instance in which any person of my acquaintance has given away ...
... better way for acquiring wealth than they who commence with some means ; and I was disposed to lean to this latter doctrine myself , though I confess I can- not recall an instance in which any person of my acquaintance has given away ...
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.