Afloat and Ashore; Or the Adventures of Miles WallingfordThe Author, 1844 - 282 pàgines |
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Pàgina 6
... fancied that the grim - looking scar on the left side of my father's face was so par- ticularly becoming . The battle was fought in June 1780 , and my parents were married in the autumn of the same year . My father did not go to sea ...
... fancied that the grim - looking scar on the left side of my father's face was so par- ticularly becoming . The battle was fought in June 1780 , and my parents were married in the autumn of the same year . My father did not go to sea ...
Pàgina 8
... fancied himself to be . He had invented some new mode of arresting the movement , and of setting the machinery in motion when neces- sary ; what it was I never knew , for it was not named at Clawbonny after the fatal accident occurred ...
... fancied himself to be . He had invented some new mode of arresting the movement , and of setting the machinery in motion when neces- sary ; what it was I never knew , for it was not named at Clawbonny after the fatal accident occurred ...
Pàgina 24
... fancied it might be well enough for a parson to be a little delicate , and a good deal handsome ; but for one who intended to knock about the world as I had it already in contemplation to do , strength , health , vigour , courage , and ...
... fancied it might be well enough for a parson to be a little delicate , and a good deal handsome ; but for one who intended to knock about the world as I had it already in contemplation to do , strength , health , vigour , courage , and ...
Pàgina 55
... fancied he was running away . He knew that his two young masters were ; but he was fully aware he was my property , and no doubt thought , as long as he staid in my company , he was in the line of his legitimate duty . Then it was my ...
... fancied he was running away . He knew that his two young masters were ; but he was fully aware he was my property , and no doubt thought , as long as he staid in my company , he was in the line of his legitimate duty . Then it was my ...
Pàgina 85
... fancied himself baffled by the other's powers of endurance . " Take that , and let us see if you're full - blooded ! " A smart rap on the shin accompanying these words , Neb gave in on the instant . He begged for mercy , and professed a ...
... fancied himself baffled by the other's powers of endurance . " Take that , and let us see if you're full - blooded ! " A smart rap on the shin accompanying these words , Neb gave in on the instant . He begged for mercy , and professed a ...
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.