Afloat and Ashore; Or the Adventures of Miles WallingfordThe Author, 1844 - 282 pàgines |
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Pàgina 16
... fellow was similarly prepared , it having been her intention to give the clergyman's son a thorough education , in furtherance of his father's views of bringing him up to the Church . This delay , so well and kindly meant , had the ...
... fellow was similarly prepared , it having been her intention to give the clergyman's son a thorough education , in furtherance of his father's views of bringing him up to the Church . This delay , so well and kindly meant , had the ...
Pàgina 55
... fellow 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 ...
... fellow 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 ...
Pàgina 71
... fellow who touched the gasket five minutes to cast the sail loose . Then it rain- ed , and sails were to be loosened to dry . I let everything fall forward with my own hands , and when we came to roll up the canvass again , I actually ...
... fellow who touched the gasket five minutes to cast the sail loose . Then it rain- ed , and sails were to be loosened to dry . I let everything fall forward with my own hands , and when we came to roll up the canvass again , I actually ...
Pàgina 85
... fellow could have remained concealed much longer , had not this discovery taken place . The instant he was on deck , Neb looked eagerly around to ascertain how far the ship had got from the land , and , seeing nothing but water on every ...
... fellow could have remained concealed much longer , had not this discovery taken place . The instant he was on deck , Neb looked eagerly around to ascertain how far the ship had got from the land , and , seeing nothing but water on every ...
Pàgina 86
... about the camboose , or in the cabin . In an hour the ne- gro was fed , and he was regularly placed in the starboard - watch . I was rejoiced at this last ar- rangement , as it put the fellow in a watch 86 MILES WALLINGFORD .
... about the camboose , or in the cabin . In an hour the ne- gro was fed , and he was regularly placed in the starboard - watch . I was rejoiced at this last ar- rangement , as it put the fellow in a watch 86 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.