Afloat and Ashore; Or the Adventures of Miles WallingfordThe Author, 1844 - 282 pàgines |
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Pàgina 6
... felt he had a family to provide for , and he wished to make one more mark on the enemy in return for the beauty - spot his wife so gloried in . He accord- ingly got a commission in a privateer , made two or three fortunate cruises , and ...
... felt he had a family to provide for , and he wished to make one more mark on the enemy in return for the beauty - spot his wife so gloried in . He accord- ingly got a commission in a privateer , made two or three fortunate cruises , and ...
Pàgina 8
... felt in the security of his invention . He was in the very act of laughing exultingly at the manner in which the millwright shook his head at the risk he ran , when the arresting power lost its control of the machinery , the heavy head ...
... felt in the security of his invention . He was in the very act of laughing exultingly at the manner in which the millwright shook his head at the risk he ran , when the arresting power lost its control of the machinery , the heavy head ...
Pàgina 23
... alone excepted , ever thought on the subject , unless as it related to others , down to the period of which I am now writing . I knew , and saw , and felt that my sister was far more beautiful than MILES WALLINGFORD . 23.
... alone excepted , ever thought on the subject , unless as it related to others , down to the period of which I am now writing . I knew , and saw , and felt that my sister was far more beautiful than MILES WALLINGFORD . 23.
Pàgina 29
... felt himself bound by my father's wishes to educate me for the bar , and my own repugnance to the profession was un- conquerable , why should I not relieve him from the responsibility at once by assuming the right to judge for myself ...
... felt himself bound by my father's wishes to educate me for the bar , and my own repugnance to the profession was un- conquerable , why should I not relieve him from the responsibility at once by assuming the right to judge for myself ...
Pàgina 57
... felt no uneasiness on account of the boat . It is true , there were two parts of the naviga- tion before us of which I had thought a little seriously , but not sufficiently so to keep me awake . These were the Race , a passage in the ...
... felt no uneasiness on account of the boat . It is true , there were two parts of the naviga- tion before us of which I had thought a little seriously , but not sufficiently so to keep me awake . These were the Race , a passage in the ...
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.