Afloat and Ashore; Or the Adventures of Miles WallingfordThe Author, 1844 - 282 pàgines |
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Pàgina 2
... gave one side of the face a grim and fierce appear- ance , particularly when its owner was dis- pleased . My father died on the farm on which he was born , and which descended to him from his great - grandfather , an English emigrant ...
... gave one side of the face a grim and fierce appear- ance , particularly when its owner was dis- pleased . My father died on the farm on which he was born , and which descended to him from his great - grandfather , an English emigrant ...
Pàgina 5
... gave us a local consideration that placed us a good deal above the station of ordinary yeomen . Had we lived in one of the large towns , our associa- tion would unquestionably have been with those who are usually considered to be one or ...
... gave us a local consideration that placed us a good deal above the station of ordinary yeomen . Had we lived in one of the large towns , our associa- tion would unquestionably have been with those who are usually considered to be one or ...
Pàgina 21
... gave Grace and me much plea- sure , for she was as fond of Lucy as I was of Rupert , and , to tell the truth , so was I , too . Four happier young people were not to be found in the State than we thus became , each and all of us finding ...
... gave Grace and me much plea- sure , for she was as fond of Lucy as I was of Rupert , and , to tell the truth , so was I , too . Four happier young people were not to be found in the State than we thus became , each and all of us finding ...
Pàgina 33
... gave him by giving several other examples to prove how much his father was mistaken by supposing that a man was to save his soul from perdition simply by getting ad- mitted to the bar . After discussing the matter a little longer , to ...
... gave him by giving several other examples to prove how much his father was mistaken by supposing that a man was to save his soul from perdition simply by getting ad- mitted to the bar . After discussing the matter a little longer , to ...
Pàgina 34
... gave me no concern . Like all inexperienced persons , I sup- posed myself too strong in virtue to be in any danger of contamination ; and this portion of the adventure was regarded with the self - com- placency with which the untried ...
... gave me no concern . Like all inexperienced persons , I sup- posed myself too strong in virtue to be in any danger of contamination ; and this portion of the adventure was regarded with the self - com- placency with which the untried ...
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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.