Afloat and Ashore; Or the Adventures of Miles WallingfordThe Author, 1844 - 282 pàgines |
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Pàgina vi
... mind dis- tinct and accurate impressions of events , social facts , professional peculiarities , or past history , whether of the higher or more familiar charac- ter , is of use . All that is necessary is , that the pictures should be ...
... mind dis- tinct and accurate impressions of events , social facts , professional peculiarities , or past history , whether of the higher or more familiar charac- ter , is of use . All that is necessary is , that the pictures should be ...
Pàgina x
... being hung up long on the tenter - hooks of expectation , so near the close of life . The old gentleman , having seen much and suffered much , is entitled to end his days in peace . In this mutual frame of mind X PREFACE .
... being hung up long on the tenter - hooks of expectation , so near the close of life . The old gentleman , having seen much and suffered much , is entitled to end his days in peace . In this mutual frame of mind X PREFACE .
Pàgina xi
James Fenimore Cooper. days in peace . In this mutual frame of mind between the principal and his editors , the public shall have no cause to complain of unnecessary delay , whatever may be its rights of the same nature on other subjects ...
James Fenimore Cooper. days in peace . In this mutual frame of mind between the principal and his editors , the public shall have no cause to complain of unnecessary delay , whatever may be its rights of the same nature on other subjects ...
Pàgina 24
... mind on the subject . I 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 ...
... mind on the subject . I 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 ...
Pàgina 26
... mind had long been made up never to do . There was a small vein of obstinacy in my dis- position that would have been very likely to carry me through in such a determination , even had my mother lived , though deference to her wishes ...
... mind had long been made up never to do . There was a small vein of obstinacy in my dis- position that would have been very likely to carry me through in such a determination , even had my mother lived , though deference to her wishes ...
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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.