Afloat and Ashore; Or the Adventures of Miles WallingfordThe Author, 1844 - 282 pàgines |
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Pàgina 34
... vessel . The accumulations of my estate alone would do this much , within the next five years , and then a career of wealth and prospe- rity would lie open before us both . " It is a good thing , Miles , no 34 MILES WALLINGFORD .
... vessel . The accumulations of my estate alone would do this much , within the next five years , and then a career of wealth and prospe- rity would lie open before us both . " It is a good thing , Miles , no 34 MILES WALLINGFORD .
Pàgina 37
... vessel in sight were hanging in listless idleness from their several spars , representing commerce asleep . Grace had a deep feeling for natural scenery , and she had a better mode of expressing her thoughts , on such occasions , than ...
... vessel in sight were hanging in listless idleness from their several spars , representing commerce asleep . Grace had a deep feeling for natural scenery , and she had a better mode of expressing her thoughts , on such occasions , than ...
Pàgina 64
... vessels of that description were fitting out . This market has since used its wings to disap- pear , altogether . I kept my eyes on every ship we passed . Until the previous day , I had never seen a square - rigged vessel ; and no ...
... vessels of that description were fitting out . This market has since used its wings to disap- pear , altogether . I kept my eyes on every ship we passed . Until the previous day , I had never seen a square - rigged vessel ; and no ...
Pàgina 65
... vessel of her size was then termed large . The Manhattan , much the largest ship out of the port , measured but about seven hundred tons ; while few even of the Indiamen went much beyond five hundred . I can see the John at this mo ...
... vessel of her size was then termed large . The Manhattan , much the largest ship out of the port , measured but about seven hundred tons ; while few even of the Indiamen went much beyond five hundred . I can see the John at this mo ...
Pàgina 117
... vessel would have been taken aback ; but these counteracting forces brought her handsomely on her course again , and that in a way to prevent her falling an inch to leeward . Now came the trial . The ship was kept a rap - full , and she ...
... vessel would have been taken aback ; but these counteracting forces brought her handsomely on her course again , and that in a way to prevent her falling an inch to leeward . Now came the trial . The ship was kept a rap - full , and she ...
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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.