Afloat and Ashore; Or the Adventures of Miles WallingfordThe Author, 1844 - 282 pàgines |
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Pàgina 162
... possession , but just what we stood in . This , however , gave us but little con- cern - I had abundance at home , and Rupert was certain of being free from want , both through me and through his father . I had never parted with the ...
... possession , but just what we stood in . This , however , gave us but little con- cern - I had abundance at home , and Rupert was certain of being free from want , both through me and through his father . I had never parted with the ...
Pàgina 169
... possession , that I was folding Lucy to my heart , while Ru- pert was doing the same to Grace . This little mistake , however , was soon rectified , each man embracing his own sister , as in duty bound , and as was most decorous . The ...
... possession , that I was folding Lucy to my heart , while Ru- pert was doing the same to Grace . This little mistake , however , was soon rectified , each man embracing his own sister , as in duty bound , and as was most decorous . The ...
Pàgina 192
... My guardian had supplied me so amply , that not only had I paid my debt to the owners of the John , and fully equipped myself for the voyage , but I actually possessed dollars enough to supply all my pro- bable wants 192 MILES WALLINGFORD .
... My guardian had supplied me so amply , that not only had I paid my debt to the owners of the John , and fully equipped myself for the voyage , but I actually possessed dollars enough to supply all my pro- bable wants 192 MILES WALLINGFORD .
Pàgina 193
James Fenimore Cooper. possessed dollars enough to supply all my pro- bable wants during the expected absence . Many of the officers and men of the Crisis left behind them orders with their wives and families to re- ceive their wages ...
James Fenimore Cooper. possessed dollars enough to supply all my pro- bable wants during the expected absence . Many of the officers and men of the Crisis left behind them orders with their wives and families to re- ceive their wages ...
Pàgina 222
... possession . The surprise , the rush , and the effect of the broadside , gave us an easy vic- tory . The French captain had been nearly cut in two by a nine - pound shot , moreover , and both of the mates were severely wounded . These ...
... possession . The surprise , the rush , and the effect of the broadside , gave us an easy vic- tory . The French captain had been nearly cut in two by a nine - pound shot , moreover , and both of the mates were severely wounded . These ...
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.