The life of a midshipman [signed E.N.].H. Colburn, 1829 - 80 sidor |
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... of the following story , are taken from the events of my own life . Unlike my Hero , however , the step which I took in hastily embracing the life of a seaman was one from which I could not so easily re- vi INTRODUCTION .
... of the following story , are taken from the events of my own life . Unlike my Hero , however , the step which I took in hastily embracing the life of a seaman was one from which I could not so easily re- vi INTRODUCTION .
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... took his departure : he went off early in the morning , and the same day Frank returned to his school . It was a me- lancholy evening when he came home : during the few days previous , his uncle had taken his father's seat at the table ...
... took his departure : he went off early in the morning , and the same day Frank returned to his school . It was a me- lancholy evening when he came home : during the few days previous , his uncle had taken his father's seat at the table ...
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... took her accustomed place for the few moments which preceded the commencement of the service she seemed lost in abstraction , and her eyes were fixed upon the ground ; but when all at once the voice of a stranger resounded through the ...
... took her accustomed place for the few moments which preceded the commencement of the service she seemed lost in abstraction , and her eyes were fixed upon the ground ; but when all at once the voice of a stranger resounded through the ...
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... took less interest in the preparations and re- pairs of the Ariel , since he was not to be a wit- ness of her performance ; and even sometimes , in spite of his resolution , he found himself half- inclined to ease his swelling heart by ...
... took less interest in the preparations and re- pairs of the Ariel , since he was not to be a wit- ness of her performance ; and even sometimes , in spite of his resolution , he found himself half- inclined to ease his swelling heart by ...
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... some degree behind ; the boat of a neighbouring gentleman took considerably the lead , and one or two appeared to be quite her equals . Frank was rather angry and alarm- ed as he watched with a throbbing heart the progress 54 THE LIFE OF.
... some degree behind ; the boat of a neighbouring gentleman took considerably the lead , and one or two appeared to be quite her equals . Frank was rather angry and alarm- ed as he watched with a throbbing heart the progress 54 THE LIFE OF.
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affectionate Ariel arrived Avonmore began board the Syren boat boatswain brig bursting cabin caique Captain Hartwell Captain Medwin CHAPTER choly companions course crew crowded D'Aubrey dark deck delight disobedience distant duty Elm Grove Elsmere Emily England eyes fancied farewell father feelings felt following morning fond forced friends Godfrey grandmamma grief hammock hand happy harbour Hartwell's Harvey heard hope hurried immediately instant island Isle of Wight kind Lambro length letter London look Malta mamma manly Markham melan melancholy ment midshipman mind misery mother ness never night once Pacific parlour pirates pleasure Poor Frank Portsmouth rectory regatta replied rose round sail sailor scarcely scene scudding seat ship shore side sigh sinking sleep Smyrna soon sorrow Southampton taffrail tears thought tion told turned uncle vessel village walk watch weeping whilst wind window yacht yataghan
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Sida 1 - SWEET AUBURN! loveliest village of the plain; Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain, Where smiling spring its earliest visit paid, And parting summer's lingering blooms delayed : Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...
Sida 58 - Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come...
Sida 173 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Sida 103 - How gloriously her gallant course she goes! Her white wings flying — never from her foes — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife.
Sida 185 - To mark the sufferings of the babe That cannot speak its woe ; To see the infant tears gush forth, Yet know not why they flow ; To meet the meek, uplifted eye That fain would ask relief, Yet can but tell of agony — This is a mother's grief.
Sida 46 - Merrily, merrily, goes the bark On a breeze from the northward free, So shoots through the morning sky the lark, Or the swan through the summer sea. The shores of Mull on the eastward lay, And Ulva dark and Colonsay, And all the group of islets gay That guard famed Staffa round.
Sida 71 - The western sun beyond the farthest height, When slowly he forsakes the fields of light. No more the freshness of the falling dew, Cool and delightful, here shall bathe my head, As from this western window dear, I lean, Listening, the while I watch the placid scene...
Sida 251 - On thy calm joys with what delight I dream, Thou dear green valley of my native stream ! Fancy o'er thee still waves th' enchanting wand, And every nook of thine is fairy land, And ever will be, though the axe should smite In Gain's rude service, and in Pity's spite, Thy clustering alders, and at length invade The last, last poplars, that compose thy...
Sida vi - ... and therefore he will be a grocer. An early and accidental association of ideas is formed, by which happiness Is united with some peculiar mode of life, and a choice is made before reason or experience can possibly have suggested a cause for judicious preference. The choice of boys at an early age is certainly too ill-founded to direct their parents in fixing their future mode of life. What success can be expected in a plan of conduct which originates in the whim of an infant...
Sida iii - Midshipman, intended to correct an injudicious predilection in boys for the life of a sailor.