Sailors and Saints: Or, Matrimonial Manoeuvres, Volym 1H. Colburn, 1829 |
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... fire- side circle . The elder , a respectable middle aged matron , the captain's sister - in - law ; whose life had been sufficiently chequered to have im- parted to her character all those chameleon hues , which result from a knowledge ...
... fire- side circle . The elder , a respectable middle aged matron , the captain's sister - in - law ; whose life had been sufficiently chequered to have im- parted to her character all those chameleon hues , which result from a knowledge ...
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... fire . " " But damn it , man , doesn't I tell you , " re- turned the bowman , rather warmly , " that he's none o ' the sort at all ? " " Well , then - what sort are the rest o ' your officers ? -kase , you know , one chafed strand's ...
... fire . " " But damn it , man , doesn't I tell you , " re- turned the bowman , rather warmly , " that he's none o ' the sort at all ? " " Well , then - what sort are the rest o ' your officers ? -kase , you know , one chafed strand's ...
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... fire in the dog - days . From reflections far less philosophical than the preceding , our lieutenant was roused by hearing the bell strike seven . " What ! Powers that be ! is that seven bells ? --- only half an hour to rig and run ...
... fire in the dog - days . From reflections far less philosophical than the preceding , our lieutenant was roused by hearing the bell strike seven . " What ! Powers that be ! is that seven bells ? --- only half an hour to rig and run ...
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... hours devoted by men of nse to cheerful conversation after dinner , or at national English predilection for the com- rts of the family fire - side circle . - In a word , 1 he was neither a fool nor a fop ; and SAILORS AND SAINTS . 63.
... hours devoted by men of nse to cheerful conversation after dinner , or at national English predilection for the com- rts of the family fire - side circle . - In a word , 1 he was neither a fool nor a fop ; and SAILORS AND SAINTS . 63.
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... fire , he ploughed his way almost knee - deep through the shingle , and as- cended to the cottage . The consciousness that the general movements must have been all distinguished from the veteran's window , and that the scrutinizing eye ...
... fire , he ploughed his way almost knee - deep through the shingle , and as- cended to the cottage . The consciousness that the general movements must have been all distinguished from the veteran's window , and that the scrutinizing eye ...
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Sailors and Saints: Or Matrimonial Manœvres William Nugent Glascock Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1829 |
Sailors and Saints; Or Matrimonial Manoeuvres William Nugent Glascock Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1829 |
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afore alarm aloft already anxiety anxious appeared Bay of Biscay better boat boatswain Brace breeze brig Camperdown canvas capstan captain carronade Cheltenham commander cottage coxswain crew cried Crank cruize d'ye deck doctor duty Emily Emily's endeavour enemy epaulettes excited exclaimed fair favour favourite feelings fellow felt female fire forecastle frigate gout guns hand Hasty haul head heart heave hoisted hope imagined interrupted ladies lieutenant look mast master matron midshipman mind morning never observed occasion officers old gentleman party perceived perhaps person poor port profes recollect render rienced rigging round sail sailor seamen seemed Senna ship ship's singular Sir Harry soger soon spirit Spitfire Spitfire's Staunch sure there's thing thought Tiller tion tone topman topsails turn uncle uncon vessel veteran weather weather gage whilst wind word yards yawl young young blade
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Sida 314 - God in Externals could not place Content. Fortune her gifts may variously dispose, And these be happy call'd, unhappy those ; But...
Sida 39 - And let me the canakin clink, clink ; And let me the canakin clink : A soldier's a man ; A life's but a span ; Why then let a soldier drink.
Sida 258 - His thoughts had wholly been confin'd to form and cultivate her mind. He hardly knew, till he was told, whether the nymph were young or old; had met her in a public place, •without distinguishing her face: much less could his declining age Vanessa's...
Sida 3 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts ; and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Sida 105 - I find thee apt ; And duller should'st thou be than the fat weed That rots itself in ease on Lethe wharf, Would'st thou not stir in this.
Sida 79 - Admiralty, that the approach of the equinoctial new moon rendering it unsafe to proceed immediately out of the Chesapeake with the combined expedition, to act upon the plans which had been concerted prevj.
Sida 96 - Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand.
Sida 28 - Rodmond a rueful tale of wonders read, Of dragons roaring on the enchanted coast, The hideous goblin, and the yelling ghost ; But with Arion, from the sultry heat Of noon, Palemon, sought a cool retreat And lo ! the shore with mournful prospects...
Sida 154 - All was prepared — the fire, the sword, the men To wield them in their terrible array. The army, like a lion from his den, March'd forth with nerve and sinews bent to slay, — A human Hydra, issuing from its fen To breathe destruction on its winding way.
Sida 20 - Than many persons more advanced in life; And if we now and then a sigh must heave At quitting even those we quit in strife...