Sailors and Saints: Or, Matrimonial Manoeuvres, Volym 1H. Colburn, 1829 |
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... less you say on that subject , the better ; -and if you wish to retain your rating on your brother's books , you'll clap a stopper on your petticoat preach- ing . " The cloud that was gathering on the grave brow of the saintly matron as ...
... less you say on that subject , the better ; -and if you wish to retain your rating on your brother's books , you'll clap a stopper on your petticoat preach- ing . " The cloud that was gathering on the grave brow of the saintly matron as ...
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... less multifarious . " I axes your pardon , Sir , " said Thomas , as he opened the door , - " but in course , as there's a man - of - war brig brought up below , you'll hoist the big ensign to - day . " " Right , Thomas , -right ...
... less multifarious . " I axes your pardon , Sir , " said Thomas , as he opened the door , - " but in course , as there's a man - of - war brig brought up below , you'll hoist the big ensign to - day . " " Right , Thomas , -right ...
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... less water nor you , it might'nt be amiss to let me lead through the narrows . " " Why , Jones , you're as cautious as a Por- tuguese pilot , " returned the officer ; “ surely we've no danger to dread " " , " I does'nt know that , Sir ...
... less water nor you , it might'nt be amiss to let me lead through the narrows . " " Why , Jones , you're as cautious as a Por- tuguese pilot , " returned the officer ; “ surely we've no danger to dread " " , " I does'nt know that , Sir ...
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... less , tamely to acquiesce in any undeserved censure on the conduct of my commander ; " and , with a graceful inclina- tion of the head towards Emily , he continued , " Nor would it be just to the profession or to yourself , to omit ...
... less , tamely to acquiesce in any undeserved censure on the conduct of my commander ; " and , with a graceful inclina- tion of the head towards Emily , he continued , " Nor would it be just to the profession or to yourself , to omit ...
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... less reason for hurry ; —but here , Hasty , look at this chart of the harbour ; -I think we might lie further in shore - I see by the cross- bearings , you have brought up in the outer part of the Range - see , we've six , and five ...
... less reason for hurry ; —but here , Hasty , look at this chart of the harbour ; -I think we might lie further in shore - I see by the cross- bearings , you have brought up in the outer part of the Range - see , we've six , and five ...
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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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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...